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Description: | A cast, copper alloy Medieval mount, dating from AD1350-1450. It is domed, with a concave underside and is of the multifoil type, having twelve teardrop shaped lobes. In the centre of the upper surface is a single ferrous rivet which penetrates through to the underside, where there is a patch of ferrous staining. The mount has a dark green patina. It is 22.7mm long, 21mm wide and 5.1mm thick. It weighs 7.6gm.Similar mounts are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, page 195. See also database record SWYOR-A70137.
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