2012-02-10 10:51:54 Andrew Brown abrown 2012-02-10 10:53:00 Andrew Brown abrown SF-4F6C83 HOOKED TAG 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. 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 ce... Copper alloy Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1500 1700 21.63 23.91 3.4 Incomplete 2012-02-10 10:51:54 SUFFOLK ST EDMUNDSBURY POINT( ) TL75NW TL7459 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 SF Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2012 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.