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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The item is flat backed and essentially has three sections to it - a sub-rectangular loop adjoining an openwork decorative roundel which in turn adjoins a narrow tapering hook which is broken. The rectangular lug is plain, the central roundel has an openwork design around it that resembles a stylised flower. The hook 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.
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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