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Description: | A copper-alloy tubular dress hook of probable early post-medieval date. Hooked tags are a poorly-dated artefact group and few have been found in excavated contexts. The suggested date for this piece is 16th century AD.
The object is made of three joined elements. The upper surface of the body has four vertical panels around a central void of semi-circular section. These panels are separated from each other by a raised rib and are decorated with an incised tooth pattern, every other tooth being filled with a pattern of parallel lines. A thin silver coloured horizonal rim marks the bottom of the tubular section and the vertical outer edges are scalloped. The back of the body is flat and has a sub-rectangular hole. Extending downwards from immediately beneath this hole is the upper part of the wire hook; this has been soldered in place and is missing its hooked bottom section. A right-angled plate, which tapers at the bottom, is soldered under the tubular body section and probably served to prevent the hook from bending forwards.
The artefact measures 34.3mm long, 17.5mm wide and 12mm high. The weight is 9.71g. | 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
1600 | 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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