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Description: | A copper alloy dress hook, Read class E, type 3, dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1500 - 1600. It has a moulded, openwork body pierced with eight circular perforations, four on each side of a central, chequered lozenge within a moulded V shape. At the upper edge of the body is an integral, trapezoidal suspension loop and at the lower edge a curved hook beneath a raised, transverse ridge. The point of the hook has broken away and is missing. The tag has a dark brown patina. It is 36.8mm long, 15.5mm wide and 7.9mm thick. It weighs 2.32gm.An identical tag is illustrated in Read, 2008, page 104, number 402.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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