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Description: | A corroded cast copper-alloy mount dating to the post-medieval period, with gold-coloured patina remaining in places. This mount takes the elaborate form of a scallop shell with lower trefoil protrusion and upper moulded protrusion. The scallop is divided into seven section through grooving - three either side of a larger central section. The trefoil protrudes from below the central section. On its upper side the central section joins a oval moulding above which is a further trio of oval mouldings whose sizes decrease sizes towards the terminal. The reverse is concave and hollow, and features a pair of hooks turned in on each other. The hooks are located respectively on the reverse of the first oval moulding described and on the reverse of the junction of scallop and trefoil. Such hook construction suggests an approximate 17th-century date. Given this and the shape, a date of c. 1650 - c. 1750 is suggested for this artefact. This object bears similarities to a smaller mount found in East Sussex recorded on this database (PAS ref. SUSS-D95B43). | 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: | 1650
1750 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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