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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700).This mount is broadly sub-triangular in plan, terminating at the apex with a trefoil knop. Below this two pointed lobes splay out laterally, one to either side. The body of the mount has a slightly wavy outline and contains a piriform openwork which is bevelled on the upper face. The base terminates in a rounded knop. There is no decoration at the front or rear. At the rear are two tapering spikes along the longitudinal centre-line, one at each end. These are circular in cross-section.This mount has corroded green surfaces. Height: 27.6mm; width: 10.3mm; thickness: 1.5mm; thickness including spikes: 8.1mm. Weight: 1.40g.A similar mount has been published and illustrated (Read 2001: 28, fig. 20, ref: 300).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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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