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Description: | An incomplete Post-Medieval lead and copper alloy dress hook. The tag comprises of a lead alloy circular shaped front-plate which is heavily worn. It is slightly convex and has a six-petalled flower in moulded relief. The long copper alloy hook has a sub-rectangular section and is separate to the main part of the tag. It has been embedded and soldered on.It appears to be similar to the example no.194, p.62 (Read 2008) which is Read's Class D, Type 2. This type dates to the sixteenth century.The tag is 19.66mm wide and has a length of 31.64mm (including the hook). It weighs 6.14g.
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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