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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting or mount of probable Post-Medieval date. It has a moulded copper alloy plate with domed front and slightly concave back face. This is in the form of what appears to be a bird, with lozenge shaped body and projecting triangular 'head' at one end. Across the centre of the front face are two incised parallel transverse grooves, with a further single groove towards the base of the mount. Extensive tool marks can be seen at the top of the mount, particularly where the body and head join. The back face is slightly concave and heavily encrusted. It has the remains of two integral rivets that are circular in section, one of which begins to curve towards the front edge of the plate before terminating in old breaks. The entire mount measures 25.15mm in height, 11.13mm in width, 2.52mm in thickness, and weighs 2.06g. The rivets/fittings on the back face of this mount suggest it is Post-Medieval in date and a similar example dated to between c.1500-1700 AD is recorded on the PAS database from Somerset (SOM-17DBF4).
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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