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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval hooked tag, toggle piece, of Read's Early Post-Medieval unclassifed toggle-clasps Type 5 (Read, 2008: no. 761). It has a flat plate with trilocate attachment end and pairs of large semi-circular notches to each side. At the terminal end is a projecting disc that would have enabled the object to lock in place with the corresponding catch/eye piece. At the centre of the attachment end and at the centr eof the plate towards the terminal are the remains of single iron rivets. The front face of the object has extensive moulded decoration. This comprises floral/foliate motifs that run the length of the plate within a raised outer border, the disc having multiple curved lines radiating from a central pellet and within a raised border. It measures 40.35mm in length, 17.37mm in width, 3.82mm in thickness, and 5.08g in weight. This toggle belongs to Read's (2008) Early Post-Medieval unclassifed toggle-clasps Type 5 and finds an almost identical example in his no. 761. This suggests a date in the 16th-17th centuries AD for the current example.
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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