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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy circular mount, dating to the medieval period. The mount is circular ring, approximately a quarter of which survives in two pieces. The mount is decorated on one side with fine but quite crudely incised and gilded scroll work with fleur-de-lys elements; within the blank areas around the scroll work are multiple small incised lines or zig-zags. These designs are contained within a double-lined border. At one edge of the larger piece of the mount half of a rivet hole can be seen. This rivet hole is located within the centre of the frame and the break runs directly through it. The reverse of the mount is plain and undecorated however some iron staining near the rivet hole may suggest that the rivet was made of iron, or that another, now missing, element of the mount contained iron. The mount is very thin.Although no direct comparison could be found, circular mounts and armorial roundels have been recorded on this database. This may have been the outer edge of a larger mount, or may have been intended to have an open centre. It may have adorned a strap or harness and probably dates from the 13th to 15th century AD.
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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