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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked tag with a five petalled flower shaped plate, rectangular loop and broken backward facing hook. The central plate has a flat back and moulded front. It is in the shape of a five petalled flower with centre circular hole and indented lines emphasising the petal design. The hook and loop are opposite each other and are both D shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. One corner of the rectangular loop is bent back. The hook starts with two branches which join shortly below the central plate. there is a raised collar across the front at the join. The hook is broken with a patinated break just where it starts to bend back. It measures 32.8mm long by 13.7mm wide and 1.2mm thick excluding the bent back corner and hook. It weighs 1.83 grams. Read (2008:115, No.466 and 7) illustrates two very similar examples and catogorises they as his Early Post Medieval Class E Type 8. He suggests (ibid: 87) they date from 1500-1625, with most being used 1500-1550 and possibly some residual use into the 18th century.
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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