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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy mount/strap-fitting of c. 17th-century date. The mount is sub-lozengiform, terminating at one end in a sub-triangular knop and at the other in a trefoilate protrusion. Towards this latter the sides of the main plate are stepped and expanded. At the centre of the plate is a sub-lozengiform aperture, not fully finished. There are grooved recesses around the hole. There is also a depression at the sub-triangular terminal. The edges of the front are bevelled externally. The reverse is flat and has a rough finish. It bears a pair of integral lugs located above and below the aperture aligned to the longitudinal line of symmetry. One has been truncated; the other curves inwards.The mount is corroded but still retains large patches of tinning.The object is 37.5mm long, 19.7mm wide, 2.3mm thick (up to 6.1mm at the prongs), and weighs 5.94g. Similar mounts can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 35; fig. 20).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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