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Description: | A copper alloy mount cast in one piece with slightly bevelled edges all the way around. A central rectangular longitudinal panel approximately 25.71x12.97mm is raised slightly above the rest of the mount. Either side of the central panel is a sub-rectangular section each of which resembles the side view of a stylised horses head stretched out as if running facing outwards. Each of these horses head panels is made to the same design - starting from the centre panel with a bulge curving gently inwards on one of the long sides (the underside of the horses head and neck) before flaring again at the terminal, the other long side curves in, but about half-way along the side rises sharply to a small 'crest' before dipping again and finally flaring slightly at the terminal/s which is trilobed with 2 moulded grooves, and resembles an upper and lower jaw with a slightly protruding tongue. In the centre of one of the short sides of the central panel (at the top if holding the object with the 'crests' uppermost), is a round punched perforation. The centre of each small crest is similarly punched through, giving the suggestion of an eye on each of the heads. Roughly in the centre of each end next to the 'tongue' is a further perforation, one with an intact Iron rivet, the other showing some discoloration and iron accretion. The central and two opposing side panels have a single engraved border line. The central panel is decorated with one complete and 2 flanking half punched 'flowers' represented by a central annulet surrounded by multiple half circle 'petals'. Both side panels are decorated with more abstract foliate designs and all the engraving has gilding remaining in the grooves. In profile, the mount is a slightly convex plate with the central panel at the outermost point in the curve. The reverse has 4 short irregular rectangular flat ended spikes integrally cast, one each in the centre beneath each perforation and one a the terminal 'tongue' where the rivet is missing. There may have been a 5th spike at the opposite end but if so it has been broken and its remains are obscured by the iron corrosion from the rivet. All of the spikes seem to have been broken off, the breaks are old. The front of the mount has a nice green Patina over about 50% of the surface. Some similarities to Crummy page 19 number 1791 figure 20 but this one is much more highly decorated and larger with 3 holes of unknown function. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1540
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rhiannon Harte | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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