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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy dress hook (hooked tag or clasp), with champleve enamel, of Early Post Medieval dating (17th Century AD).The clasp is ovoid (oval) in plan, with one attachment loop on the left side and two on the right (either side of the now flattened hook). The centre of the clasp is decorated with a median segmented band with three oblique ovoids either side. Four of the ovoids still retain some champleve enamel, alternate white and black. The edges of the tag are engrailed. The back is plain and undecorated.The hooked clasp measures 41.68 mm in length, 22.57 mm wide and 3.65 mm thick. It weighs 5.9 grams.The hooked clasp is a mid green to brown colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface and decorational detail. The patina has flaked away from a couple of areas, predominately along the edges, to reveal a lighter green colour. These areas should be regularly monitored for signs of active copper corrosion appearing (a bright green powdery residue). To reduce the risk of this happening, the hooked tag should be stored in a sealed air tight, dry box, such as a tupperware box lined with acid free tissue paper and silica gel.Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database as LVPL-907B06, WILT-DAA923 and WILT-BA0526. A comparative example has been published as #646 in Read, 2008 (p177) and he has classified them as Early Post Medieval Class A single blunt hooked and eye clasps, Type 2 which have three attachment knops and consistent with 17th Century AD dating.Reference: Read, B. 2008. Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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