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Description: | A cast copper bar mount with pendant loop of medieval date. The bar mount measures 35.4mm by 17.9mm by 11.1mm and weighs 7.6g. The front of the mount is broadly rectangular with a square notch in the centre of each side and a circular perforation at the upper end. The lower part of the front, below the notches, is decorated with lightly incised lines, in the form of a saltire surrounded by two sets of concentric lines. There are traces of gilding on the front of the mount, especially around the upper perforation. From the back of the lower end there is a projecting loop which bends back on itself and then straightens out. The top end is damaged but part of another circular perforation survives. It appears that this would have sat adjacent to the other hole, with a leather strap in between the two, with a rivet holding everything in place. The mount may have functioned as a horse pendant component or another form of strap fitting. Geoff Egan suggests a late 11th to early 13th century date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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