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Description: | Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount of probable 16th to 18th century date with two sections of leather still attached. The mount takes the form of a long, narrow, plate with a complicated outline and curved in profile. At the centre is a lozenge shaped section with a raised central lozenge, it is concave o the back behind the raised section. The lozenge is flanked by ovals with are as wide as it is but much thinner.From the ovals project piriform sections, they curve out to a shoulder just beyond the ovals before curving inwards to a narrow waist. One has broken across this waist while the other has a triangular terminal attached at the end. There are traces of a worn pattern, possibly incised line making a foliate design on the piriform sections. Extending from the reverse are three integral attachment spikes, a fourth was possibly lost with the missing terminal. One projects from the centre of each piriform section and one from the end. The spikes are bent outwards at 90 degrees holding the leather in place. The tip of the one from the terminal seems to be missing. The mount now measures 58.9mm long, 16.3mm wide and 2.4mm thick excludng the spikes, 5.7mm thick including. The leather is 3.1mm thick. The complete weight is 6.91 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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