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Description: | Cast copper mount / stud of probable medieval date (1400-1550). The head of the mount is broadly circular in plan and D shaped in cross-section. The upper face is domed (convex) in profile and the edges are eroded. The head measures 12.1mm in length, 10.7mm in width, and it is 3.0mm thick. It is decorated with an inlaid design - possibly of gilding; the design comprises three lines which divide the head evenly into six equal triangle. The reverse of the mount is concave and has an integrally moulded spike, which is sub-rectangular in plan and cross section. The spike is distorted by movement in the soil; it tapers along most of its length and terminates in a rounded broken point. The rear of the mount is plain and un-decorated. It has a heavily abraded and poorly preserved purple brown coloured patina. A direct parallel has not been found; it is likely to have been used for either furniture or harness (leather saddle) decorationThe mount measures 12.1mm in length, 10.7mm in width, and it is 8.1mm thick; it weighs 1.00 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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