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Description: | Medeival copper alloy trefoil domed mount. It is covered in a green patina and the rivet and one lobe are damaged. It has been coated in a varnish by the finder. It measures 17x17x8mm and weighs 1.30g.
In the centre of the mount is a rivet with a spherical head. This protrudes through the top of the dome. The dome itself is undecorated. The edge of the dome comprises much of the edge of the mount, there is no flat border. Around the dome are three leaf shaped lobes. At the tip of each is a small raised circle. One lobe has a hole, but this is likely to be damage as it is not central and encompasses some of the raised circle.
No direct comparison can be found. Numerous examples of plain domed mounts with single central rivets and no flat border exist, for example plate 112 (Egan and Pritchard 1991) dating from 1270-1450.
Object 1099 in Egan and Pritchard (1991) is also trilobe and domed, but is more ornate, has a flat border and three rivets. It dates from 1200-1230. Other examples such as 941 and 942 have a single central rivet, but these are quatrefoil and again have a flat border. These date from 1350-1400. Therefore a date of between 1250 and 1450 is suggested. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wood, Rachel | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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