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Description: | Incomplete post medieval mount, probably from a sword belt. The mount would once have consisted of a rectangular frame with a circular loop set to the bottom of one long edge. Extending from the top short edge of the frame would have been an integral wasted neck, set with a central rivet, above which would be a decorative sub circular knop, with serrated edges, with a central circular perforation. What remains now is one short end of the loop with the wasted neck, with central copper alloy rivet intact, and the serrated sides of the knop. The top of the knop is missing, as is the rest of the rectangular loop with lower circular loop. The object is abraded and the original surface is missing. Exposed surfaces are light green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The mount has a surviving length of 18.62mm, is 17.52mm wide, 2.66mm thick and weighs 2.70g.A more complete example can be seen in read, 2001, Metal artefacts of antiquity, Somerset, Portcullis Publishing, figure 26, number 371. Read suggests a plausible date of 16th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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