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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy bar mount with terminals and a central lobe, dating to the Medieval period, between c. 1350 ?? c. 1400 (length: 17mm; width: 8.5mm; thickness: 2.5mm; weight: 0.99g).
This bar mount comprises of a central circular lobe with a concave D-shaped section. The front of this central lobe is crudely decorated with a cross hatched design. At each end of the mount, there is a sub-circular terminal with a central rivet hole. Both cast copper alloy rivets are still present to either end, which would have enabled the mount to be attached to a leather belt. The back of the artefact is plain and undecorated and overall the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina.
Similar bar mounts are illustrated in Egan, G, 2002, ??Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 ?? c. 1450??, pages 213-4, plate 134, ref nos 1160-1. Egan states that ??a leather strap with mounts of this form (alternating with circular ones having a beaded border) has been published as a harness strap within the Guildhall Museum Catalogue ?? there seems to be no specific reason to connect it with horse equipment?? (page 213). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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