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Three Tudor Silver Dress-Hooks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

Dora Thornton
Affiliation:
Dora Thornton, Department of Prehistory and Europe, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK. E-mail: .
David Mitchell
Affiliation:
Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, UK.

Abstract

Since the Treasure Act (1996) came into force in England and Wales, museums have been able to acquire whole new categories of artefacts. One such category consists of sixteenth-century silver and silver-gilt dress-hooks, which have until now been poorly represented in public collections. In volume 82 of the Antiquaries Journal, Gaimster, Hayward, Mitchell and Parker presented a classification of these ornamental hooks and, through analysis of contemporary inventories and documents, suggested how they were used. In this note, the authors publish three further finds, two recently acquired by the British Museum for its type series, and a further hook, one of only two so far recorded to feature a maker's mark.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2003

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