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Description: | A cast copper alloy shield shaped heraldic mount of probable 13th - 15th century date. In plan the mount is sub-triangular and in profile it is broadly D shape; the edges are faceted. The centre of the mount is heavily abraded and the decoration is unclear. It is possible that originally the mount was decorated with a single rampant lion; this is most likely to have been depicted in either gilt or silver. Only fragments of the designs remain. The reverse of the mount is plain and undecorated. A central integrally cast incomplete spike extends, this has been bent by movement in the soil. It is broadly square in cross section. The mount is a mid green colour with an abraded purplish corroded patina. A direct parallel for the mount has not been found. The mount measures 18.4mm length, 14.4mm width is 8.7mm thick and weighs 4.3 grams.
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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