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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount of probable Medieval date. It is missing one end due to old breaks. The object is flat, rectangular in form and has openwork decoration. This comprises a central(?) openwork lozenge with triangle to one side and triangles above and below. The surviving end has a projecting semi-circular attachment lug with central circular rivet hole, the corresponding opposite end now missing due to old breaks. The front face of the object is very worn and corroded, however traces of agreen patina are present, as well as gilding. The back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 52.22mm in length, 25.19mm in width, 2.27mm in thickness, and weighs 7.48g. This is a decorative mount, originally gilded on one surface, and perhaps for use on a box, furniture or similar object. Its form and decorative elements suggest a probable Medieval date for the object, c.13th-15th centuries AD, if not a little later.
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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