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Description: | Incomplete Late Medieval copper alloy lock with raised front and seperate backplate. It measures 24.5x25.6mm and weighs 5.26g. The raised front projects 5mm.The edge, which is c.3.5mm wide and 1mm thick, is quite damaged and missing large sections. Just over half survives and feature three rivet holes - two at one corner and one at another (the two other corners are missing).The raised central area measures 27.6x27.5mm and has an opening for the key in the centre at the bottom. Above is a crude, grooved X and either side are two D-shaped in section mounts (3.2mm wide, 2.1mm thick), with zoomorphic moulding (brows/ nose/ snout) at the lower end, which slightly overhangs the raised area. Both mounts are set on a slight angle and at least one is incomplete. The mounts are unsurprisingly very similar to medieval casket mounts.The reverse of the raised area shows two circular rivets c.3.5mm in diameter, holding the mounts in place.Cf. Egan 1998 p.109 no.285, which dates to the second half of the 15th century.
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