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Description: | Copper alloy mount. Cast lozenge-shaped plate with an eight pointed star or estoile standing in low relief against a field of enamel with a plain rim. Each ray of the star bears a possibly rouletted pair of broken lines which may have conferred a coruscating effect when the metal was bright. Where visible, the enamel is now of a dull red tint, but here and elsewhere it has been darkened by treatment with oil The back of the plate is very slightly concave, which may relate to its setting. A central drilled hole of diameter 3.3mm presumably served to attach the mount. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1350.Length: 42.8mm, Width: 28.6mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 6.23gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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