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Description: | A medieval - post medieval lead alloy mount from the ceiling of a palace or aristocratic house dating late 15th - early 16th century. The mount is star-shaped with six equal-armed points and a central raised pellet. The tip of one of the arms is bent over, the ends of the rest of the arms are all broken and missing. The reverse is flat with no traces of mechanisms for attachment. Geoff Egan identified this object as a ceiling mount and suggested that it would originally have been gilded.Dimensions: length: 35.04mm; width: 28.69mm; thickness: mm; weight: 3.26g.Identification by Geoff Egan, PAS Finds Advisor Medieval and Post Medieval Artefacts.
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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