High class Tudor hook tag found at Pulham Market is 'off the scale'

It has a central boss design, with chain filigree and its slender radial rods, possibly to hold pearls or beads, "are unique on a hooked tag", as are its glass inlays.

Chain filigree was first seen on objects in the 16th Century, while radiating rods to hold beads are usually only found in 15th Century objects.Analysis by a British Museum expert confirmed the ingredients in the glass inlays were not used before 1520, dating it to the earlier part of Henry VIII's reign.

Hooked tags have "baffled the experts" for years, said Dr Geake, because there is little evidence of them in use in Tudor portraits. "There is a Holbein watercolour drawing of an English woman in contemporary dress which does show what might be a hooked tag, and another by Pieter Bruegel the Elder," she said.

"So from the evidence of two pictures, they were used to hold one layer of skirt from another so both can be seen."Follow East of England news on

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