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Description: | A copper-alloy mount of Medieval date.The corroded mount takes the form of a three dimensional representation of an eagle-like bird, shown as if in flight, the head, wings and tail forming a cross. The moulded head of the bird is set slightly higher than the body. Like the rest of the bird, it is somewhat stylised in appearance, having two recessed pellets for the eyes and a downward-curving beak. Together, the two wings and back form a rectangle. Feathers are indicated through the use of a number of vertical grooves on the wings, while the plain back is perforated by a single copper-alloy rivet. The tail, which slopes downwards at the distal end, resembles a shell, with a series of grooves extending towards the scalloped bottom side. The underside of the body, wings and tail are hollow. The base of the aforementioned rivet is also visible, protruding from a hole within a sub-triangular piece of sheet metal which may be a makeshift pin.Dimensions: 19.7mm long, 14mm wide, 7.7mm high. Weight: 2.54g.A close parallel for this mount was found at Upton, Oxon and is recorded on the PAS database (BERK-021775). Stylistically, both can be linked to the more common scallop-shaped mounts of the Late Medieval period, an example of which was found in an early to mid 15th century context in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 200/fig. 126, no. 1083). In terms of possible symbolism, the eagle, the cross shape and scallop shell tail are likely to be allusions to Christianity, the latter probably referring specifically to the act of pilgrimage.
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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