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Description: | A cast copper alloy belt or strap mount of post-Medieval date. It is teardrop shaped, tapering from a rounded base to a point and the upper surface is decorated to resemble an acorn. The rounded base representing the cup is divided from the upper half, which represents the nut, by a transverse groove; in the centre of the base is a rectangular projection representing the stalk. The reverse is flat and caries two integral mounting spikes, one at each end, both now bent. The mount has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 25.2mm long, 11.1mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It weighs 1.77gm.A number of similar mounts can be found on the database; compare for example YORYM-258015. LIN-738720 and LVPL-25B3A4. This last cites Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, and attributes this mount to the seventeenth century.
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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