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Description: | A cast copper alloy object, which could be a mount relating to horse harness. The object is circular and has four attachment loops still in situ. It is formed of a plate of copper alloy.
The front surface of the mount is undecorated and flat, with no attachment fittings. The surface is worn and corroded; only some of the original surface still survives.
The reverse houses the four attachment loops. Two survive in tact and are bent over, indicating that they were probably used for securing this object to a leather strap. One loop is broken the break is worn, the other loop is complete but it has unfolded to its full length. The loops have been positioned at roughly 12, 3, 6 and 9 o?clock positions around the edge of the plate. They appear to have been welded onto the plate. The positioning of the loops could suggest that this mount covered the junction where two straps crossed. The reverse is also worn and corroded; only some of the original surface still survives.
The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour. This object is likely to date from the post-medieval to modern period (circa 1750 ? 1900). | 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: | 1750
1900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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