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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy mount. This mount takes the form of a standing bird, that is semicircular in section (i.e. is flat to the back and domed to the front). The bird is moulded to appear standing, with its two legs showing and one wing folded back along its body. the bird is positioned on a 'strip' of ground. In front of the bird, extending from the strip and adjoining its breast, is a sub oval shaped unidentifiable object. This may possibly be just part of a decorative 'frame' to the scene. This is decorated with two incised horizontal lines, between which is incised cross hatching. The surface of the mount is abraded, but it does not appear that there was much more decorative detail on the bird. The birds head is facing back along its body. The beak is short and worn and there does not appear to be an eye. The object is broken vertically at the junction of the birds body and tail. The reverse of the mount is plain and slightly dished and shows tiny flashes of solder. The object is abraded with a dark brown patina. It is 37.68mm wide, 37.64mm long, 7.22mm thick and weighs 23.04g. This object is probably post-medieval but without parallels we cannot rule out an earlier date. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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