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Description: | A fragment from a cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the post-medieval period. The artefact has broken at the point at which it emerged from the body. This latter is circular and domed, with a trapezoidal attachment loop at one end. On the shallow convex dome, at the centre of the body is a moulded classical face-mask, a bearded male in three quarter view. The face is set within a plain circular raised border. The beard abuts the border at the attachment end; that is, it was probably orientated with the wearer in mind. The metal has a variable mid-green patina over a red-brown metal with areas of off-white corrosion product. A parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 92; ref. 324), with a number of others on this database, e.g. HAMP-5B90A5. The corners of the loop have been bent upwards slightly in profile.
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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