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Description: | Cast copper-alloy mount with remains of iron attachment shank. Of the type which Allason-Jones calls 'bell-shaped', this example is very worn and corroded, and is now fairly flat. It is circular, 22 mm in diameter, and has a raised border and a raised central boss. In between is a wide groove which now has patches of ?iron corrosion. The reverse is convex with a step dividing it into two halves, also retaining iron corrosion. The iron presumably comes from the central square-section stub of iron shank. Overall thickness 9 mm. These mounts seem to have been used as decorative or functional knobs from furniture, but may also have had many other uses as well.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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