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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount or binding for a casket. The mount is formed by a long slender rectangle which has a moulded terminal. The moulding is in the form of an elongated knop protruding from the side of a moulded sub circular platform which has a rivet hole in the centre. Integral to the opposite side of the platform there is a collar before a rectangular shaft protrudes. This shaped is semi-circular in section. A second integral collar and sub circular platform with a rivet hole in the centre is at the opposite end of the shaft. The mount then terminates with a ']' shape. The function for this slot is uncertain, it may be decorative or is part of a hinge. The terminals are the arms are heavily abraded. The reverse is flat. The surface of the mount is abraded and corroded. It measures 34.27mm long, 8.05mm wide and 4.31mm thick. It weighs 2.9g. Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) illustrates similar mounts, particularly No. 147, however this example is curved in profile, whereas the recorded example is, mainly, flat. Egan (1998) comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th 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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