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Description: | A slightly corroded, mostly complete cast copper-alloy mount, probably a strap-fitting of post-medieval date. The mount is symmetrical in form made up of a three sections arranged in a row: a small central oval body 18.5mm long and 17.3mm wide, which contracts slightly at either end before expanding into leaf shaped terminals both approximately 10.0mm long and 17.7mm wide. The upper surface is slightly convex with traces of worn decorative low relief moulding: transverse ridges at the junctions of the body and terminals, possibly foliate moulding on the terminals. The lower surface is flat with two pointed spikes, missing their tips, projecting from behind each of the leaf shaped knops surviving to 3.0 and 4.4mm in length respectively. The artefact has corroded to a dark red-brown colour now covered in places by light-green powdery corrosion product. Similar mounts can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 36; fig. 21).
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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