Record ID: SF-DFCCFD
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete early medieval (mid- to late Anglo-Saxon) silver hooked tag. It is sub-circular in shape with a sharp rear-facing hook projecting from the centre of its lower edge. Its outer face is decorated with an incised linear border and within this four incised C-shapes curving inwards from each corner, their inner edges joined by short lines and a small annulet in the centre. There are two small circular holes through the upper edge. Date: 9th to 11th century Dimensions: Length: 17.34mm, width: 11.84mm, thickness: 0.62mm, weight: 0.71g Discussion: Hook…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E7C704
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver early medieval hooked tag. It has a circular attachment plate, its outer face decorated with six engraved central spiral from which pairs of grooves radiate from each side and end. These appear to be filled with traces of niello inlay. There are two small attachment holes are arranged near the upper edge and a sharp rear-facing hook projects from the centre of the lower edge. Dimensions: Length 17.86mm Width 11.48mm Thickness 0.76mm Weight 0.79g Discussion: Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners that were used to secure small bags or purses and als…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hitcham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F6331
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: an incomplete silver gilt hooked clasp of Read's early Post-Medieval class B, type 2- dating c. 1550-1700. The clasp demonstrates a circular domed body decorated on its upper face with the applied filigree design of a six-petalled flower within a concentric circular border (on the entire of which traces of gilding are visible), while on its underside a broken attachment fitting with two eyes (the hook missing) has been soldered on. Date: 1550-1700 Dimensions: the object measures 10.55mm long down the axis of its attachment mechanism, the body being 8.36mm in dia…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-779969
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval silver hooked tag. It has a circular plate with two small circular perforations set next to each other near to the upper edge. Its outer face is decorated with two concentric circles joined by eight transverse lines created by small engraved marks. The resulting motif is cruciform in aspect. The hook projects from the centre of the lower edge and curves backward abruptly to terminate in a sharp point. It survives in good condition.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7E9517
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval rectangular dress hook. The body consists of a rectangular plate to the rear, with seven knobs extending from its outer edges at equal intervals and a moulded trefoil knop from the centre of the lower edge. An integral rectangular section, c.3mm thick, projects from the centre of this, its outer face decorated with wire filigree and pellets. A rear-facing sharp hook extends from the centre of the trefoil knop on the lower edge. The surface gilding survives in good condition, but has worn away in places revealing the silver beneath. …
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ECB5FE
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver early medieval hooked tag. It has a roughly oval plate with two heavily damaged closely spaced circular pierced knops extending from the upper edge. The outer face of plate is decorated with a line of dots around the outside and two parallel lines of diagonal dashes running down the centre. The hook projects from the centre of the lower edge and curves backward, but its tip is now missing. Despite this damage it survives in otherwise fair condition with some scratching on both surfaces and notches around the edges. Dimensions: Length: 16.68mm, widt…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D8E3C4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver post-medieval dress hook. It has an openwork plate consisting of a hexagonal wreath of flowers around a central heart shape, leaving open gaps around its edges. Extending from the upper edge is a trapezoidal attachment hoop and from the loop a long, sharp hook, which curves round to the rear. There are faint traces of gilding on the outer face only. It survives in excellent condition, but the hook is slightly bent out of shape. Dimensions: Length: 28.46mm, width: 13.34mm, thickness: 3.22mm, weight: 3.08g Discussion: Read (2008, 159, no.597) …
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wordwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F109FC
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver hooked tag of composite construction. It consists of a circular cast plate with an integral rectangular loop. The front face of the plate is decorated with grooves around its edge and within a six-petalled flower made from silver wire with a circular knop in its centre. The back face has a rectangular scar where a separate hook would have originally been soldered on. Discussion: This dress hook is of Read early post-medieval Class K (Read 2008, p.125). A similar item was found in Essex (2010 T37, ESS-0ED744).
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EF29F4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver-gilt dress hook of composite construction. It consists of a circular cast plate with an integral rectangular loop and eight decorative projecting circular knops around its edge. Held onto the front of the plate, via a dome-headed rivet, is a domed six-petalled openwork flower. The rivet also holds a separate circular back plate onto the reverse of the cast plate, which has a separate hook soldered to its lower edge. Discussion: This dress hook is of Read Class I, being of composite construction (Read 2008, p. 123, ref. 504). A similar item was found in Suffolk (…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hollesley area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D3D05
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver hooked tag of early post medieval date. The plate survives, although part of the upper edge is now missing, it is roughly circular in shape with a moulded rode in its centre with openwork outer petals. On the back face there are scars and the remains of solder, where the separate hook and attachment loop were attached originally. Discussion: This hooked tag is similar to other examples which are all of Read Early Post-medieval Class 1 Type 1, they are all of three-piece construction and two have plates in the form of roses (Read, 2008, 123, 504-506…
Created on: Monday 8th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1E4974
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver hooked tag, triangular with three rounded lobes decorated with filigree circles around central pellets and a flat back plate of the same shape. In the centre of the three lobes is a circular hole which would originally have held a separate decorative element, probably a flower, via a butterfly clip (split pin) on the reverse. On the reverse the abruptly curving tapering hook is soldered on and the attachment bar is now missing, although there are scars of solder where it would have been attached originally. Dimensions: 20.46mm in length, 1…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-536958
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete silver gilt post medieval hooked tag. This hooked tag is composite in construction and quatrefoil in shape with additional decorative elements projecting from its centre. There are smaller triangular projections between each lobe of the quatrefoil. When viewed from the front face each of these triangular projections has two small V-shaped notches. Each lobe of the quatrefoil has a crescent-shaped twisted filigree border within which there are three filigree annulets. There is a quatrefoil shaped recess in the centre of the front face and there are several dec…
Created on: Monday 7th September 2009
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-034BF3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-medieval silver-gilt dress-hook, complete except for the bar loop on the back plate that is missing due to old breaks. It has a trefoil-shaped back plate with cusped edges cut from a single sheet of silver, onto which is soldered a separate silver recurving hook that tapers to a point. Soldered onto the front are three hemispherical bosses, with punched decoration visible around the edges of the plate. The bosses have applied filigree and granulated ornament consisting of two rope-twist circlets separated by filigree annulets and several small knops. At the centre of the three …
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E85546
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver gilt early post medieval Tudor hooked tag or dress hook. It is composite in construction with a decorative front plate, which is circular in shape with seven evenly spaced projecting knops around its edges. This front plate has a central flower motif with eleven oval petals radiating from a central point. There is a separate domed silver gilt rivet through the centre of this flower, holding the decorative front plate to a separate flat back plate. Projecting from the upper edge of the front plate and integral to it is the remains of a transverse rectangu…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelsale cum Carlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3A5BC0
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hooked tag. The plate is oval in shape with two circular holes set next to each other near to the upper edge. The plate's edge is and damaged on one side. The hook projects from the centre of the lower edge and curves backward abruptly to terminate in a point. Both faces of this hooked tag are undecorated. The hooked tag dates to the 9th to 11th century. This small hooked tag is similar in form to other previous examples, such as an example from Barton Bendish, Norfolk (2003 T233) (Treasure Annual Report 2003), although this and other parallels are decorated.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9CCB15
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver gilt 16th century dress-hook, complete apart from most of the integral loop. Fragments of the sides of this loop survive and project vertically from the top edge of the plate, the loop appears to have been rectangular in shape originally. The plate is moulded in the form of a circular Tudor rose and in its centre there is a fleur-de-lis motif, when this motif is viewed the right way up the missing loop would be at its base, which probably indicates the orientation this hook was worn. The hook is soldered onto the flat back face of the plate; it is com…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bungay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1EFD68
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag, a fragment of the upper edge of the plate is now missing due to an old break. The head is round in shape and has two small circular sewing holes near the centre of the upper edge. The front face is decorated with an incised Greek cross with rounded terminals and there is also a pair of transverse grooves at the beginning of each arm. The cross appears to have also been inlaid with niello, although only tiny traces survive. The hook is slender and turns backwards abruptly at its lower third, it tapers to a sharp point. Dis…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-182BA2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilded silver composite hooked tag. The upper half of the plate survives and the rest of the object is missing due to old breaks. The plate was originally trefoil in shape consisting of a separate backplate, cusped around its edge, supporting three domed bosses. The upper two of these now survive together with part of the backplate and a separate attachment loop. None of the edge of the backplate survives. Each boss is decorated with filigree and granulated ornament. Each boss is surrounded by a border of twisted wire. Within this are three circles of twi…
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-17EA63
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver hooked tag with a circular plate, complete except for a small fragment missing along one edge of the plate (old break). The plate is flat, but now slightly bent forwards. and has two parallel circular sewing holes. The front is decorated with engraving, perhaps made up of short rocked or punched marks. The motif in the centre appears to be an Anglo-Scandinavian shell-spiral. This occupies about half of the area, and the outer half is decorated with four V-shapes set with points inwards to form a cross. Each of the V shapes has a short line in the centre which doe…
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-33C358
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Complete Tudor gilded silver hooked tag. The plate is openwork and cast in one, it is rectangular in shape with horizontal and vertical bars crossing each other with rectangular holes between them. There are small rounded knops at the corner of each hole. The upper edge has a rounded projection at either end and the lower edge has indented triangular arches along it. The other two opposing sides of the plate have small transverse notches, which may represent a stone or brick wall. The plate appears to represent a portcullis. The transverse bar and hook are soldered to the …
Created on: Friday 4th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stowmarket', grid reference and parish protected.