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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap mount. In plan the mount has an oval shaped body with an integral knop at either end. Each knop has a rivet hole which has the remains of a copper alloy rivet in each. The mount is decorated with a block of transverse grooves on the body. The reverse of the body is hollow. The surface of the mount has a dark green/grey patina. The mount measures 20.47mm long, 11.61mm wide and 4.44mm thick. It weighs 2g.
Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar mounts, for example, No. 1161. These mounts tend to date to between mid 12th to mid 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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