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Description: | A cast copper-alloy bird mount of Post-Medieval date, c. 1700-1850.The mount is largely complete and consists of two elements, a base plate and a bird. The baseplate is cast in a sub-rectangular shape, with a central perforation that acts as a fitting for the bird. The base flares outward to either side of the setting, with moulded vegetal and feathered decoration. The underside is undecorated.The bird has spread wings on a boxish body and a slightly angular, beaked head. The right wing extends straight out, but the left wing is bent downward near its base. The tail extends behind the body with a rivet through it. This rivet attached to the baseplate, with a visible break visible on the baseplate; when intact, the rivet held the tail against the baseplate so that the bird was angled up. The underside of the body has a projecting base, square in section, with a threaded cylindrical shank that fits into the perforation of the baseplate.The function of the mount is uncertain, but may have originally been part of a piece of furniture. The casting is simple but naturalistic.
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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