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Description: | Post Medieval copper alloy bridle boss, with the three rivets, disguised as roses, still in place. The fitting is broadly circular in plan with a raised central dome and a flat outer border. The outer edge has thirteen projecting terminals, evenly spaced around the edge, each with a bifed end of two rounded knops, some are damaged with worn breaks. The central dome has moulded decoration with four regularly spacedpiriform petals or leavesradiating down from a central raised knop to the outer border which is a circle of 22 raised dots. The leaves are outlined by a double incised border and possibly have bi-lobed outer edges making them heart shaped. Each is decorated with an incised central line flanked by angled lines and in the spaces between the leaves are further incised horizontal lines running from petal to petal.. The central raised dome has a diameter of 37.5mm and the flat outer border has a diameter of 57.7mm, including the knops.The back is of the dome is concave although not filled with iron corrosion.The three rivets are placed around the terminals at 8 o'clock, 12 o'clock and 4 o'clock and arecopper alloy with moulded fronts in the form of double roses, one appears slightly different form the other two.The border edge has a thickness of 3.2mm, the fitting is 15.8.mm thick through the boss section. It weighs 53.76gRead (1995: 149 - 150) illustrates a range of similar umbonate bridle bosses although none of this exact design, which he dates to the 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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