MOUNT 799159

Description: A copper-alloy medieval bar mount dating to the period c. AD 1350 - 1400. The mount is hemispherical in cross-section. The central lobe is circular, concave to the reverse and domed to the front and features a band of four horizontal grooves tapering together and with a design of cross hatched grooves. At either end of the central lobe is a circular lobe with a centrally located rivet, one rivet is missing. The mount is similar in design to one seen in Brian Read, 2001, pp. 23, nos.151. The mount measures 22.7mm in length, 11.85mm wide, 4.05mm thick and weighs 2.17 grams.

Date: 1350 - 1400

Object type: MOUNT

Last import: August 15, 2017