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Description: | Medieval (mid 12th to 13th century) casket mount: The copper alloy mount is formed by a moulded, slender, sub-rectangular arm. One terminal, has a slender, elongated pointed knop, which surmounts a circular rivet hole. There is slight moulded around the rivet hole and it has a collar beneath. The rectangular body of the mount has a slender D-shaped section and the other terminal tapers slightly in depth and is bevelled. In profile the mount is bent near the rivet hole, but this may be due to damage. The reverse is flat. The surface of the mount has a trace of a dark green coloured patina otherwise the surface is a red-brown matte surface. It measures 69.51mm long, 9.02mm wide, and 3.19mm thick. It weighs 6.18g.Egan (Egan: 1998) illustrates similar mounts, particularly No. 147, and comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th century. Another similar example is No. 139 (ibid) and this is dated to the later 12th century. The mount probably dates to c. 1150 to 1300 AD.Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
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