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Description: | Medieval (mid 12th to 14th century) casket mount: The copper alloy mount is formed by a moulded, slender arm which has a central flat roundel which has traces of blue and red enamel with sub-rectangle arms protruding from either side of the roundel. The arms terminate with a slender elongated knop which surmounts a circular rivet hole. Between the rivet hole and roundel the arm has two transverse ridges as decoration. In profile the mount is curved asymmetrically. The surface of the mount is heavily abraded and is missing much of the original surface. One arm there is a trace of gilding. The reverse is flat. It measures 49.93mm long, and 12.14mm wide across the roundel. It weighs 4.3g.Egan (Egan: 1998) illustrates similar mounts without a roundel, 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 recorded mount probably dates to the mid 12th to 14th centuryEgan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
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