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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag, Read class E, type 5, dating from the early post-medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. The body consists of an openwork, trefoil ropework knot, each end terminating in a small rosette. A horizontal bar connecting the tops of the two rosettes serves as the attachment loop. A curved, D section hook extends from the centre of the middle loop of the knot, with a tiny human head forming the collar at the top of the hook. The reverse of the tag is plain and unmarked. It has a dark brown patina. It is 34.1mm long, 19mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 2.22gm.A similar tag is illustrated in Read, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, page 110, number 437.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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