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Description: | A copper-alloy possible mount in the form of a human face. The mount is divided into two integral components. The upper component is a rectangular plate which has discolouration formed by a white metal alloy. This white metal alloy may be a form of solder rather than a decorative element. The reverse of this component is flat and undecorated, but has an incomplete vertical perforated lug in the centre. The second integral component is slightly off-set on the outer face, there it is in more high relief than the first component. The second component is decorated in the form of a human face. The eyes are circular pellet with a ring around them. The eyebrows form a curvaceous 'M' shaped whose terminals lead into the hair. The hair is formed by a spiral on either side of the head. The nose is a slender rectangle with concave sides and is further decorated with a fine bordering groove. Off-centre at the mid point of the nose, there is a circular perforation. The cheeks are convex but intercut with three parallel obliquely angled linear grooves. Either side of the tip of the nose there is a high-relief pellet. These are along the lower edge of the mount. The surface of this component has traces of gilding. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The mount has a dark green patina. It measures 36.65mm long, 27.03mm wide and 4.62mm thick. It weighs 10.1g. The perforation suggests this object was used as a mount. Similar terminals are found on cruciform brooches, such as Macgregor and Bolick (1993 A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections B.A.R. 120), No. 12.39, but the recorded example does not have any broken edges, and the brooches are cast as one-piece. The lug on the reverse does not suggests a brooch, as this would have been a catchplate. The style of the decoration suggests it dates to the second half of the 6th century. Similar mounts have been recorded from Lincolnshire (LIN-ACD875) dnd Worcestershire (WMID3923).
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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