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Description: | The body of the mount is a sub-rectangular shape. One end of the mount is rounded. Protruding from the apex of this terminal is a sub 'T' shape. This 'T' shape has curved corners and a widened and curved horizontal bar. The mount is decorated on the upper surface only. The square terminal of the rectangular body of the mount is decorated with a low-relief rectangular cell. Within this cell there is a high relief design consisting of a central pellet within a lozenge, which has curved edges. In each corner of the cell is a quarter circular line and a pellet. The decoration on the 'curved' terminal appears to be a series of high relief lines forming a triangle. The centre of this design is distorted by traces of iron. Both areas of decoration has traces of gilding. This may have been an iron rivet, however it is not clear whether this protrudes on the reverse. Where the horizontal and vertical bars meet there is a possible circular sectioned rivet. This rivet has corroded and not formed a patina similar to the rest of the mount, instead there is a small circular area of bronze disease. The reverse of the mount is undecorated. The thickness of the mount tapers from the lower portion of the 'T' shape until the apex of the curved horizontal bar. | 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: | 410
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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