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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval bar mount of probable 12th-14th century date. The mount is formed of a sub-oval central lobe from which the two arms of the bar extend in a sub-triangular in plan form to terminate in a sub-oval knop. The mount is broadly hemispherical in section across the bar and the central lobe, but the upper surface of the central lobe is also slightly flattened. In the centre of the bar mount through the sub-oval lobe is a moderate circular aperture (diameter 4mm), and at each of the knops a single circular in section rivet is retained in situ; these measure 1.2mm in diameter and extend beyond the underside of the mount (length including through mount is 5.9mm). One of these rivets has been bent in antiquity. This mount has an overall dark green colour, with areas of white. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 214, fig. 134 nos. 1154, 1157-1158) and in Read (2001: 23, fig. 12, no. 144) dated to c. AD 1150-1350.This bar mount measures 31.9mm in length, 8.5mm in width, 3.6mm in thickness, 6.3mm in height (including rivets) and weighs 2.29 grams.
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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