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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy acorn mount. Probably seventeenth century (1600-1700).The mount is convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. At the front the seed (or fruit) is plain and has a small knop at the apex. The cupula is decorated in low relief cross-hatching. At the base of the cupula is an extension representing the stalk set at a right angle. The rear face has the stubs of two integral spikes on the longitudinal centre-line, one near the knop and the other close to the stalk. The artefact has traces of gilding at the front.This acorn mount is similar to another mount found in Shalfleet Parish, Isle of Wight. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: IOW-06FCB3. Other acorn mounts are also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database.Mounts in similar form and style have been published by Brian Read. These published mounts have been dated by Read to c. seventeenth century (Read 2001, 29, fig. 22, refs. 331-334).
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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