Record ID: LEIC-3E2815
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy foot? 24mm long, 16mm wide and 7mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a greenish patina and weighs 2.72 grams. It is in the form of a lions paw and consists of a circular plate which has three 'toes' formed of two raised spheres which terminate in claws. It is hollow underneath and it narrows and rises up at its 'ankle' to meet a circular loop, 10mm in diameter, which would have attached it to some sort of vessel or casket?
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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