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Description: | A complete cast in one copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The item is flat backed and essentially has three sections to it - an openwork sub-rectangular lug adjoining an openwork decorative roundel which in turn adjoins a narrow tapering hook which is curled around under itself in a semi-circle. The rectangular lug is plain, the central roundel has an openwork design that resembles a stylised flower with a central plain circlular component surrounded by nine smaller open circles with some additional moulded detail along the edges. There is some further openwork detail where this section attaches to the hook and the hook itself has two moulded bands around its widest section.
Such clothing or dress hooks probably had a variety of uses and suggestions have ranged from their use in pairs, with a chain between, to secure a cloak or collar, to use as single items in order to attach bodice garments to belts.
Ref: G. Egan, 'Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition', p.42ff. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burrill, Charlotte - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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