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Description: | A cast copper alloy harness mount. The overall shape of the mount is quatrefoil, with 4 triangular projections between the 4 lobes. There is an internal border 1-2mm wide following the outline shape formed from a cast groove probably inlaid with enamel. Within this there is a distinct shield shaped panel, with the 2 top corners corresponding to 2 of the triangular projections and the foot fitting into one of the lobes. The shield is decorated with a heraldic style design. This is very worn so the details are not entirely clear. However it appears to be a plain field with 3 circular devices (escallops, bezants?) in a line across the top with 2 bars below. These circles and bars are formed of inlaid enamel, which may have been blue or green in colour judging from what little remains. The background field may have been silvered or gilded, or even enamelled but none now remains and the surface is pitted with corrosion. The is a central lug ca 4mm in diameter and 6.5mm long on the reverse to attach the mount, presumably to leather straps. These heraldic mounts derived from coats of arms are fairly common and were probably used to mark possessions or as badges of allegiance. The presence of the arms does not mean the mount was actually used by a particular nobleman in person. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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