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Hooked tag

Unknown artist, 9th - 10th century

Courtesy Whitchurch Heritage Centre

This high-quality hooked tag matches an example already in the collection of the Whitchurch Heritage Centre. The silver tags, which date from around the ninth century, were found within 100m of each other in a ploughed field near Prees, less than five miles from the centre. The surface is finely decorated with a Trewhiddle-style animal, an almost exact mirror image of the beast on the tagÂ’s matching partner.

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Title of artwork, date

Hooked tag, 9th - 10th century

Date supported

2015

Medium and material

silver

Dimensions

2.2 × 1.7 × 0.1cm

Grant

800

Total cost

1100

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