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Description: | Copper alloy mount, possibly for a casket? Probably medieval, possibly early medieval. Sheet copper alloy mount, in the shape of an elongated diamond with the side angles positioned towards one end (like a man's neck-tie) - this end will be referred to as the distal end. The mount is curved outwards slightly at the distal end, possibly through use as a lever? There is a single rivet at the proximal end which attaches to a rectangular plate on the reverse; it is unclear if this plate is broken or if it extended ouside the limits of the mount (it appear to be broken towards the top). The rivet is filed flat and flush on the reverse, but only rouhgly filed on the obverse. There are transverse file marks on the proximal end of the obverse, around the rivet. The lower part of the mount, below the rivet is decorated with five un-evenly spaced, stamped circular motifs, consisting of a beaded border and central cross - two at the widest part of the mount (the left one over-lapping the right-hand one), with two above and one below. The reverse is undecorated. The mount is broken in two, just below the proximal end, just above the start of the decoration on the obverse. Mid green patina; small trace of tinning/silvering on the reverse, just below the break on the larger portion. Length 31.9mm, width 13.0mm, thickness 1.4mm, thickness as curved 3.4mm, weight 2.25g.
It is unclear how this would have attached to a casket / strap, or what purpose is served by the plate on the reverse. Iti s unlikely to be a strap end as the plate on the reverse is flush with the obverse, with apparently no space to attach to a strap. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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