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Description: | An incomplete sub-square medieval mount made from copper-alloy sheet. The mount depicts the secular scene of a hunter on horseback with a falcon and dog in Limoges-style enamel, though only traces of the blue enamel background survive. Some traces of gilding survives down one edge of the mount. The featureless head of the hunter is in relief and he wears a striped tunic, trousers and boots. His left hand holds the reins of the horse and in his outreached left hand is the falcon. In front of the horse is a dog, though it is barely visible without the enamel. One side edge of the mount has an attachment hole at the top and bottom, the other edge is incomplete. The back of the mount is flat and plain. The length is 42.3mm, the surviving width is 39.2mm and the weight is 15.60g.The same depiction appears on the lid of a Limoges-style secular casket at the British Museum, from the court of Aquitaine, France (M&ME 1859.1-10.1) which has been dated to c.1175-1190 AD.
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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