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Description: | A cast copper-alloy mount of probable 16th century AD date. It is suggested that these pieces may have served to suspend a sword from a belt or may be decorative pendants associated with sword-belt fittings (see B. Read; 2001; pp. 39).The mount is symmetrical and has wavy edges which mirror the cast foliate design on the surface. At the top is a tri-lobate terminal with a rivet hole at the centre. This gives way below to an inverted sub-trapezoidal section, which terminates at the bottom in two side lobes. A second rivet hole is located at the centre of the bottom section and contains traces of iron corrosion from the now-missing rivet. Extending downwards from the base of the mount is the remnant of a backwards facing hook. The back of the mount is plain. The object has a slight curvature.The piecce measures 37.8mm high, 20.3mm wide and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 5.34g.
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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