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Description: | A cast, copper alloy hooked tag, dating from 1550-1600AD. The body of the tag is sexfoil in shape with a small triangular knop at each angle and has a small piece missing from the upper edge. The decoration consists of a cross of two slightly raised ridges and a pattern of openwork, circular piercings. The upright of the cross is slightly broader than the crossbar and there is a raised dot in the centre where the four arms meet. Seven circular piercings remain of the openwork pattern, four to the left and three to the right of the upright of the cross. The pattern is incomplete: there are depressions showing where piercings should be, but they have not completely penetrated the metal. The spike and hook are complete and remain in situ, though the hook has been bent and now lies in the same plane as the body. The tag has a patchy, light green patina. It is 32.7mm long, 20.5mm wide and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 2.32gm. A similar example is illustrated in Egan, Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, page 44, number 153.
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