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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 - AD 1650). Length: 35.1mm; maximum width: 16.1mm; thickness: 1.6mm; weight: 2.21g. Weight 2.21g.The plate has a rectangular attachment loop, the longer side is 12.8mm in length and the shorter side is 6.3mm in length. The plate itself is roughly circular in plan. The top half of the plate has two sets of four circular perforations on either side, two larger holes on the outer edge and two smaller ones on the inside of these. Below, the plate is solid with a raised central moulded V-shape with incised cross-hatching within it. The hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section. The hook has an old transverse break at the point where it changed direction to the rear. The reddish colour metal is partially covered with copper alloy corrosion products.A similar hooked tag is illustrated in Read 2008, 104, ref. 403.
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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