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Description: | A cast copper alloy medieval bar mount or belt stiffener. The object consists of a single bar terminating in two identical terminals which are both roughly fleur-de-lis shaped. The bar is semi-circular in section; rounded to the front and flattened at the reverse. It is decorated on the front to either end, before the terminals, with two raised ridges followed by a small section containing a number of faint grooves. On each terminal the remains of a small rivet can be seen in the centre, attached through small holes through the terminals and secured on the reverse with flattened pieces of metal. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and fairly pitted. Bar mounts are dated by Egan and Pritchard roughly to the 13th and 14th centuries based on mentions in contemporary literature and funerary effigies from this period (Egan and Pritchard, p.131-215).
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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