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Description: | An incomplete, corroded cast copper-alloy Post medieval hooked tag or dress fastener of probable 16th-17th century date (c. AD 1500-1700). This artefact is formed from an integrally cast suspension loop, with decorative openwork body, which is sub-triangular in section, and a now incomplete hooked lower portion. The central body of the tag is formed from a square shield with angled lower point; passing through the centre is a single horizontal bar that suspends a central heart, with the remaining area of the shield left as openwork. The underside is flat and undecorated. Above this central shield is an integrally cast trapezoidal in plan suspension loop; this is sub-triangular in cross section. From the lower triangular point of the shield, beneath a single horizontal ridge, a rectangular in plan bar extends but has broken short of the hook point. This lower portion of the tag has been twisted slightly in post-depositional damage. This artefact has a broadly dark-green patina from corrosion, and the central heart motif can be paralleled with items NLM-6A4072, SF-BE82A3, SF-EA9985, WILT-1DF6D6 on this database and with Read (2008: 105, no. 409-410)
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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