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Description: | Copper alloy mount. Concavo-convex pressed metal mask of a maned lion with exaggerated curling mane; though detailed and naturalistic on the display face, the reverse preserves only the outlines of broader features. A separately cast ring of diameter 15.5mm is held by a small U-shaped lug probably brazed to the back of the mask and folded back, and a smaller [now] oval link of length 8mm is set on the other side; both were probably for fixing the mount, and others may have been lost. The imagery may draw on the British lion, a figure representative of national and imperial pride from the later 18th century onwards. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1820.Height: 30.2mm, Width (mask): 27.9mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 5.67gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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