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Description: | Medieval strap mount; tiny cast copper alloy bar mount of probable 13th or 14th century date. The mount has a large, circular central lobe and a smaller, pierced, sub-circular lobe at either end. Copper alloy rivets are still present in both the terminal lobes. The central lobe is domed and is decorated on the front face with rather crude incised cross-hatching. The reverse of the mount is solid and undecorated.Length 13.7mm, width 8.1mm, thickness (plate) 3.3mm, weight 1.12gRef: See Egan's "Dress Accessories", pages 213 and 214, especially mounts 1160 and 1161.
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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