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Description: | Two medieval copper alloy sheet sexfoil mounts. The mounts have high domed centres with circular holes through them for the seperate rivets. The rivets are now lost. Both have the edge shaped to the curved outer edges of the petals. On one the six lobed petals are raised with indents between and on the other they are also raised but between each petal is a raised ridge flanked by indents. This second example is slightly squashed in form each side. Egan and Pritchard (1993) illustrate a range of flower mounts made of copper alloy sheet, p.186-194. They are highly variable with 5 to 13 petals; no.1016 on p.191 is most similar to the first example and none have the raised ridges between the petals like the second. These mounts were in common use by the middle of the 14th century and continued to be popular until the late 15th century (ibid p.186).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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