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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy suspension mount for an elaborate harness decoration, of fourteenth century date (AD 1300-1400). The mount consists of two sub-rectangular loops set along a bar with a decorative extension at one end. An iron rivet is still in situ through a circular perforation in an oval area in the centre of the bar. This perforation would have accommodated a rotating stem that held a banner or pendant at its outer end. The extension terminates in a large pointed knop; close to its junction with the nearest loop, it has a small cusp at each side, and then is a fleur-de-lis shape with an off-centre circular rivet hole. There are signs of gilding on the terminal as well as on the bar. The mount is bent out of shape with an angle part of the way along one of the loops. It is 73.7mm long, 12.5mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 17.5g.Two similar mounts are illustrated in Read (2001, pp. 47, 51, nos. 398-9). Griffiths (1986, 2, refs. 22-24) also recognises these objects as being associated with harness mounts. See also Ward Perkins 1940, 120, fig. 40, ref. no. 2.
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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Medieval harness mount; cast copper…
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