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Unique ID: SF-F025B3
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A complete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. The tag has an openwork plate that is trefoil shaped and in the form of a Hungerford knot. This consists of a single hatched cord that is interlaced to form the trefoil knot shape, each end of the cord terminating at the top of the plate with a small moulded five petalled rose. From the top of each rose extends a transverse bar that is rectangular in form and D-shaped in section and which creates an attachment loop that is triangular in form. At the base of the plate/knot is the the integral hook. This has a moulded oval shaped collar, perhaps in the form of a human face, the hook itself being triangular in section and curving backwards to a sharp point. The back face of the plate is flat and undecorated. It measures 32.63mm in length, 18.70mm in width, 1.87mm in thickness, and weighs 2.42g.
This is an incomplete Post-Medieval hooked tag belonging to Read's Early Post-Medieval Class E Type 5 hooked tags. Read publishes a near identical example from London (Read, 2008: no. 437) and suggests a probable 16th century AD date for the group.
Class: Read Class E Type 5
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.63 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 1.87 mm
Weight: 2.42 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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