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Description: | An Incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval hooked mount, possibly a strap end in the form of an integral plate and hook (c. 1270-c. 1350). The plate is triangular in cross-section, bevelled at the front, and the hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. At the front, between these two elements, there is a narrow horizontal rib. The rear face of the plate has two integral rivets on the median centre-line, one at each end. Each of these is circular in cross-section, 3.6mm in diameter and about 3.9mm in length. Both are burred over in order to secure a rove, now missing. The object is corroded and the metal is a reddish colour covered partially with light green copper-alloy corrosion products. There are flecks of gilding either side of the horizontal rib. A similar object has been found during archaeological excavations in Upper Thames Street, London and has been dated c. 1270-c. 1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 155-156: ref. 728).
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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