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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount or fitting possibly from a piece of furniture of probable post-medieval or early modern date (1550-1800). The mount is irregular in plan being formed in the shape of a cats head with an extended tongue which expands into a longitudinal bar. Above the cats head is a fleur-de-lys shaped knop. The cross section is broadly D shaped. The edges of the mount are beveled with the upper face being convex. The design on the front face of the mount is relatively realistic and the cat may be either a lion or leopard. All the details seem to have been cast and there is no evidence of an applied surface. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated. From the centre of the mount is a single cast copper alloy spike which would have fixed the mount to a piece of furniture (?). The spike is broken at its base and only a small stump survives. The mount is a mid brown green colour with an abraded patina. There is also a large amount of orange brown corrosion present. This may be due to the burial conditions. The mount has been abraded and rounded in the plough-soil causing it to become slightly asymmetrical in both plan and profile. It measures 39.2mm in length, 16.2mm width and is 7.1mm thick and weighs 16.44 grams. | 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: | 1550
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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