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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of Medieval date.The mount has been stamped from a thin piece of sheet-metal and takes the form of a sexfoil. Deep grooves divide six petals of equal form. The underside is hollow and contains no trace of the rivet. The mount is bent. It measures 14.5mm in diameter, 4.6mm thick and weighs 0.56g.Sexfoil mounts have been found in London, in layers dating from the mid 14th to late 15th centuries (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 186).
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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