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Description: | Lead AlloyProbable Mount. Cast low relief flat-backed mount in a Classical idiom, representing a fanged mask with wide-open mouth, heavy brows and tresses of long hair. The piece is influenced by Renaissance forms, though has a slightly disturbing aspect which it shares with a number of locally produced pieces of broadly contemporary date. A possibly drilled apical aperture of diameter 5mm probably served for attachment, perhaps along with another fixing which has indented the back; if used for suspension this loop would tend to make the object hang sideways, and it is not worn as would be expected with such a use. However, and given the mass of the object, an alternative identification as a (slightly underweight) one ounce weight might also be entertained. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650.Length: 43.0mm, Width: 33.5mm, Thickness: 4mm, Weight: 27.27gms.
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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