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Description: | A copper alloy belt or strap mount, dating from the Medieval period, AD 1400 - 1450. It is in the shape of a scallop shell with five lobes to the scallop and a rectangular hinge. It is concave on the underside and has a single, central rivet (4mm diameter), the point of which has broken away and is missing. There are traces of gilding remaining on the upper surface. The ungilded metal displays a patchy, light green patina. The mount is 16.5mm long, 15.9mm wide and 8.4mm thick. it weighs 3gm.A mount of similar design is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories 1150 -1450, page 201, number 1083, and is attributed to the first half of the fifteenth century. Similar mounts are also recorded on the database: compare for example reference LEIC-F90596.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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