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Description: | A copper-alloy hooked tag of probable early post-Medieval date.The plate takes the form of a double-stranded openwork 'knot' with three loops. The surmounting hanger has a circular moulding on each vertical side, and a horizontal bar at the top. A truncated-oval moulding separates the plate from the triangular-sectioned, backward-curving hook. The underside of the artefact is flat.Dimensions: 34.3mm long, 19mm wide, 2.4mm thick. Weight: 2.56g.Parallels for this piece include PAS records BH-B3BCE6 (from Battlesden, Bedfordshire) and BH-7E99D1 (Lathbury, Buckinghamshire). Several examples of this particular style of hooked tag are also illustrated by Read (2008: 110, nos. 436-440). It has been suggested that some forms of hooked tag may date from as early as the late 15th century (see Egan 2005: 43-44), although the main period of production was probably the 16th century.
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