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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy strap fitting/ decorative belt mount in the shape of a boars/pigs head. Measuring 24mm in length and 21mm in width. The boar is facing left and the head is shown in side profile. The front face of this object is complete, the boar has a wide neck part. The boars ear, eye, open mouth and snout are all depicted by moulding and grooves, these grooves also represent the boars hair. The back face of the boars head is slightly concave and irregular, there is an integral rectangular strap loop. Both the front and back face of the object have a patchy black patina, possibly caused by burning, or it may be due to corrosion products or possibly from an intentionally applied black coating/patina. No published parallel could be found for this unusual object but due to its style and the nature of the copper-alloy, especially the black patina, it seems most likely to be late medieval or post medieval in date. Another incomplete very similar mount missing its reverse loop was also found at Offton (see SF-CE9B22).
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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