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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: WILT-7E5FD7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy openwork hooked tag; Read class E, type 5 (2001 110, ref. 436). The tag is a Hungerford knot with pellets on each cord terminal, which are joined by a bar to form a trapezoidal attachment loop. Projecting from the largest loop of the knot is a long narrow hook. The tag has been miscast and left unfinished, as one of the knot loops is still filled with copper alloy, where as the others are openwork (and the ones pictured in Read are all also openwork). Read dates this form of hooked tag to 1500-1700 AD (ibid., 87). It measures 34.3mm x 19.8mm x 2.1mm and weighs 2.74g.
Class: Read class E, type 5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.3 mm
Width: 19.8 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cricklade area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 87, 110 | 436 |
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