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Description: | Possible Medieval (mid 12th to 13th century) casket mount: The copper alloy mount is formed by an elongated trapezoidal plate which is convex on the outer face and concave on the underside. The wider end is curled under slightly, and it may be unintentional. The narrower end has a rivet hole. After the rivet hole the plate is decorated with a pair of transverse ridges. This terminal then has a slender arm protruding from one corner. The terminal is broken and this is not a recent break. The other corner is also a broken edge. The surface of the mount is heavily abraded and has a patch of red copper corrosion and traces of a mid green coloured patina. It measures 28.01mm long, 11.46mm wide, and 6.45mm thick at the curled terminal. It weighs 2.56g.Egan (Egan: 1998) illustrates casket mounts, for example No. 147, which is similar and comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th century. Another similar example is No. 139 (ibid) and this is dated to the later 12th century. The mount, if it is a casket mount, probably dates to c. 1150 to 1300 AD.Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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