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Description: | A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy bar mount (c. 1350-c. 1450 AD).The mount is oval in plan with a lobed terminal at each end. It is convex at the front and the central part is concave at the rear. Each terminal is flat at the rear and contains the remains of a separate iron rivet. At the front, the central oval part has seven horizontal grooves that create ridges that have been scored at right angles to form segments.The front has a greenish brown patina and the rear is mainly corroded.20.1 x 9.0 x 3.8mm. Weight: 1.61g.Similar mounts, dated to the dated to the second half of the fourteenth century, have been published in Read (2001, 23, fig. 12) and Egan and Pritchard (1991, 214, fig. 134).
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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