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Description: | A Post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked tag. The hooked tag has a central oval decorative plate, bordered by beading or possibly a twisted rope motif. The oval plate is 15.12mm x 13.73mm and has the detailed shoulders and head of a left facing person, possibly female, in relief as decoration. The back of the plate is concave with a flat border at the edge and the plate seems to have received a little damage by being bent slightly (backwards) across the narrower axis. The trapezoidal attachment loop extends below the figure's shoulders, starting on the other side of the plate's border. The loop is 2.14mm wide with a 'D' shaped cross-section the back being flat. Above the head, at the start of the hook are side-by-side pellets that then taper into the hook, which is 2.80mm wide and 1.85mm thick. The hook has a length of c.9.61mm, not including the pellets before it starts to curve under. The gap between the upper part of the hook and that which is bent under is 3.83mm. Weight 2.88g, length 34.21mm, maximum width 14.11mm, thickness 2.01mm. For similar examples see Bailey, G. 2004, p.98-99, fig.12.26 and fig.12.35. Some of the other examples that can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database include WILT-08C247, BH-E00DD2, SF-EF8898 and SOMDOR-838445. One of these records states that the "decorative content of this example suggests a 17th to 18th century date".
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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