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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of probable early post medieval date (1500-1650). The plate of the hooked tag is broadly sub-triangular in plan with an integral rectangular loop at one end and a broken projection (where the hook would have been) at the other. The hook tag measures 29.5mm in length, 18.1mm in width and is 2.3mm thick. The rectangular loop has an internal measurement of 7.8mm x 3.6mm. The hook would have been formed by bending back the tapering end of the plate. The hooked tag weighs 2.69 grams.
The plate of the hooked tag has a central floral decoration formed from four conjoining pellets. This element is contained within a heart shaped panel formed from a raised rope-like boarder. On both of the long angled sides are further flower like scrolls and raised knops. The reverse of the hooked tag is plain and flat. The hooked tag is of a mid grey-green colour and has an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces of the artefact. The tag is asymmetrical due to abrasion in the plough soil and the hook is missing: the break is worn and abraded. Similar hooked tags can be seen in Sue Margeson's book: Norwich Households. 1993: pp 16-17, figures 71-75. Margeson dates these hooked tags to the early post medieval period, specifically the 16th and early 17th centuries. The function of hooked tags is not certain; they may have been used as dress fasteners or they may have had a variety of other uses. | 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: | 1500
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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