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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy belt mount in the shape of a scallop shell. Six opposed oblique filed grooves (three on either side) imitate the lines on a scallop shell. Tab at base, slightly hollow cast on the reverse. Separate copper alloy rivet through the centre with a circular rove (of different metal) on the reverse lying flush with the end of the rivet. Dark brown-green patina on mount and rivet, dark blue-green patina on the rove. Remains of organic material held behind the rove. Length 13.7mm, width 13.01mm, thickness including rivet & rove 3.92mm, thickness not including rivet 2.4mm, weight 1.19g.
For similar mounts see Griffiths et al 2007 (Meols; The Archaeology of the north Wirral Coast, Oxford) p.119, no.1140, Pl.20 (undated), and Egan & Pritchard 1991 (Dress Accessories, HMSO) p.200-1, no.s 1082-3, dated to 1400-1450. | 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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