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Description: | Cast all-in-one copper-alloy asymmetrical lozenge or lozengiform shaped post-medieval mount. The mount is kite shaped in plan and has a stepped border so that it gives the appearance that there is a smaller kite shape offset from a larger kite-shaped base. The upper surface of the mount is flat as is the reverse. Projecting from this flat reverse there would have been two folded tapered spikes bent outwards (or inwards on similar examples) for attachment - only one of these has survived. Mounts of this type are typically said to be belt decorations or decorative fittings for other leather items. The design of this one suggests a date between AD.c.1500-1700.
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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