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Description: | A damaged and incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag or hasp and clasp fastener of suggested 17th century AD date. An illustration in Bailey's book "Buttons and fasteners" (2004; pp. 100) shows how this fastener is thought to have been used in conjunction with a second plate in order to fasten a garment.
The object consists of a lozenge-shaped plate with a projecting loop or sewing hole (only one intact) on the top and each of the side points. At the bottom, a moulded band with a border of triangles in relief separates the lozenge-shaped plate from the hook section. The point of the hook is missing, but the angle of the broken upper portion suggests that is was bent upwards.
The piece measures 34.1mm long, 24.1mm wide and 1.6mm thick; it weighs 3.69g. | 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: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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