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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked mount of probable post-Medieval date (1600-1700). This type of mount may have been used to suspend a sword from a baldrick. The main part of the mount is rectangular in plan, has angled outer edges. A pointed knob, which extends upwards from the centre of the rectangular part, contains the remains of a separate corroded iron rivet. The hook is missing due to a transverse break. The patina, where it has survives id dark brown smooth and shiny and the metal surface is a dull matt reddish color.. 27.9 x 16.6 x 3.0mm. Weight: 490g. A similar mount from South Devon has been published (Read 2001: 30, fig. 25, ref: 355). A similar mount with a back-plate attached has been recorded from Offley Parish, Hertfordshire. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: BH-5D7E92.
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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