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Description: | A copper alloy strap mount dating from the post medieval period. The mount is 33.5mm long, 27.5mm wide and 7.5mm thick. It is sub triangular, pointed at the bottom and is heavily gilded on the front. It has a cast design of a cherub's face surrounded by foliage motifs. The top of the mount is trilobed with scrolls at each side. The reverse is plain and there are two integral spikes, both of which are bent over to grip the leather. A fragment of leather survives round the lower spike. The style of decoration is characteristic of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and similar cherubs are often seen on gravestones of this period.
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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