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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount of probable late medieval or post medieval date (1400-1650). The mount is sub triangular in plan. The edges have been abraded and rounded in the plough-soil causing the mount to become symmetrical. The end tip of the mount (the tip of the triangle) is lentoid in plan, flaring then narrowing to a small shoulder, the body then flares again and terminates with a knop. The mount is sub-rectangular in section, and the upper face is convex. It measures 39.6mm in length, 13.2mm width (maximum) and is 6.5mm thick. The mount weighs 5.7 grams.
The front face of the mount is decorated with a cast design and has been either tinned or silvered. Much of the detail of this has been lost through corrosion and abrasion. The only cast decorative element to survive is an acorn at the tip of the mount. The rear of the mount is flat and undecorated. It has however been tinned or silvered. There are three short broken cast lugs positioned on the upper, middle and lower edges of the mount. These lugs would have been passed through pierced holes in a leather strap (or such like) and then bent over to secure the mount. They are all sub-oval in shape and cross section and measure 3.4mm long, 2.1mm wide and the longest projects 3.3mm.
The mount is of a grey mid green colour with an uneven abraded and corroded patina that covers all surfaces. This abrasion has caused most of the applied surface to be lost. Similar mounts can be seen in Brian Read?s book: ?Metal Artefacts from Antiquity? pp 28 and 35 cat. No. 292. | 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: | 1450
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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