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Description: | A cast copper alloy quatrefoil umbonate mount. The base of the mount consists of four trefoil knops, each with a rivet hole in the centre. These are arranged at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o?clock around a circular domed central boss with a flattened top. The central boss has a stepped ridge around the base. The surface of the base has curved file marks indicating that the object has been turned.
The reverse of the boss is hollowed, and there are straight file marks on the flat surfaces. The object has a deep green polished patina.
A reference to a similar object can be found in Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Volume I page 16, no 115. This suggests that the object may be a book furnishing dating 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
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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