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Description: | Copper alloy and enamel, gildedMount. Possibly a Strap End with integral hook bent forwards or outwards; alternatively a casket mount. A cast rectangular plate with a rivet hole of diameter 3.2mm at each corner; one rivet of head diameter 3.7mm, shank diameter: 1.9mm and length circa 8mm remains in situ. The centre of the plate is occupied by a diamond or rhomboid shape recess with the edges of a shield shaped compartment retaining traces of (now) brick red enamel at one end, against a marginal field of (now) pale green enamel. It is possible an heraldic figure appeared centrally on the shield; a ghostly central feature resembles a spreadeagled bird though this may be fortuitous. The rhomboid is unevenly partitioned by the vertical rib defining the top of the shield, and its smaller compartment does not now retain colorant. The outer edges of the rhomboid are used as the starting point for a further lattice of inscribed diagonal lines producing an open cross hatch, and this field retains traces of gilding. The back is flat and featureless. The quality of work and polychrome enamel may suggest this to be a small piece from Limoges. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300.Length: 38.6mm, Width: 13.9mm, Thickness (plate): 2.1mm, Weight: 8.24gms.
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