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Description: | A copper alloy fragment of a mount which is 35.7mm long and 19.7mm wide. The surviving piece is in the form of a rounded human head wearing a close fitting hood. The head is three dimensional with a hollow back. Part of the neck and shoulders survive too. The face has moulded eyes which are decorated with small blobs of blue glass. The nose is neat but does not project very far. The patina is damaged at the nose and some of it may be missing. The mouth is small and closed. There is a faint mark above which may be a moustache. The sides of the hood seem to form a V shape on the chest.There is a thick integral rivet in the hollow reverse of the head. The mount is 15.1mm thick from the end of the rivet to the front of the face. There is more bright green corrosion inside the head than there is on the outer surface which is smooth with a black and green patina which shows a reddish dark brown colour where it is damaged.This mount has similarities with Limoges enamelled figures pictured in Mills (2003) and Saunders (2001). However, there is no evidence for the characteristic style of enamelling since the body is missing. The glass eyes are similar to the examples in Saunders. This mount is probably a Limoges style figurine and probably dates from the twelfth or thirteenth century.
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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