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  • Quatrefoil, Cinquefoil Sexfoil, Octofoil mounts

    A copper-alloy cast mount. The mount is quatrefoil in shape with a cusp in each angle. The reverse has two attachment lugs. The front of the object has an intricate design which consists of four circles, one in each of the quatrefoils. Each circle has an off centred punched circular depression, giving them a crescentic appearance. Between each crescent and expanding from the central circle, there are a series of small rings, extending towards the outer cusps. Traces of silvering are visible on some of these faces.

    Chronology

    Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
    Date from: Circa AD 1600
    Date to: Circa AD 1700

     

     

    Medieval copper alloy gilt domed octofoil mount, with only traces of gilding surviving

     

    Chronology

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL
    Date from: AD 1350
    Date to: AD 1400

    A Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th-early 16th century) cast one-piece copper-alloy mount, convex and cinquefoil in shape

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL

    Period to: POST MEDIEVAL

    Date from: AD 1400
    Date to: AD 1630

     

    A Medieval (1250-1450) sheet copper alloy (0.50mm thick) domed sexfoil belt mount with a central perforation, 12.84mm in diameter at its base and standing 4.27mm high. It weighs 0.4g. The base of each foil is curved and turns slightly upwards. The central perforation measures 1.26mm in diameter.

    Chronology

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL

    Date from: AD 1250
    Date to: AD 1450

    Dimensions and weight

    Length: 4.27 mm
    Width: 12.84 mm
    Thickness: 0.5 mm
    Weight: 0.4 g
    Diameter: 12.84 mm
    Quantity: 1

    Materials and construction

    Primary material: Copper alloy

    Quadfoil example

     

    A copper-alloy sexfoil mount of Medieval date. The mount has been stamped from a piece of sheet-metal. It has six convex petals separated by grooves which cross at the centre. The underside is hollow and there is a possible corroded rivet attachment at the middle. The object is bent and corroded. It measures 16.6mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 0.93g. Several examples of sexfoil mounts have been found in excavations in London (see Egan and Pritchard 1991: 186-193).

    Class: Sexfoil

    Chronology

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL Date from: Circa AD 1300
    Date to: Circa AD 1500

    Materials and construction

    Primary material: Copper alloy

    Manufacture method: Stamped

     

     

    Medieval cast copper alloy cinquefoil mount. The mount is domed and has a central rivet hole. It is 13th or 14th century in date.

    cf Read, 2001 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' Fig9, nos.107 and 109

    Chronology

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL

    Date from: Circa AD 1200
    Date to: Circa AD 1400

    Dimensions and weight

    Quantity: 1

    Materials and construction

    Primary material: Copper alloy

    Manufacture method: Cast

    Completeness: Complete

     

    Roman cinquefoil mount

    A Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th-early 16th century) cast one-piece copper-alloy mount, star shaped

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL

    Period to: POST MEDIEVAL

    Date from: AD 1400
    Date to: AD 1630

    Roman mount

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