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Description: | An incomplete copperalloy hooked tag, dating AD 1450-1550.Only the plate remains, which is square in shape with a rounded end that would have led to the hook, which is no longer present.The plate has openwork and moulded decoration. At the top is the rectangular loop and below isa band of three openwork trefoils, surrounded by moulded foliate design. A ropework line is below,separatingthe rounded end from the square section. There would have beendecoration in the rounded section, though due to wear it is no longer visible. The object has a mid green pattina with concreted grey material in places.A similar hooked tag was found in the excavation of a moat at Southwark, where it was assigned a probable late 15th to early 16th century date (Egan, 2005,43-44,fig. 25, no. 152). Further parallels can be found on thePAS database cf.BH-9DF8B4.Dimensions: length: 18.58mm; width: 14.88mm; thickness:3.08mm ;Weight: 1.92g.Reference: Egan, G. 2005. Material Culture in an Age of Transition:Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark. London: Museum of London Archaeology Service.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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