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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount or binding for a casket. The mount is formed by a long slender rectangle which has a moulded terminal. The moulding is in the form of an elongated knop protruding from a moulded lis. The lis has a rivet hole in the centre. The lis has a transverse collar below which then leads on to the rectangular body. The terminal of the body is broken. The break is not recent and may be due to the mount being bent, as in profile this terminal is slightly down turned. In section the mount is triangular. The reverse is undecorated and abraded. The surface of the mount is abraded and has traces of a light green/brown patina, with the upper surface also having traces of gilding. It measures 52.82mm long, 11.31mm wide and 4.64mm thick. It weighs 11.1g.
Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) illustrates similar mounts, particularly No. 147, however this example is curved in profile, whereas the recorded example is, mainly, flat. Egan (1998) comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th century. | Subjects: | Mount or Binding | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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