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Description: | A cast copper alloy casket mount, probably dating from the 12th - 15th Century, most probably 13th - 14th Century. The mount is formed from a long bar of copper alloy which has been heavily gilded. The bar has a shallow sloping triangular section. There is a collar at one end of the bar, followed by a flat but off-set, elaborate trefoil terminal. The terminal is pierced for a rivet. The other terminal sits higher than the first at the same level as the surface of the bar. There is also a rivet hole presence here, but it is filled with corrosion product. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and not gilded. The reverse of the bar section is concave, but the terminals are flat. The terminals may have been used to help lock the casket. The metal is a dark brownish-green colour and the surface is slightly pitted.
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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