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Description: | In plan the mount is a sub-rectangular shape, with the upper and lower, narrow edges being broken edges. These do not appear to be recent breaks. In profile the lower portion of the mount is slightly anged at c. 160??, thereby the decorated face of the mount is on the concave side. The decoration has been chip carved and takes the form of a face. The lower edge has a row of four bulbous shapes which are abraded. Above these is a large elongated trapezoidal shape which is the nose. The upper tip of the nose divides forming the arched eyebrows. Either side of the nose there is a large circular domed pellet which represents the cheeks. The eyes are formed by a pellet within an annulet. Above the eyebrows there is a high-relief angular border which forms a 'I_I' shape. The upper edge, as mentioned before is broken and heavily abraded. This surface has gilding covering much of the surface. The reverse of the object has a small abraded integral protrusion which is oval shaped in cross-section. This stud is incomplete and positioned behind the bridge of the nose. The surface of the mount is pitted and has been corroding, but appears to be stable now. | Subjects: | Mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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