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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy hooked tag (16th century). This is a Read Class D Type 6 trefoil hooked tag. It is composite with a wire hook and loop soldered onto the reverse of a die-stamped front plate. The trefoil front plate is composed of three hollow-domed bosses separated by bars radiating from the central smaller hollow-domed boss, each of the bars projects beyond the edge forming small knops. The reverse of the front plate is filled with solder which secures the hook and the loop. The hook is constructed from a length of wire with a sharpened point. Dimensions: length: 31.06mm; width: 22.52mm; thickness: 8.07mm; weight: 5.61g.Reference: Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes. A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset. P. 75.
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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