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Description: | Near complete cast copper alloy heraldic harness mount or stud. The mount is lozenge-shaped in plan and has a single incomplete circular sectioned attachment spike in the centre of the reverse. The front is decorated with a single cross which has curled bifurcated arm terminals (known as a cross cercelée in heraldic terminology). The background to the cross is red enamel but the actual enamel or gilding of the cross has been lost.This mount is a larger example of this type of decorative stud. These fittings are dated c.1200-1400.
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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