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Description: | Fragment of a Medieval cast copper alloy suspension bar mount for a harness pendant of probable 14th century date. One arm of the mount survives with the terminal, the reminder, including the suspension loops for the pendant, is lost to an old break. At the broken end of the arm is a flat rectangular section with a central circular rivet hole (broken in half) and diagonal incised lines running in from the corners. The arm is C shaped in section with a concave back and convex, slightly facetted front. At the end is a double raised transverse collar then two raised curved lines running from the centre of the collar to the edges. beyond these is a moulded trilobed terminal with a elongated and pointed central lobe. There is an off-centre circular hole through this terminal.The mount is gilded. Length 51.7mm, width 11.2mm, thickness 2.9mm, weight 7.15g
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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