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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. The main body of the mount is broadly leaf shaped in plan and plano-convex in section, with a short 'stem' protruding from the bottom of the object. This part of the object is characterised by openwork decoration, with a lonzengiform and heart-shaped space created respectively by a connecting strip which runs across the bottom part of the body. The top of the mount is broadly trefoil shaped with an elongated central knop which in turn is flanked by two small projecting apertures which broadly give the appearance of a fleur de lys. On the back of the mount, two projecting lugs are visible, though the top example is now missing due to an old break. The mount measures 35.39mm long, 13.09mm wide at its widest point on the lower part of the body, 11.20mm wide at its widest point on the upper part of the body, and c. 1.5mm thick. It weighs 2.6 grammes.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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