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Description: | A copper-alloy hooked mount of post-Medieval date.The mount takes the form of a shield-shaped plate with an integral hook at the base. The plate has concave vertical sides, while the horizontal top side is scalloped and extends to a point at each end. The upper surface bears an elaborate relief-moulded foliate pattern. Located centrally, just below the top side, is the corroded head of an iron rivet; at each of the two bottom corners is a further rivet. The forward-facing hook is of rectangular section and it's point has been lost. The artefact retains traces of a white-metal coating. It measures 48.2mm long, 30.8mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The weight is 11.87g.Read (2008: 219, no. 790) illustrates a similar mount. He suggests it is a sword-belt hanger and of 16th to 17th century date.
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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