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Description: | A cast copper alloy Medieval strap fitting: a mount. The design of the mount is a human bust facing forwards. The hair, or possibly a crown, is represented by three radiating protrusions, each defined by radiating ???? shaped grooves. The face, in profile is slightly domed. The eyes are depicted by a low-relief triangle and a central notch. The mouth is depicted by a horizontal linear groove. The neck is rectangular and leads to rectangular shoulders. There are two rivet holes, one in the centre of the forehead and the other in the centre of the chest. Both are filled with copper alloy rivets. The reverse of the mount is slightly hollow with two conical cells at the reverse of the crown. The surface of the mount has a matte dark green/grey patina and the rivets have a dark green patina. The length of the mount is 21.88mm and 12.59mm wide. It weighs 2.8g.
There is a very similar example illustrated in Mills' "Medieval Artefacts", page 22 Number 36. This one is described as a belt mount, but without the complete rivet it is difficult to comment on the type of mount. Mills?? example is dated to the 14th century. Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar mounts with perforations for rivets and with grooved decoration, for example Nos. 1084, 1083 and 1270. These mounts date to the late 12th to 14th centuries. | Subjects: | Mount | 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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