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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700 AD).The mount is sub-triangular in plan. At one end it has a large trefoil knop and at the opposite end there is an incomplete rectangular projection.At the centre it has a heart-shaped opening. Between the heart and the rectangular projection there is a circular depression, about 4.75mm in diameter. The rear face is flat excepting two integral stubs of broken spikes. One spike is adjacent to the lower end of the heart and the other is behind the circular depression.This mount has traces of a green patina. The break is old and abraded.33.58 x 15.06 x 3.71mm. Weight: 2.84g.Compare with similar mounts (Read 2001: 28, fig. 20. refs: 300-302).
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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