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Description: | Tinned sheet copper alloy bar mount with central rosette, surrounded by a beaded circle, and bilobate ends in the form of two domed bosses.Similar mounts have been found attached to short leather straps which were probably used to pass over the instep of the foot to attach spurs to boots (Egan & Pritchard, 2002, p.215).Egan & Pritchard (2002) illustrate a similar example on page 218, Fig.136, No.1183, which is dated to c.1350-1400.Ottaway & Rogers (2002) illustrate similar examples from Medieval York on page 2906, Fig.1479, Nos.13373 & 14399, which are dated from the mid 14th to the 15th century.Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar example from Medieval Norwich on page 41, Fig.23, No.276, which is dated to the 15th century.
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