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Description: | A copper-alloy probable decorative mount perhaps most likely to be of medieval date. This object consists of a hollow tube of copper-alloy sheet, with an oval cross-section, it has a visible longitudinal join along its underside. One terminal tapers and slopes downwards at a 45 degree angle and appears to be zoomorphic representing an animals head, with a rounded snout, brow ridge and small oval ears. The other terminal tapers into a long tail which is curved back, parallel to the back of the animal, the tail ends in a oval knop. There are traces of gilding on the object and there is a circular hole through its centre, within which there is a long copper-alloy rivet with a circular head and a flat tapering shaft, which passes through the centre of the object and projects from its underside. This rivet presumably held this object to a larger object, although what this larger object may have been remains unknown. The mount measures 57.31mm in length, 10.91mm in width and 10.52mm in thickness. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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