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Description: | A complete but squashed Post-Medieval (1500-1600) copper alloy openwork hooked tag of Read's Class E, Type 3, cf. Read 2008 p.103, no.397. It has a circular area with a raised circumference at the centre with openwork decoration around and a projecting double ribbed collar.At one end is a rectangular attachment loop. Beneath this is the openwork decoration which consists of five pierced circles in a crescent shape with a crenellated outside edge, flanking the central circular area which is 8.24mm in diameter. Around the lower half of the cirlce, in two quarters, is a rectangular open area. The edge ot the tag outside of this has moulded decoration on both internal and outside edges.Above the double ribbed collar are three more open piercings arranged in a V formation. Below the collar the pointed hook extends, D-shaped in cross-section and curving back on itself.Measures 40.45x19.36x1.57mm and weighs 2.84g.
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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