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Description: | Early medieval Anglo Saxon gilded copper alloy mount fragment. The flat-sectioned mount appears to have originally been sub-rectangular, with pointed terminals with outwardly curved sides. Just one terminal and part of the central rectangular panel survive. There are traces of either one or two iron rivets in the terminal. The panel has unclear interlace decoration, and is broken across a central square or rectangular aperture. There are some traces of gilding on the obverse. Slightly bent backwards at the bend, but would have been flat originally. prboably c.7th-9th century. Length (broken) 22.0mm, width 13.24mm, thickness across rivets 3.49mm, thickness at break 2.2mm, weight 1.98g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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