Intact pair of Tudor silver-gilt dress hooks clothing fasteners

Code: 11265

This is an intact pair of Tudor silver-gilt dress-hooks, dating to the 16th century. They both have the original loop and hook, both sewing rings to be secured to a chain or sewn onto garments. The faces are decorated with a rose design and mercurial gold gilded. Originally found in the River Avon at Salisbury in the mid-1970s. 

(See also) Read, B. (2008). Hooked-Clasps and Eyes. Langport: Portcullis Publishing.

OBJECT: Dress-Hook / clothing fastener

CULTURE:  Tudor

DATE: c. 1500 - 1600 A.D.

MATERIAL: Silver-gilt

SIZE: 25.16mm x 10.57mm x 5.20mm

WEIGHT:  2.26 grams

PROVENANCE:  Ex-Private Collection, Wiltshire.