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Description: | Medieval strap mount; Cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a crowned head, of probable 14th century date. The mount is cast with a tri-lobed crown, each lobe being in the form of a roughly triangular triple frond. There is a small cast point for the nose and incised lines indicate triangular eyes and a straight mouth. A single copper alloy rivet is still present, positioned in the centre of the forehead at the base of the crown. There is some indication of a break at the base of the chin, suggesting that the head may originally have been the terminal of a larger mount, possibly even a strap end.Length 14.9mm, width 9.7mm, thickness (inc rivet) 6.6mm, thickness (without rivet) 3.6mm, weight 1.29gRefs: Compare the mount in Mills, page 22, object NM.36, which is almost identical. Also see record DENO-948254, from the same finder, which is a strap end with a very similar crowned head at its terminal.
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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