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Description: | A cast, copper alloy hooked tag, dating from the post-medieval period, AD 1500-1550. It is sub-rectangular, tapering slightly towards the hooked end, where it is separated from the hook shaft by a small, transverse collar. The body is openwork, with seven roughly circular piercings. On each side of the body is a border of six small knops; five are rounded and the sixth, at the top of the body, is triangular. The fixing loop is a square protrusion in the centre of the top edge and has a U-shaped piercing. The hook is intact. The tag has a dark brown patina. It is 40.9mm long, 17mm wide and 9.8mm thick. It weighs 2.49gm.Similar tags are illustrated in Egan, 2005, Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, page 44.
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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