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Description: | Gilt cast copper alloy casket mount or binding, rectangular in plan and section, with a single circular perforation within its rounded terminal which extends into a pointed knop. The opposite end is squared off and slightly chamfered, suggesting that it has not broken off from a longer piece, but some of the comparanda below have rounded and knopped terminals mirroring each other at either end. This mount may not have needed to be symmetrical in this way, but only has one rivet hole to keep it in place. The body of the mount is decorated with alternating raised and recessed squares, incuse from either edge, where some gilding remains.Read (2001) illustrates two examples of casket mounts from south Somerset with similar terminals and decoration on page 23, Fig.12, Nos.165-6, which are dated from c.1230-1260.Egan (2002) illustrates a similar bar mount with riveted bossed terminals on page 214, Fig.134, No.1166, which is dated from c.1200-1230. This was probably used as a casket binding and may have been connected to the lid hinge.
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