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Description: | A pair of lead alloy U-shaped mounts or hooks. Each mount consists of a sub-rectangular plate with nine circular holes spread along three edges. The remaining, bottom edge bends forwards and then up to form a U-shaped hook. The bottom of the U has two raised ribs running from front to back. The top front of the hook is circular and convex. It is decorated with what is probably the Imperial Crown. The two hooks are identical in design, though one is damaged. The metal is light grey with extensive white and orange corrosion products. The more complete mount is 30.7mm long, 24.9mm wide and 14.6mm thick. The damaged one is a couple of millimetres shorter and thicker. It is likely that the mounts were part of a military uniform; perhaps they were belt hooks. It is likely they were gilded originally. The Imperial Crown began to be used widely on military insignia in the late eighteenth century suggesting that the mounts date from the Modern period.
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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