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Description: | A cast lead alloy zoomorphic mount, depicting a leopard. The leopard stands left with its head turned to face forward, its tail raised and curled over its back. It's face is well depicted and the body is covered with raised moudled dots to represent the leopards spots. The leopard stands on a flat horizontal base that is decorated with several diagonal panels, reminiscent of a mantle on the helm of a coat of arms. The reverse of the leopard is flat and plain, althought the remains of three iron rivets are evident through corrosion on the tip of the tail and at either end of the horizontal base. No direct comparisons could be found for this mount, but its style and method of manufacture suggest a late Medieval, or more likely, a post-medieval 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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