https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-59160.html Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:51:24 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		An incomplete lozenge-shaped, sharp-hooked clasp of the late medieval to early post-medieval period. The clasp would originally have been of soldered, three-part construction, consisting of a front plate, a wire loop and a wire hook, but only the front plate and the stumps of the wire loop survive. It is decorated with a star-shaped central hole, which would possibly have been set with a paste stone, and a border of punched arcs. See also UKDFD 40817, UKDFD 48982 and  UKDFD 50253. For complete examples of generally similar type, see UKDFD 16521 and UKDFD 22500.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-58733.html Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:18:50 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A single sharp-hooked clasp of the early post-medieval period. The clasp is of composite, two-piece construction, comprising a cast body and a wire hook soldered to the back. The body is moulded in the form of a heart within a floral garland. The wire hook has been flattened at the soldered end and formed such that the hooked end faces rearwards. The tip of the hook is missing. Possibly originally gilded, but no gilt survives.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hat-hook-58547.html Sat, 29 Mar 2025 20:41:14 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		An incomplete silver-gilt cap- or hat-hook of the early post-medieval period. The object was originally of two-part construction, consisting of a discoidal cast body soldered to a wire hook, but only the body survives. The front of the body is moulded in high relief and depicts the facing head of a lion with its tongue protruding, all within a cabled border. The centre has been drilled through, which would suggest that the object was repurposed at some stage, possibly after the hook was lost. The back of the body is flat, with file marks and traces of solder present. There are three irregular perforations in the body, which appear to be casting flaws rather than a deliberate element of the design.  See also UKDFD 45567.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hat-hook-58230.html Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:14:25 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A silver-gilt cap- or hat-hook of early post-medieval date. It is of two-piece construction, comprising an openwork cast front plate and a separate wire hook soldered to the back. The front plate is moulded in the form of an openwork Lombardic-style 'S'. The wire hook has been formed into an S-shape with a tapered and pointed end. Brian Read (see References below) suggests that the Lombardic 'S' possibly stands for 'Salvator', an invocation to Christ, the Saviour, or is alternatively associated with the Lancastrian livery collars of SS that were presented to the king's high-status followers. In the latter case, the 'S' may stand for either 'Soverayne' (i.e. Sovereign) or 'Souvenez' (i.e. Remember).
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-fastener-58016.html Wed, 22 May 2024 15:01:44 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A blunt-hooked clasp formed from drawn wire. Clasps of this type have been used for fastening clothes, and various other purposes, since at least the 17th century, and possibly earlier. They are secured through either a reinforced hole in the adjoining material, or a metal 'eye'. Due to the simple nature of the design, they are difficult to date closely.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-57855.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:07:42 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A composite copper-alloy clothing fastener or dress hook. The fastener would originally have been of three-part construction, comprising a hollow cast front, a sheet back and a wire hook, but the sheet back is now missing. The cast front is of semi-circular cross-section and is decorated with a moulded or incised latticework pattern, which was possibly originally inlaid with niello. See also UKDFD 52444 and UKDFD 54971.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-57374.html Mon, 01 May 2023 19:56:01 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		The hook-section of an early post-medieval, two-part hook-and-eye clasp. It is oval in plan, with three pierced lugs to sew the clasp on to a garment. The plate is oval with a chequerboard pattern in low relief, which was possibly once enamelled. The blunt hook is incomplete. See BERK-C486C6 as a matching 'eye' clasp, and also UKDFD 33389, as a complete 'hooked' example.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/clothes-fastener-57322.html Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:45:22 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		The 'eye' section of a two-part hook-and-eye clasp for fastening clothes. It is circular in plan, with a rectangular loop to receive the clasp hook, and three pierced peripheral lugs to sew the clasp onto a garment. The pierced lug opposite the loop has a small knop. The clasp is decorated with a moulded six-petalled flower bordered by palmettes set in partially unfettled openwork. See also UKDFD 27258.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/hooked-clothes-fastener-56819.html Fri, 06 May 2022 12:51:30 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A one-piece single sharp-hooked clasp of the early post-medieval period. The clasp has a rectangular attachment loop, a circular plate and a short hook, the recurved portion of which is missing. The plate has relief-moulded decoration consisting of a central pellet surrounded by four fleurs-de-lis, and there is a  collar at the junction of the plate and hook. The plate is pierced in two places, as a result of damage (during fettling?) rather than design. Note The closely similar example cited in References below is described as having a design of 'A pellet and four radiating T-shaped arms forming an equal-armed cross, two pellets in each quadrant, all within a linear border'. On the present example the uppermost motif is clearly a fleur-de-lis, and the remaining three are probably intended to be the same, albeit that their form is less convincing. The linked example below is clearer in this respect. See also UKDFD 12175.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/clasps/hooked-clothes-fasteners/lion-s-head-clasp-56728.html Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:06:30 GMT Hooked clothes fasteners  

Description:		A die-pressed lion's head, most likely from a cloak or clothing clasp of the post-medieval period. Two small side holes probably indicate the once location of rear attachment loops, and the piercing through the mouth where a separate ring was once attached. The hook or loop element is now missing. The surface shows evidence of a tinned or silvered finish. See; UKDFD 37915 & UKDFD 28532 as similar.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Clasps, Hooked clothes fasteners
Category:		Hooked clothes fasteners

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