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Description: | A Medieval (1200-1400) copper alloy incomplete bar-mount with pendent loop, missing (at least) one lobe of the bar-mount. The object measures 22.56mm in length, 21.93mm in max.width and weighs 2.66g.The pendent loop (21.93x11.87x1.68mm) is an irregular quadrilateral in shape, with one long outwardly-curved edge, with a faceted pointed-oval knop (flat to the reverse) at either end, where two shorter straight arms angle inwards. Joining these two is a short cross-bar, from which a sheet-copper alloy loop extends. Attached to this with a separate copper alloy rivet is an incomplete probable bar-mount.The central element of this mount is concave to the reverse and faceted at the corners to one side at the front. It is entirely covered with grooved criss-cross lines. The projection (at the side with the faceted corners) is solid and triangular in cross-section, being flat to the underside. It has a rectangular scar (from a break) at the end. To the opposite side, where the edge line is rounded, is a much smaller scar from a break.The rivet has a circular rove to the reverse of the strap loop. The strap loop is of a different copper alloy (now a much lighter green) to that of the rest of the object.The internal dimensions of the pendant loop are 8.61x7.73mm.Bar mounts with central and terminal lobes from London date to the 13th and 14th century (Egan & Pritchard 1991 nos.1154-1162).
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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