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Description: | Incomplete post medieval mount, probably from a sword belt. The mount would once have consisted of a rectangular frame with a circular loop set to the bottom of one long edge with a decorative extension from the top short edge. This object represents the decorative extension, as the rectangular frame and side loop are now entirely missing. The fragment, which is flat in section, has an integral wasted neck, which extends from a rectangular band that would have lain across the top short end of the main frame. The neck is set with a central rivet, intact but now flush with the mount and corroded. Above the neck is a decorative sub circular knop, with serrated edges, with a central circular perforation. The top set of serrations are damaged and truncated. The object is abraded and the original surface is missing. Exposed surfaces are a dull light green. Break edges though not fresh, are not worn, suggesting damage occurred in the more recent past. The mount has a surviving length of 22.34mm, is 17.48mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 2.94g. A more complete example can be seen in read, 2001, Metal artefacts of antiquity, figure 26, number 371. Read suggests a plausible date of 16th 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: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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