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Description: | The Medieval mount is made from cast copper alloy. The design of the mount is a human face. The hair, or possibly a crown, is represented by three radiating protrusions, each defined by radiating ribbing. The face, in profile is slightly domed with the apex being the worn triangular nose. The eyes are depicted by a low-relief oval frame. The mouth is depicted by a horizontal linear groove. The features are slightly distorted by iron corrosion. The reverse of the mount is hollow.
The mount is fixed by a single iron rivet which is positioned in the centre of the forehead. The rivet is visible on the reverse as well as the exterior face. The surface of the mount has an incomplete well developed dark green patina patina . The length of the mount is 13.9mm and 9.92mm wide. It weighs 1.74g.
There is a very similar example illustrated in Mills' "Medieval Artefacts", page 22 Number 36. This one is described as a belt mount, but without the complete rivet it is difficult to comment on the type of mount. Mills? example is dated to the 14th century. | 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: | 1300
1400 | 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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