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Description: | A complete 16th-century cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress hook. The artefact has survived well and all of its attributes are intact: curved hook, the heart-shaped openwork body (slightly bent), triangular attachment loop. The moulded heart-shaped openwork body is bordered by small curved protrusions, suggesting a 'flaming heart' design. Within the heart is a longtudinal partition, with two curved transverse partitions, one on each side and level with one another, attaching the longtudinal partition to the sides of the heart. This hooked tag is similar to ones in Read (2008, 112; 450 & 451), but the photographed tags have different borders and a more obvious fleur-de-lis centre to the heart. The hook protrudes from the base of the heart, and starts with a pellet on either side, then two collars. The hook itself is sharp, which suggest the hook was directly used on material or a looped cord, rather than relating to a corresponding eye (Margeson 1993, 17). The tag and hook are made from one cast piece of copper alloy, which is now covered in red corrosion with patches of a green patina.
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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