Record ID: WMID-95A227
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver conical aiglet or lace tag. The aiglet is hollow. It has a rounded blunt tip. The seam butts up against each other. The socket is full of soil and other organic material. The top edge is incomplete with notches removed from it.  The top has been decorated with a horizontal triple groove running parallel to the top. The triple groove is formed of a thin groove top and bottom and a wider one in between. Two small rivet holes are present, one full of soil and the other has an internal diameter of 1.0 mm. It displays an eighty degree bend just below the hal…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-256E25
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy lace tag or aiglet, of Post Medieval to Modern dating (AD 1600 to AD 1800). The tag consists of a conical tube, open at the wider end and a collared ball head terminal at the other. A hole, with an internal diameter of 1.8 mm has been drilled through opposed sites. A longitudinal crack in the sheet metal, resembles a seam, and runs alongside one of the holes. Remains of organic material are present inside the aiglet. It measures 23.1 mm in length, 7.5 mm diameter (top) and 6.10 mm (bottom). The metal is 0.6 mm thick. It weighs 2.1 g. The tag is a dark g…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: WMID-8155CD
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy lace chape or tag, of medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1500). The chape is made from a single piece of rectangular sectioned metal which has been rolled to form a tapering tube with a butted seam. The lower end has been flattened, parallel to the seam. The tag tapers to a blunt point. The top edge is circular in shape. The chape is undecorated and no attachment holes are present. The chape is 33.2 mm long, 4.9 mm in diameter at the top, tapering to 2.7 mm wide and 1.2 mm thick at the base. It weighs 1.6 g. The chape is a mid green colour, with an even su…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Record ID: WMID-E3C15D
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lace chape or tag, of medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1500). The chape is made from a single piece of rectangular sectioned metal which has been rolled to form a tapering tube with a butted seam, open at both ends. The lower end is incomplete. The chape is undecorated and no attachment holes are present. The chape is 73.8 mm long, 8.1 mm in diameter at the top tapering to 5.6 mm at the base, 0.8 mm thick and weighs 8.0 g. The chape is a mid green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has r…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
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