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Description: | Cast copper alloy hooked bar mount dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The object is in the form of a vertical bar which is triangular in cross-section. At the top is a decorative terminal in the form of a transverse ridge above which is a rivet in situ. Above the rivet is a vertical projection which terminates with a rounded point. At the base of the mount is another raised ridge and then the bar extends downwards into the backward-facing hook which has convex outer surfaces, a flat underside and a blunt point. Above the ridge is a circular rivet hole. The object has a dark brown patina.The style of this piece can be compared with a common form of harness pendant suspension mount (cf. Griffiths in Clark ed. 1995: 69, nos. 73-75) considered to date from the 14th century. It may have served to suspend a sword from a belt. A similar example on the database is SWYOR-7926A4.
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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