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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy bar mount of medieval date. The mount has a large central lobe and two terminal lobes with the rivets still present. The central lobe is decorated with transverse grooves of which the resulting raised lines are ribbed. One edge of this lobe is broken and worn. The reverse of the mount is hollow and the rivets project from the reverse of the terminal lobes.The metal has a dark brownish-black patina and is worn. The mount is 19.2mm long, 8.6mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 1.5g.Similar mounts can be seen in Dress Accessories p.214 and date from AD 1250 - 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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