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Description: | Post medieval copper alloy mount with integral rivets. The mount is broadly triangular with convex moulded decoration on the frontk. At the narrow end is an expanded terminal with a narrow collar separateing it from the rest of the mount, then a large oval knop with a faceted front and beyond that a smaller oval knop at the end. from this narrow end the sides curve outwards to the broader end. This triangular miiddle section has a raised central and angled sides. At the broad end is a wide, rounded ended collar running the entire width of the mount with the rounded ends projectng out and flanked by narrow collars running parallel to it. The central collar is also thicker and each collar is divided from the next by an indented line. Beyond this is a another thickened collar running the entire width, this one with projecting and turned up ends and a cusped outer edge flanking a central circle. The mount thins across this circle with the outer rim slightly thickened.On the back there are concave areas behind the raised decoration and integral attachment spikes, one very near each end. The spikes are rectangular in section and bent inwards 90 degrees to grip the leather. One appears to end in an old break and the other has a rounded end.The mount is 49.0mm long, 25.0mm wide and 3.9mm thick excluding the rivets, 8.3mm including them; it weighs 10.95 grams.Such mounts with integral rivets were fitted onto leather straps which could have been used on costme, harness or objects, such as chests. the form and in particular the form of the rivets suggests a broadly 16th-17th century dateThe mount appears to be an en suite item to the buckle SOM-B58D4A found nearby.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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