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Description: | A copper alloy mount in the form of a winged quadruped gripping a lozenge shaped plate. The mount is 73.7mm long, 66.1mm wide and 35.2mm thick. The beast has cat like paws and a stylised snout which is closely paralleled by the zoomorphic spouts found on fifteenth century ewers (Lewis, 1987). The animal is facing the right with its head turned to the front. One back leg is broken and the end is missing. The other is angled forwards to hold the back of the plaque. A bushy tail passes between the back legs and then wraps round the front of the broken leg. The animal has pronounced back haunches and a thin body. The foremost front leg is extended forward and rests on the front of the plaque. The other projects downwards and grips the bottom of the plaque. The top of the foremost front leg merges into the base of a wing which is moulded and incised. Whether this is to represent feathers or the structure of a bat's wing is not clear. The other wing is visible to the right of the animal's head. The tip has been damaged and is bent forwards. The head is moulded with rounded ears, oval eyes and a beaked nose. The mouth is closed. The plaque has a border round the edge and two rivet holes through it. One is filled with ferrous corrosion. The reverse of the mount is also moulded though is not decorated like the front. The leg crossing the back of the plaque is very prominent and shows that the mount was not attached to a large flat object. The rivets holes are on either side of the leg, making it hard to tell how it was attached and to what. The object is in good condition and is solid and stable with a dark green patina. It was probably a decorative addition to a larger object, perhaps a vessel or chest. It probably dates from the fifteenth century, though no parallel mount has been found.
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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