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Description: | Incomplete and misshapen cone-shaped mount of probable Medieval date (AD 1066 ? AD 1500). Length 14mm, maximum width 27mm. Weight 9.91g. The mount is constructed with two twisted strands of copper alloy wire which appear to be soldered together. Viewed in plan, the wire is wound five times in an anti-clockwise direction, from the base towards the apex, to form a cone. The apex is formed by a small copper alloy boss that is convex at the front and hollow on the underside. The front circumferential edge of the boss has cabled decoration which is barely visible. The lower part of the mount appears to have been bridged by two narrow copper alloy strips under which a strap could be threaded. However, these strips are missing and only the stubs of these survive. Although the wire is corroded, a dark green patina has survived in places. The breaks are old. | 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: | 1066
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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