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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy bridle boss (16th century). The boss is made from sheet copper alloy cut to form a circular boss with a domed centre. Distortion means the boss is now more of an oval shape, and the central dome has folded inwards and flattened somewhat. The central domed boss is decorated with rays radiating outwards in curving arcs to form a swirled effect. The border is engraved with zigzags making triangular fields, alternately plain and zigzag engraved, all surrounded by a slim, circular border still raised in some areas. Of the three rivet holes around the domed centre, two are empty but one retains the copper-alloy rivet, which is of a strikingly different colour tone to the rest of the boss. Dimensions: Diameter: 80.99mm; thickness: 1.05mm; weight: 21.49g.Reference: Egan, G. (2005) Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19
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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