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Description: | The object is possibly a Medieval casket mount. Egan illustrates casket mount which have a similar decorative terminal as the recorded example, for example No. 147 and No. 141. These mounts date to the mid 12th to late 13th century.
The mount is a length of copper alloy with various rivet holes and rectangular looped protrusions. One third of the mount is folded back on its self, this is probably not intentional. The section which is folded back has moulded decoration. The terminal is almost a pointed oval shape in plan, and is semi-circular in section. Integral to one point of the oval the mount continues forming a drop shape which has a rivet hole in the centre of the widest portion. The upper portion has two ridged collars before the mount continues as a rectangular ribbon, and this is where the fold occurs. After the fold there is another rivet hole, where the sides of the mount expand to make room for the hole. The next section of the mount has two rectangular loops protruding at a perpendicular angle to the mount. Between these loops there is another rivet hole. The base of the mount is flat and undecorated.
The surface of the object has no patina remaining, instead the surface is a matte red/brown colour. It weighs 13.84g and measures 58.3mm long, 8.5mm wide across a rivet hole. | 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: | 1150
1275 | 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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