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Description: | Cast copper alloy post-medieval mount. The main body of the object is subrectangular in plan and flat in section. It is pierced at its top end with a circular perforation. To either top corner of this section are two lugs, which appear truncated. Presumably these would have extended up and round into a loop of indeterminate shape,(though probably sub-circular given the angles of the lugs). At the bottom end of the main body, the object extends into a shaft that is semicircular in section, having a flat reverse. It does not taper but ends in a blunt point. The reverse of the object is plain. A pointed integral lug is visible to the reverse of the main body (now bent downwards) and is matched by an integral lug to the reverse of the very tip of the shaft. The object is very abraded and, though missing the original surface, has an even green patina. Break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has a surviving length of 41.72mm, is 13.08mm wide across the main body, 4.76mm wide across the shaft, 2.66mm thick and weighs 4.99g. Despite its passing resemblance to a classic post-medieval hooked tag, the fact that the shaft ends complete without a hook and the evidence of the integral lugs suggests that this is a post-medieval mount, probably of 17th century date. However the broken loop was no doubt intended as a fastening of some description. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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