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Description: | A complete copper alloy hooked tag (dress hook) of Post Medieval dating (16th Century AD).The dress hook has a circular plate, with a domed centre, and a trapezoidal attachment loop in the same plane as the circular plate. The design on the plate is unclear but possibly a lion or medusa head in relief, within a plain circular border. The reverse is concave. The hook is complete, it is D shaped in section, tapers to a point. The tip curves back on itself.The dress hook measures 34.18 mm in length, 13.01 mm wide and 8.07 mm thick. It weighs 1.9 g.The dress hook is a mid 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 detail.Similar examples have been published as #324-326 in Read, 2008 (p 92) , classified as Early Post Medieval Class E single sharp hooked clasps, Type 3. Read (2008, 87), mentions that all Class E clasps recovered by the Thames Mudlarks have been from secure c. AD 1500 to c. AD 1550 deposits, suggesting a 16th Century date.Reference:Read, B. (2008) Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing, Langport.
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