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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy mount, probably from a box or casket of Medieval date. It is rectangular in form with a D-shaped section and slightly concave back face. At one end is a decorative terminal consisting of a moulded rectangular panel followed by a trefoil shaped terminal that has a circular rivet hole containing the corroded remains of an iron rivet. At the opposite end oft he object there is a similar, but slightly larger, rectangular panel that has a central circular rivet hole with corroded iron rivet. From this panel extends an integrally cast hooked terminal that is D-shaped in section with rounded outer edge that curves forwards and terminates in a globular knop. This knop is pressed against the front face of the terminal to form a closed loop shape, probably partly as a result of post-depositional damage, and there are signs of use-wear at the base of the loop. On the front face of the object are traces of gilding that indicate the entire object was once gilded. It measures 117.20mm in length, 12.59mm in width, 6.81mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 39.98g.Similar decorative mounts are noted by Egan (1998: nos. 145, 147) and on the PAS database (for example NMS-F11245, HAMP-7DD7B3 or NMS518354). Presumably the loop/hook on the current example would have enabled a handle to hinge or have been related to the locking mechanism in some way? It is of Medieval date, probably belonging in the 12th-13th centuries if not a little later into the 14th century.
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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