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Description: | A corroded fragmentary mount of medieval date, cast in copper alloy with traces of gilding. The object is sub-trapezoidal in form, tapering from a broken junction to a zoomorphic terminal. The object is angled at the break with the presumed continuation at forty-five degrees, beyond a transverse ridge on the upper surface. The terminal head is moulded with vertical ridges representing ears and an indentation below a snout suggesting a mouth. There is a depression on each side between the ears and the snout where eyes would be. Traces of gilding survive particularly at the head and near the junction. The object is otherwise a dark red-brown colour with small patches of green corrosion product in places. It is assumed this object would have been mounted onto another, perhaps a casket, although no obvious means of mounting survive. | 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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