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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy harness mount (15th-16th century). The mount is circular and slightly domed. The front is decorated with a beast left, head facing and the pointed tail curves up over the back. The entire motif is enclosed within a raised border. The beast resembles the lion of St Mark although there is a similar beast depicted on a harness pendant where the beast is described as a ?fantastic monster? that is purely decorative (Ashley 2002: 17 no. 155). The reverse is irregularly concave, suggesting the shape has been distorted by damage. In the centre of the reverse is a central integral rivet (diameter 8.46mm; length 4.49mm). Patchy dark green patina.
Dimensions: diameter 30.69mm; weight 13.90g
Reference: Ashley S 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 101. Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service: Norfolk | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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