Record ID: SF-4F6C83 - POST MEDIEVAL hooked tag

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HOOKED TAG

Unique ID: SF-4F6C83

Object type certainty: Certain

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An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked toggle-clasp or sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. One half of the eye piece survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form and section, terminating at a central circular rivet hold towards the centre of the plate. The eye is rectangular with a transverse rectangular bar at the plate end that is D-shaped in section and decorated on the front face with incised diagonal grooves. At the terminal end is a similar transverse bar, which is curved in form/profile. An integrally cast flat, circular suspension loop with central circular aperture is present at the bottom edge of the plate close to the terminal end. The entire object measures 23.91mm in length, 21.63mm in width (including loop, 14.68mm excluding loop), 3.40mm in thickness and 5.01g in weight.

This is an incomplete sword belt fitting or toggle-clasp with near identical examples noted in Read's Early Post-Medieval Type 1 unclasified toggle-clasp group (Read, 2008: nos. 753-755). It is of Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries 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 1700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 23.91 mm
Width: 21.63 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 5.01 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: East
County: Suffolk
District: St Edmundsbury
To be known as: Ousden

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 1st October 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Andrew Brown - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Brown - [view all attributed records]

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