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Description: | A copper-alloy possible book or strap mount most likely to be of late medieval or post medieval date. Rectangular in shape and measuring 59mm in length and 11.2mm in width, flat but now bent. It tapers towards each terminal and each terminal is trefoil in shape. The front face is decorated with a rectangular border groove and within this there are six ring and dot motifs, there is also a circular indentation in the centre of each of the terminal lobes. None of these circular indentations actually pierce the mount so presumably they are not rivet holes, unless they are incomplete. This possible mount must, therefore have been attached to another larger object, perhaps a book, strap or box, via another method, perhaps by solder, although there is no trace of this. Both faces of this mount have a black patina, probably due to exposure to fire.
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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