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Description: | A cast copper alloy bar mount with a suspension loop of probably late medieval date. This date is supported by the findspot on Towton Battlefield, which may suggest a date of 1461. The mount is a bar of copper alloy, rectangular in section which has been bent into a U shape (with a bulging base) and has two rivets through the straight arms. These would have fixed the mount to a strap with the loop projecting below to hand things from the belt. The rivets are dome headed and made of copper alloy. Without the strap to hole the arms of the U apart, they have collapsed against each other post depositionally, causing the rounded base to snap. The two piece (still held together by the rivets) have since rubbed against each other, causing wear on the breaks, until eventually the two arms became fixed together by corrosion. There are traces of gilding surviving. Similar mounts can be seen in Dress Accessories.
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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