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Description: | Large copper-alloy hooked tag. The plate is circular, 19 mm in diameter, and has openwork and relief decoration. Around the edge is a pellet border, with a double ridge within this. The inner of the two ridges is interrupted by six circular holes; the uppermost hole, however, is blocked by an imperfect casting. Occupying the centre is a six-petalled relief rose, with a raised central boss and concave petals each decorated with two radiating grooves. From the bottom of the plate emerges the hook. This has three transverse ridges across the top, and from the upper one a relief plant with a central stem and flower and a double leaf to either side. The leaves interrupt the pellet border of the plate. Below the transverse ridges the hook is D-shaped in section and sharply pointed. Above the plate is a 15.5 mm wide rectangular attachment loop which has a lump on the top in the centre; this appears to be the remains of an uncleaned casting sprue. Total length 42 mm. It is strange that such a large and nicely made hooked tag should have these uncleaned bits of casting debris.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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