Record ID: DEV-FCF57A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount in the form of a lion couchant modelled in relief on the front face but flat on the rear face. The front face has a slightly melted appearance as though a blob of metal has been dropped on it, with consquent loss of some decorative detail. The front paws are placed together beneath the mouth and there is no other creature pinned down beneath them, as is normal in leonine knife handles and figurines (e.g. BH-2159D4 and SWYOR-F1D5D6). To what other object this piece was fixed is unknown. Dimensions: Length 35 mm, Height 18 mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-389A3F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy decorative stud (mount) of the medieval period, dating from c. AD 1350-1400. The mount is broadly lozenge shaped, with some slight losses/miscasting towards one apex. The front has raised decoration consisting of a central circular pellet in the centre surrounded by six circular pellets with a final border of pellets decorating the edge. The reverse is flat with the remains of an off set square sectioned integral rivet near the centre. The spike of the rivet survives. Measurements: 25 mm in length and 14 mm in width. The spike has a l…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6CD12E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval openwork copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, possibly from a strap or horse harness, dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is in the form of an animal's head and is convex on the front and hollow on the reverse. At the mount's upper edge two small, rounded projections are placed in the corners to represent the animal's ears. The animal then has a protruding hemispherical face that has two recessed swirls at the top for the eyes and a flaring triangle in the centre for the nose. Above the eyes are shallowly moulded recurving curls connected…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: DEV-C669B9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age or Roman mount dating to the period c. 300BC - AD 100. It is possibly a decorative shield clip, although it has also been suggested that this type of mount derives from a bucket, tankard or vessel. As this example contains remnants of iron decay in its interior, it has been suggested that it may originate from a bucket style vessel, akin to those of the Aylesford Swarling type (J. Ahmet pers.comm). It is formed of a single sheet of copper alloy which is now tubular in shape. It has a series of curving ridges which give it a sligh…
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-4100CA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval cast copper alloy mount in the form of a flat openwork lozenge. The inner and outer edges are straight but bevelled with a flat front and back. There is a recessed band within which is a line of raised pellets running around all four sides of the frame in the centre of the front. There are traces of gilding on the reverse. There are two integral attachment spikes on the plain back, one near each acute corner. Both are broken and worn with only stubs remaining. The mount is 26.1mm by 17.0mm and 2.9mm thick including the spikes, 2.1mm excluding. It weighs 3.50 grams. It…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-5765EE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy bar mount, probably from a casket or chest, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The mount is comprised of a rectangular bar with a D-shaped cross section, measuring to 40.1mm long and 2.8mm thick. Both ends terminate in an elongated knop expanding from a D-shaped lobe; these are perforated, with a separate copper alloy rivet retained in one. Both lobes are preceded by a raised chevron collar, pointing towards the terminal. Length: 51.9mm; Width: 7.9mm; Thickness: 2.8mm; Weight: 5.57g. Egan (1998: 73, no. 147) presents a caskets mount similar in form, dating to AD …
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-48BB4A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy bar mount, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1450. Rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section, undecorated with a perforation at either end, one retaining a separately made copper alloy rivet. Dimensions: length 14.9mm; width 4.7mm; thickness 1.9mm; weight 0.69g. Egan and Pritchard (2002) publish similar plain bar mounts excavated from late medieval contexts from London, cf. nos. 732-738 (pg. 157), attached to shield shaped plates, and nos. 1132-1139, 1145 (pg. 212).
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: DEV-087636
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy sexfoil mount, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1450. The mount has a central circular perforation with its lobes defined by incised grooves. Two lobes, on opposing sides of the mount are perforated, each retaining a separate copper alloy rivet as well as its corresponding rove. Dimensions: Diameter: 16.4mm; Thickness including rivets: 3.6mm, excluding rivets: 0.9mm; weight: 0.73g. Egan and Pritchard (2002: 189, nos. 950-101) illustrate a number of similar examples, excavated in London in contexts dating to c. 1270-1450.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
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Record ID: DEV-5249F8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy zoomorphic hooked mount, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1300. The central element of the mount is a small, broadly flat, sub-rectangular plate, 9.1mm wide at the mid-point, and c. 6.7mm long. Expanding from the top corners of the mount at roughly 45 degree angles are a pair of integral arms, both terminating in an irregular sub-oval with a drilled circular perforation. The arms themselves are simple flat bars, though both are crudely cast and lean in an anti-clockwise direction. The more upright right arm is 17.9mm long, 3.3mm wide at the mid-point of the bar an…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2017
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