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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting or hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. It is missing the tip of the hook due to old breaks. The object has an openwork trefoil shaped plate with two circular apertures at the top and a central lozenge shaped aperture beneath. At the top of the plate is an integrally cast semi-circular lug with circular rivet hole that contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. At the base of the plate is a second central circular rivet hole beneath which there is a transverse collar from which extends the integrally cast hook. The hook is flat, rectangular in form and curves backwards before terminating in old breaks. The entire object measures 35.18mm in length, 15.62mm in width, 1.64mm in thickness and 2.56g in weight.This is an incomplete strap fitting or hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. It finds a parallel in an example published by Read (2008: no. 828; IOW-0A0576) that was found with a separately cast copper-alloy ring suspended from the hook at the base of the plate. It is likely that the current example was of similar form and function, suggesting possible usage as a belt or strap mount rather than a hooked tag. It is of probable 17th century AD 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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