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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval shield shaped heraldic mount with a single circular incomplete projection to the reverse. The mount is decorated with quarterly shield lozengy gules and bend. the bend and lozenges are recessed, red enamel is visible in both quarters of the lozengy, no enamel is visible within the recess of the bend. To the reverse the incomplete lug is off centre and 3.25mm in diameter. It is incomplete due to an old break.Although these mounts are assumed to be attached to harness, it is thought they were also attached to more solid objects, such as caskets. One was discovered still attached to an iron stirrup in Oxfordshire (Griffiths, N; FRG Datasheet 12a).The mount is 38.5mm in length, 32.95mm wide. 2.45mm thick and weighs 16.72 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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