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Description: | The object is probably a mount due to three likely iron rivets on the body of the mount. It is not possible to determine what it decorated. The mount is made from cast copper alloy. In length it is 28.3mm, 10.7mm wide and 5.2mm thick.
The body of the mount is an oval shape in plan. It is on this portion of the mount where there are three probable iron rivets. The iron element is visible on both surfaces, but is more clear on one. The reverse and upper surface of this portion ofthe mount is flat and undecorated.
Protruding from one terminal of the oval shape an there is an oval sectioned stem. This stem is more thick than the oval body. The stem has moulded decoration which includes a narrowed 'waisted' portion, before terminating in a probable damaged loop. The loop, if it was originally a loop, forms a 'u' sjape in plan. The terminals are broken, but not too recently. However, their surface is slightly different to the surface.
The surface is slightly corroded and there are only traces of a light brown/green coloured patina.
It is difficult to date the mount, it could be from the Roman to the Post Medieval periods. Perhaps the Medieval to Post Medieval period is most likely. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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