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Description: | Post medieval gilded cast copper alloy mount, late 16th or 17th century. Asymmetrical mount fragment; asymmetrical bi-lobed terminal, the smaller lobe being formed as a spiral from the larger lobe; opposed lobed knops behind this, then the mount narrows sharply and expands again forming two long lobes with a large lobe projecting between them - the mount is broken across this large lobe, which is triangular in section at the break. The obverse is decorated all over with punched annulets and arcs, and also incised lines on the large broken lobe. There are traces of gilding in the deepest grooves. Slightly curved from end to end. Dark green patina. Length 31.3mm, width max (across lobes behind break) 13.1mm, thickness variable 2.8mm-3.0mm, weight 3.92g.
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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