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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy post-Medieval hooked tag (c. 1500-c. 1600).The majority of the hook is missing due to an old break. The attachment loop is sub-trapezoidal and the plate is lozenge-shaped. A raised border around the plate is decorated with small pellets and at the centre of the plate there is a raised quatrefoil motif. The small surviving portion of the hook is horizontally ridged. At the rear the surface is entirely flat and plain.A patina has not survived and the dull red surface is partially covered with pale green copper alloy corrosion products.26.1 x 16.0 x 1.8mm. Weight: 1.99g.This hooked tag is similar to one recorded from Okeford Fitzpaine Parish, Dorset. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SOMDOR-25B110.
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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