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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy decorative mount most likely to be early medieval in date. This mount has one rectangular end and the rest of it is a pointed oval shape, the mount curves upwards towards the pointed terminal when viewed in side profile, it measures 38.38mm in length and 16.12mm in width. The front face is decorated with applied silver and gold foil. The rectangular terminal has silver foil applied to it which tapers to a point in the centre of the the mount. Below this the pointed oavl end of the mount has a central longitudinal ridge and raised borders, this part have the remains of gilding or gold foil adhering to it. On the back face there is an integral cylindrical rivet projecting from the centre of the rectangular terminal end, this would presumably have attached this mount to a belt, strap or other larger object. The back face is undecorated. Although no exact parallel could be found for this mount the use of applied silver and possibly gold foil implies an early Anglo-Saxon date.
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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