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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: WILT-9A1C35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post medieval silver gilt hooked tag comprising a triangular shaped sheet backplate and separate hook soldered onto the reverse. It measures 24.2x17.3mm and weighs 2.99g. The hook is slightly squashed. The backplate has rounded corners with scalloped edges, created by little transverse cuts around the outside edge. At the middle point of each edge the sheet has been cut so a tiny triangle projects here. Behind this sits a globular boss c.2mm in diameter. Three rope-twisted wire circles decorate the front surface of the plate. Just inside this is a plain wire circle. These circles are of equal size and the globular bosses fall just outside them. Another globular boss is at the very centre of the plate. Within each rope-twised circle are another two much smaller rope-twisted circles all closest to the innermost point and the central boss. One of each of these has the remains of a tiny boss. It is possible, in the space left next to the two circles, there was a third, of globular boss shape, and these have all now been lost. Gilding is apparent on the revese of the plate around the scalloped edging. Two rough patches at either end of the edge opposite the projecting hook would have been where the attachment bar was attached, probably with solder. The hook is circular in section and 2mm in diameter. 16th century. Cf. A similar silver-gilt hooked tag from Parham, Suffolk, decorated with three large bosses. 2002 T125.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008T113
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1501
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.2 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Weight: 2.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Disclaimed Treasure - 2008 T113
Treasure case number: 2008T113
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Wantage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCMS | Treasure Annual Report 2002 | 107 | 138: 2002 T125 |
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