File:Medieval mount; strap mount in the shape of a crowned head (FindID 250944).jpg

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Medieval mount; strap mount in the shape of a crowned head
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2009-03-27 16:05:49
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Medieval mount; strap mount in the shape of a crowned head
Description
English: Medieval mount; stamped sheet copper alloy mount of probable 14th or early 15th century date. The mount is in the shape of a crowned, bearded head. It has a crown with three domes, wavy hair to either side of the face and defined eyebrows, nose, almond-shaped eyes, cheekbones and lips. In style it is reminiscent of the portraits on contemporary coins. The mount has a single, small, circular rivet in the centre on the back.

Height 16.1mm, width 13.2mm, thickness (plate) 0.4mm, thickness (rivet) 3.7mm, weight 0.84g

Ref: Egan and Pritchard ‘Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London’ (pp. 162; pp. 200-201, nos. 1081-1084 for sheet copper alloy figurative mounts, albeit of different designs to this one)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 1300 and 1450
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 250944
Old ref: DENO-CF74B1
Filename: E6412 face mount.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/205707
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/205707/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/250944
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