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Description: | A copper alloy, gilt, probable horse harness mount, comprising a rectangular plate with a slightly convex front. With an integral round-sectioned rivet in the centre of the reverse and a flange projecting backwards from the centre of one long side. On the very worn front surface gilding is extant only where there was once engraved ornament, there are short oblique lines around the edges and across the centre there is a curving ladder pattern. Much of the decorative detail has been lost. Best paralleled by a mount from Quidenham (HER 33171) decorated with a cross patee above a backward-looking beast in counter-relief. Both the rivet and the flange are incomplete. Measures 30mm x 15mm. 12th century.
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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