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Description: | A copper-alloy artefact cut from a robust sheet and perforated for attachment: probably a medieval harness mount. The main body of the object is square. On one side is a semicircular protrusion with a central circular hole for mounting. At the opposite side is a protruding rectangular element (W.: 13.2mm) which curves downwards. This latter has a relatively straight edge and does not appear to have been broken. On the upper surface are shallow domes in each of the four corners of the main body formed by hammering the lower surface (repouss?? technique). The same surface is also decorated with gilded lozenges, comprising punched annulets, joined to each other by diagonal lines. This stamped and gilded decoration seems common on harness fittings of the 12th and early 13th centuries (see Ashley 2002, 6ff.). The same decorative patterning can be seen on a harness fitting recorded on this database: SOM-A29878. The artefact is generally a dark red-brown colour and has been very slightly bent in profile. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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