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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy mount with moulded decoration in the form of three horizontal mid-ribs, just below where the mount is waisted, and a pellet within an annulet surrounded by petals so that the ornament looks like a flower. The moulding below the fleuret may represent a vase but the ogee sides are deliberate and defined.
The mount may have been part of a clasp or pendant, but with both ends missing, it is difficult to determine its function.
The style of the piece is reminiscent of mounts and buttons dating to the 17th century.
Read (1988) illustrates a similar flower at the centre of a bridle boss on page 150, No.1015 which is dated to the 17th century.
Bailey (DF1) illustrates a similar flower motif on a button on page 20, No.58 which is dated to the late 17th century. | 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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