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Description: | A diamond-shaped and slightly domed sheet metal decorative mount of Middle Saxon date. Traces of gilding survive. The mount is well-preserved, as one might expect from a woodland findspot, although the edges are a little 'nibbled' away with a certain amount of bright green 'bronze disease' visible. At one of the acute angles is a group of four very small rivet holes (one rivet survives) and there is a pair at the opposite angle (both rivets survive here). The obtuse angles are both eroded away but the edge of one rivet hole in each of the two angles is still visible (making eight in all). The mount is divided by plain ribbons arranged in a saltire into four diamond-shaped compartments each containing elements of stylised zoomorphic decoration. The appearance of the mount suggests use on a casket or perhaps book cover.
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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