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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy mount in the form of an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700).The mount is convex at the front and flat at the rear. At the front it has a pair of parallel horizontal grooves dividing the fruit from the cupola. There is a 'stalk' at the bottom. At the rear there are two tapering spikes, one at each end. Both are circular in cross-section.The front is reddish brown and the rear largely has a matt green patina. At the front there are traces of a shiny green patina. There is no indication of any surface treatment.Height: 31.3mm; width: 11.0mm; thickness: 1.8mm; thickness including spikes: 5.9mm. Weight: 2.19g.Mounts in similar form and style have been published by Brian Read. These published mounts have been dated by Read to c. 1600-c. 1700 AD (Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, refs: 331-334).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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