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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy mount in quatrefoil/cruciform form. Possibly Medieval, fourteenth century (AD 1300 ? AD 1400). Length 25.0mm, width 25.0mm and 9.0mm thick. Weight 7.45g.
The mount is in the form of a central boss with cruciform arms, each of which has a rounded end and is perforated with a circular hole to accommodate a dome-headed rivet. Only two of the rivets, made of iron, have survived. The holes have a diameter of about 2.5mm. The boss has a moulded saltire design with a small globular knop at the apex. At the rear the arms are flat and the underside of the boss is concave.
The copper alloy part of the mount is in good condition and has a browm patina with traces of gilding at the front only. The two rivets are corroded. | 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
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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