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Description: | A very worn cast copper-alloy stud or mount of Medieval date. It is flat, disc shaped in form with an integrally cast oval shaped rivt at the centre of the back face. This has a flattened pointed-oval shaped head and the remains of very corroded copper-alloy surrounding it, perhaps indicating the stud was attached to a copper-alloy object of some kind. Both faces of the object have suffered from extensive post-depositional wear that has left the surfaces extremely worn, however traces of moulded, and possibly enamelled, decoration are visible on the front face. These comprise what appears to be the remains of a moulded, winged creature with outstretched wings, a feathered(?) body, splayed legs with four or five talons to each leg, and possibly a head turned to the left. The precise form of the creature remains uncertain but it may conceivably represent an eagle, griffin or similar and potentially may have been a deliberately heraldic rather than decorative motif. Any trace of possible enamelling, gilding or other forms of similar decoration are now missing due to the preservation of the object. It measures 41.16mm in diameter, 2.48mm in thickness (7.63mm including stud), and 18.39g in weight.This is a decorative, or possibly heraldic, stud of probable Medieval date. It perhaps dates to between the 12th and 14th centuries AD, c.1100-1400 AD.
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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