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Description: | Complete cast, copper alloy Post medieval hooked tag. This object is formed from three integral components. The main body of the tag is circular in plan and flat in section. It is decorated with a raised decorative moulding in the form of a bearded face contained within a raised border. When viewed with the head facing, to the left of the main body is the rectangular fixing loop, and to the right is the sharp hook that curves backwards.To the reverse of the tag, the main circular body has a slight depression. The object has an even mid green patina, with some light green corrosion to its reverse,and survives in good condition. It is 36.54mm long, 13.1mm in diameter across the main body, 3.7mm thick and weighs 2.83g. Hooked tags of this type were used in the 17th century mostly as clothes fastenings. It is thought that they were hooked onto a cord or straight into material, rather than through an 'eye'. Examples (though without the bearded face) can be seen in Margeson, 1993, Norwich Households, figure 8.
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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