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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy hooked suspension mount of probable Medieval date (AD 1066 - AD 1500). Length 44mm, width 11.5mm and 1.3mm thick. Weight 4.35g.The mount consists of a plate which is sub-rectangular in plan and an integral hook. The plate, which is about 1.3mm in thickness, has a curved surface throughout its length, so that it is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The top of the plate is indented to form a cusp. At the top it is 11.5mm in width and at the base the width is 8.5mm. About midway along the longitudinal centre-line of the plate is a rivet hole filled with iron corrosion. The integral hook, which is complete, is about 12mm in length and has a maximum width of 4.2mm at the top where it joins the plate. It is convex at the front and slightly convex at the rear and is bent almost straight. At the front, the plate is decorated with very shallow cross-hatched grooves which appear to have all been filled with gilding. Only traces of the gilding in the grooves now survive. The rear of the plate has a deposit of dark grey indeterminate substance over which lies a deposit of iron corrosion.The piece is in poor condition and has green corrosion products on the front overall and also on the rear of the hook. There are tiny traces of a mid-green patina. Where the metal is visible it is a reddish colour.
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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