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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval mount decorated with enamel and gilding, in the Limoges style. The mount is an approximately triangular shape, and has a horse's head in profile with a semi-circular crest on the top. The crest has incised line decoration suggesting a plume of feathers, and there is a single rivet hole at the centre. The horse is open-mouthed, with a strap across the nose, and a well-defined cheek on which traces of red enamel can be seen, continuing down the mane and neck. There is another rivet hole between the mouth and neck of the horse. The rest of the animal is missing due to old breaks. The reverse is plain, apart from a trace of gilding around the lower rivet hole. The mount measures 31.9mm in length and 29.95mm in width. It weighs 6.25g.This fragment may have been part of a larger figure (see BH-B91E31 for an example), and if so, the ornate caparison would suggest a rider of royalty or the nobility. The crest on the head is unusual, although paralleled on BH-B91E31. Limoges products are more usually associated with figurines and reliquaries.
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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