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Description: | A slightly corroded and bent cast copper-alloy hooked mount of post-medieval date (c. 16th/17th century). The mount is sub-oval in plan with a rounded knop at one end and a backward-facing hook at the other. Below the knop is a perforation that retains the corrosion product of an iron rivet. A second perforation, central on the mount, and slightly recessed on the lower surface is empty. The mount is very shallowly convex and is seemingly plain. Retained within the hook is a small ring, imperfectly cast (max. ext. dia.: 13.8mm). A direct parallel can be found illustrated in Read (2008, 221; ref. 796) which he dates to around the 16th or 17th century AD. Such mounts were possibly associated with sword belts. This artefact has a general brown patina overlying a corroded light-green base with orange-brown metal underneath.
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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