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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy object, possibly a mount of Post-Medieval date. A small portion of a flat disc survives that when complete would have had an external diameter of approximately 60mm. The upper surface of the fragment has incised decoration. This consists of two circumferential bands close to the outer edge of the disc, followed by a broad band of cross hatched decoration. Between these bands of decoration and the centre of the disc are three further curved vertical lines and at their base a diagonal line. When combined, this decoration gives the impression of an animal of some kind, perhaps a horse or similar. The underisde of the disc has no decoration, and there is no trace of any obvious means of attaching the disc to another object. the surviving fragment measures 32.40mm in length, 28.30mm in width, 3.14mm in thickness, and weighs 11.89g.The object is not easily identifiable. However, a possible, although smaller, parallel might be seen in a sixteenth century copper alloy disc from london that is of a similar shape and with similar incised decoration (Egan, 2005: pp. 108, no. 517). It is possible that this disc is of similar date.
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