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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 3 being circular in plan. The main plate is circular with a raised central design of a classical style human female bust within a raised circumferential border. A trapezoidal attachment loop projects from one edge of the main plate though a small portion of the outer edge has been lost to old breaks and the hook extends from the opposite edge terminating in a worn break. The reverse of the object is concave and undecorated.The metal has a mid brassy-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 24.5mm long, 15.7mm wide, 1.3mm thick and weighs 1.6g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.94, no.335 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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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