Heart-shaped dress hook

Dress hooks were expensive items used in the elaborate clothing of wealthy women in Tudor England. This item is a silver-gilt hook in a tear-shape with heart-shaped decoration on the front and a scalloped edge.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
41/2014
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Devon archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Gordon Phillips
Material
goldsilver
Common Name
heart-shaped dress hook
Simple Name
dress hook
Period Classification
Tudor (1500-1603)

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dress hook, heart-shaped