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Description: | A cast, copper alloy bar mount, dating to the Medieval period (probable 13th - 14th centuries). The mount is formed of a rectangular bar, 'D'-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded upper face. The upper terminal is rounded with a circular attachment hole in the centre. From the hole, the bar expands in thickness, becoming pointed in the centre and with moulded decoration. The decoration forms a central vertical moulded line from which four vertical lines project (three across the width, one from one side only). Beyond the thickened section is a second attachment hold, also circular. Below the second hole the mount splits, forming a suspension element that would have held a harness pendant. The element is formed of two projecting lobes with rounded ends and a rectangular slot between. Each lobe has a central circular hole for attachment, although one lobe has broken at the hole, resulting in the loss of the cross bar that would have secured the pendant in the slot. The mount has a dark brown patina with a lighter green in the surface pits and recessed sections of the decorative middle. The mount measures 33.8mm long, 8.1mm wide, 6.0mm in thickness and weighs 5.80g.This mount is similar in shape to Egan and Pritchard (1991), no.1166 without the projecting hook at one end and very similar to Griffiths (1995: 69) fig. 52, no. 73 dated to the 13th to 14th century, which has the suspension element in the centre rather than at one end as per this object.
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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