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Description: | A complete 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 moulded relief and openwork design with recessed central cell. A separately cast knop is present through the centre of the plate and is held in place by flattened folded spikes to the reverse. A trapezoidal attachment loop projects from one edge of the main plate and a hook extends from the opposite edge with swag and a projecting ridged collar at the junction between the plate and hook. The reverse of the object is concave and undecorated.The metal has a mid greyish-brown patina and is worn. The hooked tag is 40.3mm long, 19.6mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 3.7g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.101, no.387 and is dated to the early post-medieval period.
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