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Description: | Copper alloy Harness Boss. Cast circular mount with a domed concavo-convex central boss and a flat rim with three drilled fixing holes of diameter 4mm, one retaining the flat and burred head of a fixing nail of head diameter 6mm. A separately cast floret of diameter 6.6mm with eight petals forms the head of a decorative rivet which passes through the apex of the boss. The flat rim has a moulded border within which a zone of rocker work decoration encloses the incised curls of probably vegetal ornament. A pair of incised circumferential lines towards the top of the protruding boss limits three incised paired line features which radiate from its apex. The display surface was gilded overall, and retains much of this coating; the rim is bent at one point in its circumference and the fixing holes slightly distorted from the rough removal of the object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1750.Diameter: 48.9mm, Thickness (at rim): 1.2mm, Height (at boss): 17.5mm, Weight: 19.67gms.
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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