MOUNT

A Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount.

The mount has a D-shaped section with a flat reverse. In plan it is primarily rectangular with ends that narrow to rounded points. Placed c.4.0m from each end are circular lobes, flanking the extended rounded point, the maximum diameter of which extends beyond the width of the bar. The centre of these lobes have a circular drilled hole (c.2.5mm diameter) for attachment. One of these holes retains its copper alloy rivet which has a domed head projecting 2.0mm from the front of the mount. The remains of the rivet's pin (1.8m diameter) projects 4.5mm from the reverse of the mount and is angled towards its far end. The front face is further decorated by two transverse raised collars placed on the internal edge of each lob and a further raised ridged running longitudinally between these collars. The reverse is plain.

The mount is generally well preserved and is dark green and brown in colour.

It is 34.5mm long, 6.0mm wide, 9.2mm thick including the rivet and 3.2mm without. It weighs 2.36 grams

A bar mount of similar form (albeit without the collars and the knops placed at the far) has been dated c. AD 1230- 1260 and can be seen in Egan and Prichard (2002), number 1147, p213 and 214. A bar mount with collars at each lobe, dated AD 1150 - 1200, can be seen in Egan and Prichard (2002), number 1166, p 214 and p215. A similar 12th - 13th century date can be attributed to this item