Record ID: YORYM-4FB6F5 - POST MEDIEVAL hooked tag

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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: YORYM-4FB6F5

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post-medieval : Hooked tag

An incomplete cast copper alloy hooked tag of post-medieval date. The main plate is a moulded openwork design consisting of sixteen small holes around an equal armed cross with central pellet within a linear circle.
From one edge of the hooked tag the rectangular attachment loop projects. The hook no longer remains and the hook is worn. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated.
The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is worn. The hooked tag is 21.5mm long, 15.7mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.3g.
A parallel can be seen in Read, p.99, no.370.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
To be known as: Hayton

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd January 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mrs Rebecca Griffiths - [view all attributed records]

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