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Description: | Cast copper alloy hooked mount of medieval date. Its section is broadly diamond shaped in the hook area and D shaped in the decorated attachment area. The face of the mount has bevelled edges and a convex profile. The hook is formed from the tapering lower edge being bent back upon itself forming an even, irregular U shaped curve. The body is pierced for in two places for the rivets which attached the mount to a harness or garment; both holes are slightly recessed. The upper part of the mount is decorated with a cast faceted design; the upper terminal having a trefoil or debased fleur-de-lis design with the body having a series of chevron like patterns along its length. The lower, hook, part is undecorated. The upper section may have gilded although no trace of this remains due to corrosion and loss of surface.
The hooked mount measures 53.9mm length, 7.8mm width, is 5.8mm thick and weighs 12.21 grams. | Subjects: | Hooked | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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