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Description: | A corroded copper-alloy mount: probably a post-medieval book fitting. The artefact is generally flat, but has been bent as a result of old damage. The main body takes the form of a lozenge truncated at each end. At the attachment end there is a crude, sub-rectangular transverse protrusion on each side with an abraded terminal beyond. The terminal is incurved and features two rivet holes, one of which retains the remains of its rivet. There is a further perforation between the side protrusions. The other end is truncated by a relatively straight cut and there are no obvious means of attachment at this end. It is uncertain as to whether this is an old break or not. The upper surface of the object is decorated with numerous motifs, most in wrigglework. The main body has a zigzag border on its sides. This main field is also defined by a transverse wrigglework line at the point of the protrusions. There is a further line at the top of the protruding elements and a wrigglework border in the terminal above. From the attachment end emerges a crude wrigglework fleur-de-lis. Further lis, this time simply incised, emerge into the main field at both of the short ends. In the centre of the main field is a wrigglework lozenge with a central plain oval and plain incisions travelling into it.
Both surfaces are corroded with the underlying metal now an orange-brown colour. Where it survives the patina is mid green, with lighter green areas where it is corroding. The decoration and metal suggests a post-medieval date for this artefact. It would be large and an unusual shape as a book fitting, but this seems to be the most plausible identification (cf. ESS-5B00D1 on this database for a broadly comparable form). | 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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