Record ID: DOR-36DDA4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT A silver hooked tag with double hook, dating to the 9th century. Description of find A late Saxon hooked tag with trapezoid headplate, scalloped upper edge, three rivet holes and two hooks and very solidly made. The front is decorated with a vase containing a flower. Some of the curving leaves and flower stems of the plant are decorated with fine dots and incisions. A dotted and a beaded bar frame the composition on either side. Below, two stylised animal heads extend into the hooks, the proper left of which is missing its tip. Between the animal heads, a ci…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2007
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EA28D7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag of early-post-Medieval date. The plate is sub-rectangular and undecorated. At the top, a ridge separates the plate from the remains of the hanger. A damaged rearward hook projects downwards from the base of the plate. The object has a brown patina with patches of verdigris. Dimensions are: Length 33 mm. Width 17 mm. Thickness 2 mm. Weight 4.121 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9E1538
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver gilt dress fastener. A hook piece with filigree decorated plate. The plate is cinquefoil with scalloped edges around the foils. On each foil is a dome decorated with two applied filigree wire circles and all are glided. At the centre between the domes is a single domed rivet of gilded silver. Around the rivet is a separately applied silver rove which is not gilded and is tarnished to a dark grey colour. The rove is quite damaged, but appears to have comprised several small pierced projections (traces of five remain). The back of the plate is flat and bears file m…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A93005
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked clasp dress fastener or dress hook. The head only remains. A trefoil of three domed bosses with a separately applied pin at the centre. The lower dome is hollow and the upper two are filled with lead solder from the attachment of the rectangular sectioned angular loop. This example is similar to Brian Read's Class D, Type 6 hooked clasps recorded in Hooked Clasps and Eyes, 2008, page 78, number 260. Date: Post-medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 17.75 mm x 19.04 mm x 9.46 mm Date: 3.59 g
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-8081D0
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked tag. An isoceles triangle shaped plate with and integral D-sectioned hook at the apex of the triangle (the base of the tag). At the top of the tag, at the opposite edge to the hook, are two circular attachment holes, one of which is open, the other filled with corrosion product. The surfaces of the tag are very corroded and pitted, but it appears to have been undecorated. The hook is tapering with a sharp end. It has been curled over. The upper part of the plate is bent. Reference: Date: Early-Medieval - 9th to 11th century Dimensions: 23.65 mm x 10.35 mm x …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR1161
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked tag with niello inlay decoration. Isosceles triangular tag with two attachment holes at the top. At the bottom (i.e. the apex of the triangle)is a thickened stub of a hook. The front of the hook is decorated with a curvilinear/foliate design in niello with a framing border of short lines. The back is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR967
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy hooked tag. Thin plate of metal. Lozenge shaped with circular piercing at the top point and a narrow projection opposite (at the lower point). The projection is broken but would have extended into a hook. Undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WEST STAFFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-63DB46
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast silver gilt hooked tag of sixteenth century date. The hooked tag measures 31mm in length, 24.2mm in width and 7.8mm in thickness. It weighs 10.15g. It has a triangular backplate with cusped outline on which there are three hemi-spheres, each decorated with applied filigree. On each dome there are three filigree circles. On two of the domes the larger circles each contain four smaller circles and on the third dome the larger circles each contain three smaller circles. In the centre of and between each set of circles is a boss, one of which is missing. In the centre of the three d…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-41EF26
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast coper alloy Lozenge shaped, one piece, flat, Hooked Tag. Incomplete, hook broken; unfettled; moulded-in-relief eight-petaled flower; three attachment and four ornamental knops. Length 44.04mm. Width 18.70mm. Thickness 1.54mm. Weight 4.46g. 17th-century dress fasteners, made in a variety of shapes, were used in pairs, one hooked and one with an eye. A pair of good parallels will appear in Read's forthcoming book.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-838445
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked tag of early sixteenth century date. The hooked tag measures 37mm by 13mm and has an oval plate with a trapezoidal hook at one end and a sharp backward curving hook at the other. The convex front is moulded with a Renaissance-style female bust, facing left. A very similar dress hook from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (SOMDOR-EF8898) and features in the PAS Annual Report for 2006 (pp. 99-100).
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1503
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy dress hook.Cast in one piece.Trepezoidal framed loop. Sub-circular plate with openwork border around an undecorated central, circular recess with a rope pattern border. Two of the lower openwork holes (flanking the hook) may have been used as attachment/sewing holes. The oval sectioned hook projects opposite the loop. There are two transverse moulded ribs at the top before it tapers to a backward curving point. The back is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-F6AD54
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early medieval hooked tag of Read's Class A Type 1 with two attachment holes dating to the period c. AD 800 - 900. The hooked tag consists of a triangular plate with two circular attachment holes at the attachment end. The plate tapers to a reverse facing hook whcih terminates in an old break. The plate is undecorated. The hooked tag measures 31.55mm in length, 20.02mm maximum width, 1.58mm minimum width, is 0.88mm thick and weighs 2.21g. Cf. Read, B, 2008, p. 7.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F6D8A1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval hooked tag of Read's Class A Type 2 c. AD 600 - 1066. The hooked tag consists of a circular plate with two incomplete circular attachment holes at the attachment end. The plate is decorated on the obverse with an indistint incised design which may depict a stylised cross pattee surrounded by a pellet border. The triangular hook extends from the bottom of the plate and terminates in an old break. The hooked tag has a mottled brown and green patina and is heavily worn. The hooked tag measures 28.25mm in length, is 21.04mm wide, is 1.01mm thi…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9E4B58
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver hooked tag. A broken, narrow triangular tag with zoomorphic and plant decoration. The upper, wider horizontal edge is damaged, but there are two broken rounded apertures for attachment. The front of the plate is decorated with a line of raised square pellets along each side. This beaded border frames the incised decoration which comprises a relief band along either side and continuing as a wavy line across the top below the attachment holes. This band runs around a symmetrical design of a curvilinear plant-like device with two V-shaped leaves and a bud on a stem a…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Blandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FB0008
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hooked tag. A thin, undecorated sub-circular plate with two peirced knops at the top for attachment. At the opposite edge extends the backward hookwhich is triangular at the top and decorated with two incised transverse lines and two lines forming a downward chevron. Below the triangular element is a slight projecting collar before the hook tapers and curves upwards, terminating in a point. Date: Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval - c. AD 800 to 1200 Dimensions: 26.80 mm 16.29 mm x 1.54 mm Weight: 1.46 g This is similar to copper alloy examples recorded in Read. B, 2…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gillingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4C46AA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver hooked tag. It comprises a flat, circular plate with two pierced lugs in the upper edge (one incomplete) and a curved, tapering hook on the lower edge. Above the hook at the plate narrows into a rectangular collar. The hook curves backwards and tapers to a sharp point.underneath the tag, and is sharp and complete. The upper surface of the plate is incised with a cruciform motif with incurved arms and a central saltire. The angles are in-filled with incised lobed leaf or zoomorphic elements. Date: Early-Medieval -c. 800 - 1100 Dimensions: 26.32 mm 15.76 mm x 3.…
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FC935
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy sheet hooked tag, probably dating to c. AD 600-1150. The hooked tag has a simple undecorated triangular plate with an indented upper edge, with a larger, central, semicircular indentation flanked by two smaller. The plate has only a single perforation, in the top left hand corner. The plate tapers into a rearward facing hook, with this being bent forwards by 90 degrees at the juncture between the two, just above a slightly raised collar of three cross-mouldings. The terminal of the hook is lost. Dimensions: length 21.8mm; width 13.9m…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-1C4C56
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver hooked tag of Read’s Class D type 5 (figurative type). The item is a trefoil of hollow-domed bosses with an engrailed edge. The bosses are separately soldered, and each boss is within an annulet. Central is a ten-petalled flower with raised centre. Large granules are located in the interstices on the edge of the plate. On the reverse is a separately soldered cylindrical hook, which tapers to a sharp point. Separate soldered loop on reverse is missing. Dimensions: Weight: 6g. Length: 30.5mm. Width: 22.8mm. Plate thickness: 4.7mm. Discussion: This type of dress…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-80FDA3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver hooked tag or clasp, comprising a flat triangular plate. At the wide upper edge are the traces of three rivet holes, now broken; below this, the plate tapers to a rounded terminal with a narrow, flat hook projecting from it. The hook itself is slightly tapering and broken at the end. The side edges of the plate are notched and the upper surface of the plate has a double border of stamped chevrons, which continues under the lower edge of the attachment holes. The border ends at a double incised transverse line across the junction between plate and terminal. Below t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8123BC
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, silver gilt dress fastener (a hooked clasp). A large, flat quatrefoil plate with a central hole. There are small pointed projections between the foils. Each of the foils is decorated with applied silver wire filigree comprising a circular double framing band around seven smaller circles arranged in a concentric band with another small circle in the centre with a raised dome-headed knop in it. In the centre of the plate, attached through the central hole is a separate dome-headed split pin which also attaches a separate decafoil plate. The front surface retains traces of gi…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle', grid reference and parish protected.