Record ID: LVPL-45D51B
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt composite dress hook dating to the early Post-Medieval period. The object consists of a silver lozenge shaped reverse plate with a raised and separate quatrefoil riveted to the back plate by a large domed bossed rivet in the centre. Each point of the quatrefoil terminates with a fleur-de-lis. Between each fleur-de-lis is a rounded projection. The back-plate of the object has engrailed edges and trefoil knops on the apexes. The engrailed edges and knops are gilded. The projecting sections of the engrailed edges are decorated with two small linear grooves. The stra…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A65F43
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hooked tag with central panel decorated with a Trewhiddle-style animal. Description: Hooked tag with a basically drop-shaped plate, with rounded projections at the upper corners, each perforated with a circular sewing hole. The plate has an elegant concave taper towards the base to meet a small but complete backwards-bending hook. The panel of engraved ornament is set inside an undecorated frame and consists of a single, very neatly made, Trewhiddle-style animal in flat counter-relief, whose head points towards the hook and so is best viewed with the sewing holes held to the …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.