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Description: | A seemingly incomplete cast copper-alloy dress hook dating to the post-medieval period. The artefact has survived well, with a slightly bent curved hook, sub-cordate openwork body, and presumably missing attachment loop. Central over the broadly heart-shaped body is a cross in saltire with holes between the arms and the border; the terminals protrude as knops. At the base it narrows into the hook; the latter is D-shaped in cross-section. The reverse of the whole piece is flat. Nestled within the upper part of the cross is a solid moulding that seems to take the shape of a fleur-de-lis. As alluded to, it seems that an attachment bar/loop would have emerged from the upper terminals of the cross but has been lost. The metal has corroded to a dark-green/black colour with some patches of off-white corrosion product. This hooked tag can be classified as Read's early post-medieval Class E; his numbers 457 and 523 are similar, although they lacks the openwork qualities of this artefact (Read 2008, 113, 127).
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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