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Description: | Medieval (mid 12th to 13th century) casket mount: The copper alloy is formed by a moulded, slender, sub-rectangle which has a slender elongated knop at one terminal which surmounts a circular rivet hole. The rectangular body of the mount is triangular in section with the exception of three rectangular blocks as decoration. One of these blocks has a central rivet hole and it towards the opposite terminal. This terminal has a rectangular slot forming an 'n' shaped terminal which appears to be a broken edge. The break is probably recent. In profile this end of the mount is bent downwards. The surface of the mount has a dark green coloured patina. The reverse is flat. It measures 49.62mm long, and 6.83mm wide. It weighs 4.3g.Egan (Egan: 1998) illustrates similar mounts, particularly No. 147, and comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th century. Another similar example is No. 139 (ibid) and this is dated to the later 12th century. The mount probably dates to c. 1150 to 1300 AD.Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
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