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Description: | a medieval copper alloy mount or possible pilgrim's badge. It is a three-dimensional shape of the head and shoulders of a knight, coming to a point at mid-chest. It is complete except for a little wear on the bottom edge, to the left of the pointed terminal. The reverse of the mount is flat, and concave at the centre of the head and body. There are traces of solder on this side. The head shows a knight wearing a round helmet over a chain mail hood which covers both cheeks. There is more chain mail over his shoulders and details of a tabard garment are just distinguishable on the chest. The mount is 22.88mm in length, 13.21mm in width across the chest and 7.83mm across the head. It weighs 2.6g. The style of dress suggests a date in the late thirteenth to fourteenth centuries, and similar figures are shown on composite pieces such as the murder of Thomas a Becket, as illustrated by Mitchener 1986 no. 69-74. However there are no signs of sewing holes or pins for attachment which were the norm for pilgrim's badges, and traces of solder are the only indicator of how it was attached. There are no signs that it once formed part of a larger piece. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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