File:A single view of a Post Medieval dress hook. (FindID 107009).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-oval in plan. The body is moulded with a high-relief bust. The male bust faces right. Dress hooks tend to be described with the loop as the upper edge and the hook being the lower component. If this is correct, the bust is therefore inverted. The reverse of the body is concave. 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 has a collar and then tapers, however only a short portion of the hook remains. 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 20.41mm long and 12.34mm wide. It weighs 1.3g.