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Description: | Gilt copper alloy belt mount or stiffener in the form of an elongated octagon with two integral bent hooks or lugs, each about 15 mm long, on the back of the plate. The mount is decorated with an anthropomorphic figure with head and curved arms, three recessed rings on the chest and four recessed rings on what looks like a fish tail, suggesting it might be depicting a mermaid. The mount would have been cast and then the decorated surface was gilded. The gilding remains now as gold dots outlining the figure and following the edge of the mount, framing the figure. But evidence of larger areas of gilding also remain around the edge of the mount. Found in association with a farthing of James I, a few feet away.
The mount could be 17th century, looking at the shape of it, but the style of decoration is unusual and could be ethnographic. The figure also resembles a Central American bird god in flight, if looked at on the horizontal! The recorder cannot find any comparanda to date. | Subjects: | belt mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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