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Description: | A post Medieval bone mount of a late 16th to early 17th Century AD figure wearing a long gown, with a high collar. The figure is standing upon a foliate design. The mount is made from a single thin piece of bone, the upper side is decorateed with incised design of a figure with exceptional carving. The gown makes up two thirds of the figures length, the upper third is the upper torso and head of the figure which is probably female. Some incised hatching has been used to give depth to the figure. The reverse of the object is undecorated and preserves the tool marks used to thin the bone down and cut it to shape as well as having scored lines across it.Similar bone mounts have been previously found in London (see, LON-2F1FB2, LON-E8A6F6, LON-FC6580 and LON-E79BD7) which also have the scored backs, and which John Clarke has suggested are inlays for a wooden box or chest. The clothing on the figure in LON-2F1FB2 has been dated to c.AD 1570-1630 by Hilary Davidson and it is likely that this example falls into the same range and possibly originally comes from the same object.Length: 88.1mmWidth: 10.27mmThickness: 1.94mmWeight: 2.27g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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