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Description: | Cast copper alloy belt mount of late medieval (c. 14th-century) date. The mount is in the form of a crowned, facing bust. The base of the mount shows the figure's shoulders curving upward to the neck and chin of a face. The face itself is rather square, with straight sides, and vertical goorves perhaps intended as a suggestion of hair on the side of the head. A diamond-shape in high relief represents the nose, and a roughly incised, broadly horizontal slit is used to portray the mouth. The eyes are roughly carved, and almond-shaped. The top of the head is demarcated with a horizontal line, marking the base of a crown, and below which there are no traces of hair. The crown consists of four oblique projections, divided by a central triangle (where one might expect a fleur on other representations of medieval crowns).
It measures 25.3mm high by 16mm wide and 3.6mm thick. The reverse is unornamented, slightly convex, and features two vertically arranged lugs for attachment to a belt or strap. | Subjects: | Belt | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ashby, Steven - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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