Find Spot record 15975 - Bostock (known as)

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-B16A24 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

An incomplete silver-gilt dress-hook. The object is lozenge shaped in plan. It consists of a cast back-plate with a large trefoil knop on each apex and a smaller version in the centre of each side. The trefoil knop from the centre of one side is missing due to a recent break. Either side of each central trefoil knop is a single rounded knop; some of these have a faceted outer face while some have been worn down. In the centre of the plate is a circular perforation with an internal diameter of 3.03mm. Surrounding the perforation the outer face of the back plate is uneven with shallow grooves forming small squares. The rearward facing hook is incomplete due to a recent break. It is circular in cross-section at the break but expands and flattens behind the plate where it is soldered on. The separate soldiered loop is missing, and two rectangular scars remain on the rear of the object where the loop would have attached. The hollow domed sheeting obverse plate is missing. The object shows signs of recent damage and file marks are visible on the rear of the back plate where the gilding has worn off.

Dimensions: Length: 33.33mm Width: 28.5mm Thickness: 4.08 mm Weight: 5.0g

Discussion: The object can be classified as Read's early Post-Medieval Class D, Type 3, Read, (see 3). An example from Cheshire, 2002 T303, can be found in the Treasure Annual Report 2002 (p.104, ref. 132). Similar examples can be found on the PAS database (see 2): CPAT-922557 and LVPL-16EEF8.

Date: from 1500 AD to 1600 AD
Period: POST MEDIEVAL
Broad Period:
Method of manufacture: Cast
Surface treatment: Gilded
Length: 33.33 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Thickness: 4.08 mm
Weight: 5 grams
Preservation: Good
Completeness: Incomplete
OS Grid Ref: SJ6733869672
Easting: 367338
Northing: 369672
Date found: 2014-11-09
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Recorded by: Vanessa Oakden
Subsequent action: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
County: Cheshire West and Chester
District: Cheshire West and Chester
Parish: Bostock
Known as: Bostock

PAS notes: Treasure Annual Report 2002 The object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old. Consequently, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.

<2> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-B16A24 (Web Site). SCH5176.

<3> Read, B, 2008, Hooked-Clasps and Eyes (Book). SCH8222.

<4> British Museum & DCMS, 2000-2011, Portable Antiquities Treasure Annual Report, 2002 p.104, ref. 132 (Book). SCH4600.