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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap mount. In plan the mount has an oval shaped body with an integral knop at either end. Each knop has a rivet hole which has the remains of a copper alloy rivet in each. The mount is decorated with a block of transverse grooves, with a central conical cell. The cell may be a casting flaw. The reverse of the body is hollow. The surface of the mount is slightly abraded, but there are traces of a dark green/grey patina. The mount measures 15.08mm long, 9.70mm wide and 4.47mm thick. It weighs 1gEgan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar mounts, for example, No. 1161. These mounts tend to date to between mid 12th to mid 14th centuries.
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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