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Description: | A cast copper-alloy blunt hooked tag of probable post medieval date (1550-1700). The plate of the hooked tag is lozenge shaped in plan with a series of projecting knops and loops positioned evenly around the central plate. An integral rectangular blunt hook projects from one end. This hook (male)would have taken the opposite loop (female) fitting and acted as a closing device on a cloak, doublet or dress. The plate of the looped fitting has a central possibly cast floral decoration formed from a ovoid (tear shaped) pellets arranged around a central rosette. This central cast design is enclosed within an lozenge shaped panel formed from C shaped scrolls; the terminals of these scrolls project from the plate as small knops. The reverse of the hooked tag is plain and flat. The hooked tag is of a mid silvery grey colour and has an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces of the artefact. Where the patina has been removed a purple coloured copper corrosion is present, suggesting the tag is made of copper alloy. The grey surface patina is the remains of a decayed decorative tin surface. The function of these fittings is not certain; they may have been used as dress fasteners or they may have had a variety of other uses. A direct parallel for this example has not been found in the standard reference work (Read: Hooked Clasps and Eyes); however similar it broadly conforms with Reads Class A being a variant on Type 8 (which has an oval plate). Floral decoration is a common theme of these tags. These are all broadly dated to the period 1550 - 1700.The fitting measures 44.8mm in length, 23.9mm in width, is a maximum of 5.6mm thick across the hook and 2.0mm thick across the plate; it weighs 7.57 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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