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Description: | The mount is made from cast copper alloy. In plan the mount is a heart-shape, with a bulbous circular knop which is domed in profile. The upper surface of the mount is also slightly domed, but has moulded decoration in the form of a series of swirls forming a 'Y' shape. Protruding between the lobes of the heart is an integral inverted drop shape with a central rivet hole. The reverse of the mount is flat. Near the rivet hole there is iron staining and corrosion. It is the iron corrosion which suggests the object is a mount rather than a pendant. As the fixing is possibly iron it perhaps suggests it decorated something other than leather. The surface of the mount has developed a dark green shiny patina. The dating of the mount is uncertain, but it most likely to be late Medieval to early Post Medieval date. The mount weighs 2.42g. In length it is 24.7mm and 14mm wide.
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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