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Description: | A complete, cast copper alloy, dress hook of Medieval or early post-Medieval date, AD 1450 - 1550. There is a circular, domed central plate with a trapezoidal attachment loop at the top and a curved hook depending from the bottom. The plate carries the moulded letters IHS within a border of small, oval pellets. The underside of the central plate is concave; the remainder of the underside is flat. The tag has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 35.4mm long, 14.3mm wide and 8.1mm thick. It weighs 2.66gm.Compare database record IOW-0A9AC6 which cites Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, and identifies this variety of tag as Read class E, Type 3.
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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