File:A single view of a Post Medieval dress hook. (FindID 107007).jpg

English: The object is a Post Medieval dress hook. Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58) illustrates similar examples, Nos. 71-75, and dates these to the late 16th to 17th centuries. The dress hook is made from cast copper alloy.

The body of the dress hook is sub-circular in plan. The edge is moulded with a beaded border. Within the border is a central ‘+’ with four sub-circular openwork areas in the four quarters. The reverse of the body is flat and undecorated except for the areas of openwork. The upper edge of the body has two broken short stem, which originally would have formed the rectangular loop. The loop allows the dress hook to be stitched to the garment. Integral to the body of the dress hook is the hook. This protrudes from the centre of the lower edge. The hook tapers to a blunt broken point. In profile the hook forms a curvaceous ‘L’ shape, being towards the reverse of the dress hook. The broken hook and loop are not recent breaks. The surface of the dress hook is covered with red copper corrosion. 

The dress hook measures 25.71mm long and 16.29mm wide. It weighs 1.6g.