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Description: | Small two-prong mount. A nearly complete cast copper alloy decorative mount, dating to the Post Medieval period (c. 17th century). The mount is asymmetrical and flat in design with one more narrow and rounded end, which curves upwards to a wider end sub-triangular in plan. The wider end has curvilinear incised lines which are placed in a wedge shape radiating from the centre of the wider end. Remants of silvering remain on the outer face, but no further decoration is discernible. The undecorated reverse face has two integrally cast spiked lugs which are circular in section; one of the lugs is broken. The mount has a grey patina suggesting a high tin content. Length 23.4mm, width 10.4mm, thickness 4.5mm,1.4 weight 1.68g. According to Egan (2005, p39) 'Some standard forms familiar from the medieval period...continued into the 17th century on horse equipment...' often indicated by two prongs. Hence, it is likely that instead of similar mounts with separate rivets common to the Medieval period, this type of mount was more likely to have been used on horse harnesses during the Post Medieval period. Cf. Reed 2001, Fig. 19-37.Cf. Read 2001, Figs. 19-20 for asymmetrically shaped mounts with integrally cast spikes.
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