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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy strap type mount of probable late 13th to mid 15th century AD date (see. J .Brenan in G. Egan; 1998; pp. 65). It is suggested that such mounts were decorative fittings for chests and caskets.
The main arm of the mount has flat surfaces and straight, parallel edges. At one point this arm has been deliberately bent upwards to form a bridge-like projection. At the intact end is a three-lobed fleur-de-lis style terminal. Each lobe contains a rivet hole and the end one also retains its domed copper-alloy rivet. The mount is broken off at the opposite end and at this point there is the remnant of a central rivet hole. The upper-surface of the piece is heavily gilt. It measures 49.1mm long, 18.1mm wide and 6.9mm thick. The weight is 7.25g. | Subjects: | Casket | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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