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Description: | A Medieval, cast, copper-alloy, probable zoomorphic mount. The mount is sub-oval in plan with a rectangular knop projecting from the lower edge. The front is convex and the back of the oval section is concave. The oval section has a drilled hole in it's centre containing a copper-alloy rivet. Above this hole there is a cross hatch pattern of incised lines. Below the hole, there is a pair of diagonal, incised lines running in from each side, one down towards the centre, and one upwards towards the centre, possibly representing the ears, and two further diagonal incised lines running in and downwards from each side of the rectangular knop, possibly representing eyebrows. The rivet is circular in section and flush with the mount on the front. At the back, the rivet is slightly bent upwards.Similar items are recorded in Meols (2008:121, no. 1130, 1135 and 1139) where they are interpreted as crude animal heads or shells and dated to the mid 14th to late 15th centuries. Other examples on this database show more realistic animal heads of which this appears to be a debased version e.g. ESS-202F95
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