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Description: | A post medieval gilded copper alloy mount dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1600. The mount is lozenge-shaped. The front has a border of pellets running around the edge of the plate, with a series of smaller pellets overing the space within the border. The front is gilded and traces have been worn during deposition. The reverse is slightly dished in the centre. It exhibits two integrally cast lugs positioned on the long axis. One of the lugs terminates in an old break, the other lug tapers along its length and is bent out of shape.The mount measures 26.4mm in length, 18.5mm maximum width, 1.7mm minimum width, is 2.0mm thick (6.9 including lugs) and weighs 4.22g.A similar example is illustrated in Read, B, 2001, p. 34, no. 284.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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