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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700).The flat mount is symmetrical in plan. The main body has curving sides with a trefoil/tri-lobed/fleur-de-lis knop at each end. The rear face is flat and has two integral spikes along the longitudinal centre-line, one at each end. One spike is almost complete and the other survives as a stub. Both spikes are rectangular in cross-section.This mount has a dull mid to dark green patina and seems to have traces of a white metal coating at the front. The underlying reddish brown metal is visible in places.Length: 34.5mm; width: 17.5mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including spikes: 4.7mm. Weight: 4.19g.Similar mounts have been published (Read 2001: 28, fig. 19, refs: 287 and 288).Similar mounts have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: CORN-00D3C2; IOW-391758; IOW-4CD413; IOW-C56368; PUBLIC-3DFFE3; PUBLIC-DAD2B6; SOM-3D6061; SOM-F702A3 and SUSS-745284.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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