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Description: | A very heavy sub-rectangular plate with scalloped edges, possibly cast as a bar and hammered out as there are some hammer marks on the reverse. There are two integrally cast rivets one at each short end, one end is slightly rounded and extended into an integrally cast hook which curves back almost the entire length of the plate and narrows to a animal head terminal with cast upstanding 'stub' ears and hollowed pits for eyes, there is a raised moulded cross dividing the long snout into four quarters. The upper jaw is slightly overshot and there are vertical incised lines representing teeth. A fine rocker arm ornamentation borders the plate and the entire front of the plate and the hook are heavily gilded - approximately 50% of the gilding remains intact. The two rivets are large and flat headed with copper-alloy washers intact. | 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
1650 | 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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