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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount of probable late medieval or post medieval date (1400-1650). The mount is irregular in plan and D shaped in cross section. In plan the mount is broadly rectangular with the two long sides tapering and flaring along the length. At either end / terminal are three lobes or knops arranged in a widely spaced trefoil. The edges of the mount are slightly beveled with the upper face being convex. The mount has been abraded and rounded in the plough-soil causing it to become symmetrical in both plan and profile. It measures 39.8mm in length, 16.2mm width (maximum) and is 7.3mm thick. The mount weighs 6.72 grams.
The front face of the mount is decorated with a cast design which may have 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 are the three lobed terminals described above. These are formed from cast lentoid shaped pellets and originally might have been simple fleur-de-lys in style. The rear of the mount is flat and undecorated. There are two cast lug-like projections on the upper 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 sub-oval in shape and cross section. The upper one is complete but the lower has been broken near the junction with the rear face of the mount. 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 28-29 and 35 cat. No. 316-317. | 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
1650 | 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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