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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap fitting; mount. The mount is in the form of a possible scallop shell. The upper surface is slightly domed and decorated with radiating grooves to form the definition of the shell. The reverse is slightly concave. In the centre of the mount there is a small circular perforation. The surface has an abraded mottled grey/green patina. It measures 13.42mm long, 15.84mm wide and 2.73mm thick. It weighs 1.4g.Similar mounts are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (Egan and Pritchard 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) No. 1083 which is dated to the latter half of the 15th century. Similar mounts are also illustrated in Griffiths, D., Philpott, R. And Egan, G (Griffiths, D., Philpott, R. And Egan, G. Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast Oxford University School of Archaeology: Monograph 68 Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.), No. 1140, dated to the later Medieval period.
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