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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper alloy belt or strap mount of Medieval date. It has a lozenge shaped plate, half of which is missing due to old breaks, and an incomplete integral rivet at the centre of the reverse face. The plate has moulded decoration comprising a foliate border with globular knops at each corner of the plate and which contains a lozenge shaped recessed central area. This has a moulded decorative motif of uncertain form, perhaps a human face or an acorn. The back face is flat and undecorated and at its centre contains the remains of an integral cylindrical stud or rivet, most of which is missing due to old breaks. The entire object measures 17.87mm in length, 11.67mm in width, 2.37mm in thickness, and weighs 1.92g.
this mount or stud is probably from a strap or belt and dates to the Medieval period. An examle of similar form is noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 1077) and an example with a face as the central motif has been recorded on the PAS database from Bedfordshire (BH-78D3F7). These suggest a date of between the 13th and 15th centuries AD for the current example. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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