Record ID: LON-31C826 - POST MEDIEVAL hooked tag

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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: LON-31C826

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post medieval copper alloy hooked tag

A Post Medieval copper alloy hooked tag. It is composite with a sheet metal hook and loop soldered onto the reverse of a die-stamped front plate. The trefoil front plate is composed of three hollow-domed bosses with central recessed dots and incised frill edges. These three bosses are separated by bars radiating from a central domed rivet; each of the bars has a central linear groove. The reverse of the front plate is filled with solder which secures the hook and the loop. The hook is constructed from a length of copper sheet with a sharpened point. It measures 24.1mm (length) x 17.8mm (width) x 10.5mm (thickness) and it weighs 4.05g.

This is a Read Class D Type 6 trefoil hooked tag (2008, 75-81), which he dates to the 16th century AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 24.1 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 10.5 mm
Weight: 4.05 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Tower Hamlets
Parish: Tower Hamlets

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3380
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Open fresh water [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Running water [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Kath Creed - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Kath Creed - [view all attributed records]

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