Collection of Tudor Period and Earlier Hooked Clothes Fasteners

CIRCA 8TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (4.29 kg total, 48 x 40 cm including frame).

Group of hooked tags and fasteners, mostly openwork castings with integral hook; mostly bronze but some early silver types and Tudor gilt metal domed types with applied filigree detailing; mounted on a fabric backing in a substantial glazed wooden display case with hinged lid; collector's title card.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Literature

See Read, B., Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 2255