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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: SF-71BC71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval hooked dress fastener. It is rectangular in shape with a knop extending from each corner and the middle of each side. In the centre is a raised rectangle containing what looks like a bird's wing at each corner. To the reverse a hook extends from one end, soldered in place and a rectangular loop sits at the other end.
Dimensions: Length: 5.9mm, width: 3.5mm, thickness: 2.7mm, weight: 1.12g
Discussion: It is very similar to another example from Suffolk illustrated by Read (2008, 60, no.186), who attributes a 16th century date to this type (ibid. 59). Parallels on the PAS database include: SF-9C8492, SF-3983 and NARC-34A9C1.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T391
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.09 mm
Width: 8.72 mm
Thickness: 5.13 mm
Weight: 1.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2015T391
Materials and construction
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