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Description: | Incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked mount. The mount has a central circular convex boss with a hollow back and slight faceting on the front. At one end of the boss is a short projecting rectangular arm which continues the faceting and ends in a transverse collar. Below the collar projects a hook, now mostly lots to an old break. At the other end a second transverse rib divides the central boss from an oval convex and flat backed lobe which terminates in a pointed knop. There is the corroded remains of an iron rivet through this upper lobe and an integral copper alloy rivet on the back behind the rib between the central boss and hook. The mount has a mid-light patina. It is 45.9mm long, 20.8mm wide and 5.1mm thick, it weighs 9.83 grams. An identical example but with complete hook is published in Read (2008) p.226, no.813; which he suggests came from a sword belt or baldrick and dates to the 17th 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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