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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy mount possibly of Anglo-Saxon or later date. The surviving fragment is a triangular terminal which is flaring where the old break occurs. It measures 27.83mm in surviving length and 27.58mm in width, it is 2.28mm in thickness. When viewed in side profile the fragment is slightly curving with a concave back face.The front face is decorated with deep double border grooves which are filled with a cream coloured material, this also fills a triangular field within the grooves and there is the strat of a rounded recess beyond this which is fragmentary. The back face is undecorated and retains tiny traces of a silver coating, probably the remains of a lead solder, which would have attached this mount to another object. The copper-alloy has a dark brwon patina apart from small patches of active powdery green corrosion around the edges.No parallel could be found for this fragment and it is unclear what theis object could have been mounted on.
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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