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Description: | Post-medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount, elaborate sub-oval body with a herm-like male figure with arms outstretched projecting from the upper edge and emerging from cast foliate relief decoration. The figure grips the curled tapering end of the tail of a stylised dolphin-like creature in each hand, the bodies of which form both convex sides of the mount and the heads of which face one another above a foliate knop projecting from the base. Worn stumps of three integral rivets on reverse, the outer two with secondary perforations, one containing a copper alloy rivet. Width 34mm. Length 35mm. See a broadly similar type illustrated in Read (2001), fig.20, no.291. 17th century.
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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