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Description: | Fragment of moulded lead alloy mount or plaque. This fragment is subrectangular in plan and flat in section. It possibly represents one corner of the original object. The broken edge is split horizontally, so that one half bends forward and one other bends backwards. The object has been decorated around the edge with a raised border. In the main field of the object is a semicircular border (which may have been fully circular on the complete object). This creates a triangular field in the complete corner, within which is a moulded raised line in the form of a trefoil. No other decoration is visible. The reverse of the mount is plain, though the curve of the border and the flat back of the trefoil are visible. The object is 43.78mm long, 35.96mm wide, 7.2mm thick and weighs 59.42g. The metal has a creamy patina with patches of silvery grey. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity.It is probably a decorative fitting of some kind. The trefoil motif might indicate that it is medieval in date, though a later date cannot be ruled out. | 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: | 1200
1900 | 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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