Record ID: NARC-41AFD3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval silver-gilt dress-hook, complete except for the end part of the hook. 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 bosses is a dome-shaped gilded boss with…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claydon ', grid reference and parish protected.