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Description: | A cast lead hooked tag of early post-medieval date. This is a common form of hooked tag and silver examples regularly feature in the Treasure Annual Reports (see, for example, TAR 2004, p. 129, no. 274. Other lead examples are recorded on the PAS database, such as BH-DE6CE5.
The cast lead body takes the form of three hemispherical mouldings arranged in an inverted triangular formation. Each hemisphere has a raised central pellet surrounded by five further pellet-in-ring mouldings, and has a beaded edge. At the centre, between the three hemispheres, is a globular moulding. Extending downwards from the underside of the piece is an integrally cast half-cylinder moulding, which extends up the back and has two moulded transverse ridges. This half-cylinder would originally have contained the hook element. At the top of the reverse side, extending horizontally, is a now squashed rectangular loop attachment.
The surfaces of the object are heavily corroded. It measures 24.3mm long, 22.1mm wide and 7.5mm thick. The weight is 7.13g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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