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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of Roman date. This mount, which depicts a stylised lion's head, has several parallels on the PAS database - see, for example, ESS-902974 and BH-595E03. The nature of the fixings (see below) suggest it is probably a furniture escutcheon. A similar fitting, albeit from the handle of a metal vessel, was found in excavations at Verulamium (see Frere, 1972, fig. 43, no. 141) and the piece is also comparable to the smaller lion-headed casket mounts of the 1st century AD (see Borrill in Partridge, 1998, p. 320).
The mount is umbonate in form, tapering in diameter from the roughly circular back edge to the nose. Extending around the outside of the upper surface, a ring of wavy moulded lines depict the mane. At the top of the face, well-defined brow ridges sit above angled pointed-oval eyes, with moulded eyelids and recessed pupils. The muzzle has a flat oval outer surface on which are moulded whiskers, and at the bottom is a roughly semi-circular recess for the mouth. On the outer faces of the muzzle are a pair of small recesses, which would probably have held a loop handle. These recesses are located one on each side of the muzzle, at the same level as the lion's mouth. Extending from the centre of the mount's underside is a corroded iron rivet.
The object is in good condition, having little wear or corrosion. It measures 35.3mm high, 35.5mm wide and 28.4mm from the front to the back. The weight is 62.71g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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