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DRESS HOOK
Unique ID: SF-835294
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval hooked tag of Read's Early Post-Medieval Class E Type 3 hooked tags.It has a flat, circular plate, rectangular suspension loop and integrally cast rear-curving hook. The plate has openwork decoration consisting of a central fleur-de-lis within an inner circle. The border surrounding the heart has moulded decoration on the front face depicting a multifoil or star of 7 points. At the top of the plate is an integral suspension loop that is rectangular in form and section, and has a central rectangular perforation. At the junction of the plate and hook is a moulded transverse ridge and groove, with a small rectangular collar at the top of the hook. The hook itself is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, curving backwards to a tapering point. The entire object measures 38.01mm in length, 19.78mm in width, 1.43mm in thickness and 3.34g in weight.
This is a hooked tag of Read's Early Post-Medieval Class E Type 3. It finds a near identical parallel in an example published by Read from Staffordshire (2008: no. 380) and dates to the early Post-Medieval period, c.16th-17th centuries AD.
Class: Read Early Post-Medieval Class E Type 3
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: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.01 mm
Width: 19.78 mm
Thickness: 1.43 mm
Weight: 3.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Shottisham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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