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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The hooked tag is of Reads Class E, Type 2 being shield shaped in plan. The main plate is moulded relief and openwork in the bearing a transverse cabled band surmounted by two fleur-de-lis. The opposite side has a swag and a ridged ribbed collar where the plate would have joined the integrally cast hook though this element no longer remains. The reverse of is flat and undecorated.The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 17.9mm long, 14.2mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 1.5g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.89, no.305 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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