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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy mount. The mount is of composite construction comprising a rectangular plate with a smaller integral rectilinear plate projecting from the upper edge, a separate animal head decoration (probably a lion) attached with an integral rivet and three remaining dome-headed rivets.The rivets are set at the corners of the main plate, with a hole for a missing fouth rivet at the upper right corner. There is also a circular aperture at the approximate centre of the smaller, upper plate. In addition visible at the rear is a central aperture through which the integral rivet of the head is attached, with another, empty circular aperture above it. The corners of the main plate are pointed and the left and right edges are wavy as they follow the decoration on the front of the plate (see below). The moulded animal head is attcahed with its snout towards the bottom. It has small ears either side of a domed forehead, angled grooves delineating the eyes and a rounded nose on the tapering muzzle. Around the head the plate is decorated with a rope like pattern formed of several curving lines of annulets with framing lines. There are traces of gilding on the front of the plate and the head. The rivets are circular in cross section with large domed heads. The end of the main plate is slightly bent.Date: Early Medieval - c. 1100 - 1300Dimensions: 40.53 mm x 25.04 mm x 6.41 mmWeight: 13.36 g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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