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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy object which is most likely to have functioned as a strap or harness mount and to be medieval and circa 13th-14th century in date. This fragment consists of a rectangular shaped shaft with a roughly triangular shaped wider projection, also incomplete projecting from one end, it measures 29mm in total surviving length. The shaft measures 13mm in surviving length and has a flat back face and a rounded front face. In the centre of the incomplete edge there is the remains of a circular rivet hole. The roughly triangular projection at the other end of the shaft measures 16mm in surviving length and 18mm in width at its widest point, which is where it joins the rectangular shaft. It has a flat back face and its front face is decorated with an incised border groove within which there is a gate house of castle in relief, which is orientated longitudinally within the projection, with the top of the gatehouse directly below the shaft. This gatehouse has three towers, the central one being taller than the flanking ones, and a central door. It is further decorated with longitudinal grooves running down each tower and transverse grooves running across its centre. The cell behind the gatehouse is filled with a now blue/black enamel. The front face of the shaft and the decorative terminal are also both gilded. The gatehouse in its enamelled field appears to be decorative rather than heraldic in nature. Its style is similar to that found on 13th-14th century harness mounts and pendants. However, no parallel could be found for this intriguing fragment.
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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