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Description: | Post medieval cast copper-alloy mount consisting of a plate with two projecting integral rivets on the reverse. Around 40% of the mount has been lost to a old break. It is in the shape of a flower, probably representing a rose. There is a central boss from which project four arms ending in bifurcate lobes divided by a central point with openwork sections between the arms. The front has additional detailing of scrolls in the lobes and there is evidence of gilding on both the front and the back; the reverse is plain. The front is slightly convex and parts of the reverse are concave. The rivets on the reverse are aligned on a central line. One is intact but bent so that it now projects curving up towards the front from the edge of the mount and the tip of the second rivet is lost to an old break. The mount measures 19.2mm long, 15.0mm wide, 1.9mm thick (not including the rivets), 5.5mm thick (including) and weighs 1.58g.Noel Hume (1972: 240, 242) suggests that small mounts of this form with double pointed prongs were used on horse harness and suggests they can be attributed to c.1690-1770 AD. It is likely in Britain some were earlier in date.
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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