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Description: | A copper alloy mount with a bearded face in relief as decoration and dating to the post medieval period, c. 1500 to 1700.The object is shield shaped in plan with semi-circular indentations on the top. There is a break from a projection from the middle of the top of the shield. There is also a break on a projection from the point of the bottom of the shield. There is a narrow border around the edge of the front enclosing a forward facing bust. The bust is male with a long moustache and beard and short hair. The back is flat and undecorated with two circular pin projecting outwards. These pins have been bent over, presumably to hold the mount in place.There are several mounts of a similar shape recorded on the PAS database including BH-0E06A1 and BERK-098F81 although these have a different motif to the face. BH-5B7364 is identical although has a gilded surface perhaps suggesting this example would have also been gilded.
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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