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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The artefact has survived well and all of its attributes are intact: curved hook (bent), sub-rectangular openwork body (slightly bent), rectangular attachment loop. The body of the tag has a solid, moulded foliate section at its base, where it joins the hook. From this a central line emerges, bifurcates, and curves round on itself on each side, before terminating in an openwork 'S'. Within this, prongs ensure that the openwork area takes the form of a pair of trefoils. The reverse is flat, carrying the trefoils and perforations mentioned, in silhouette. The curved part of the hook is not aligned with the straight element; it has been bent halfway down in profile and in plan. The metal has corroded to a red-brown colour with a predominant coating of light green corrosion product. Hooked tags of this design are known (e.g. Bailey 2004, 95; ref. 12.12, and this database, ref. SWYOR-062EB3), although they seem to be relatively rare compared to some of the more ubiquitous designs recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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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