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Description:		A pelta-shaped copper-alloy mount of the Roman period. The shape of the mount resembles a crescent with incurved horn-like terminals that flank a central arrowhead-shaped projection. The terminals and the arrowhead-shaped projection are separately recessed for champlevé enamel, traces of which survive. The enamel in each of the terminals is red, and that in the arrowhead-shaped projection is blue. The rounded base of the mount is damaged by chipping. The back of the mount has a single mushroom-shaped stud for attachment to leather. Mounts of this type were used on both military belts and horse-harness.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/handle-escutcheon-58612.html Sat, 03 May 2025 15:54:09 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy handle escutcheon from a vessel of the Roman period. The escutcheon is of generally sub-triangular shape with almost equal sides and rounded corners. The uppermost side has an integral suspension lug, the front of which has an incised saltire.  The escutcheon would have been one of a pair soldered to the top of either side of a vessel to carry the handle. Escutcheons of this type were fitted to buckets, kettles and similar large vessels and are often described as 'bucket mounts'. See also UKDFD 28043 and UKDFD 5805.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/mount-58051.html Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:32:30 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A small cast copper-alloy belt or strap mount dating to the Roman period. It has a solid piriform-shaped body that has a convex front and flat back. The narrowing terminal ends with a raised projecting knop. On the back is an integral T-shaped stud for attachment purposes. See also; UKDFD 38278, BH-D710F4 & NMS-B9F566 as similar.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/conical-mount-57850.html Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:38:36 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy mount of the Roman period. The mount is of plain, conical form with a slight flare at the base. The back is hollow, and an integral, rectangular-section rivet projects axially from the centre. The rim of the base has sustained some damage.  See also UKDFD 1749 and PAS: LIN-AC27C1.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/handle-escutcheon-57612.html Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:53:54 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy handle escutcheon dating from the late Iron Age to Roman period. The body of the escutcheon is piriform in shape, with an incomplete suspension loop at the top. The back is hollow with a surface that is generally flat, with a short projecting lip at the top for mounting the escutcheon onto the rim of a vessel. Unusually, there are three small holes in the body, one located at the centre and two at the base.  The central hole may have been for rivet attachment purposes, as the surface area on the back may have proved too little for soldering purposes alone. It is uncertain as the the function of the lower two holes, but It is plausible they were for the addition of a separate decorative accessory such as a wire ring that could pass through the escutcheon body. Attached to either side of a vessel rim, escutcheons were mounted to locate handles or suspension rings in differing forms and can be associated with bowls, cauldrons and bucket-like vessels in domestic use throughout the period. They are often generically described as 'bucket mounts'. A similar example is recorded as NMGW-3144A3. See also UKDFD 27658 & UKDFD 28043.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/mount-57362.html Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:19:24 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A small rectangular mount of the Roman period. The mount is decorated with a chequerboard pattern in alternating colours of blue and red. A substantial amount of the blue enamel remains in situ while only vestiges of the red enamel have survived. The term 'mount' is tentative as there is no evidence of attachment points or breakage on the edges which might have suggested that it was part of a larger artefact.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/stud-or-mount-57101.html Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:30:12 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A copper-alloy circular stud or mount of the late Iron Age to early Roman period. The stud is decorated with an enamelled triskele motif of late Celtic inspiration which is also found on disc brooches and strap fittings of the early Roman period. The three recessed cells of the triskele retain most of the colourful enamel, one orange, one yellow, and one of undetermined colour. The remains of a small blunt shank survive on the rear of the stud.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/peltiform-sword-scabbard-mount-56893.html Sun, 14 Aug 2022 12:59:13 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy sword scabbard chape or mount of the Roman period. The base of the mount has a simple convex radius, the sides then expanding to form ornate foliar mouldings to each top edge and centre. The expanding leaves create two openwork pelta-shaped ornaments within the body of the mount. The back is flat with no evidence of fixing points. The pelta-shape was a popular military design of the Roman period, taking inspiration from the shape of an early form of shield. This can be noted on various military objects of the period such as; UKDFD 51937, UKDFD 51409 & UKDFD 3850 It has been noted by the recorder that an identical fitting mounted onto the front of a sword scabbard is currently exhibited within the Colchester Museum. A similar form of object is often identified as a 'vessel foot', but please note comments on record UKDFD 46392. An almost identical mount is recorded on PAS database; IOW-5787C6 'Pelta' comes from the Greek and Latin word for a half-moon shaped shield (Peltarion), which was made from woven osier wands (wicker) and covered with leather. It is known to have been regarded as the typical defensive weapon of barbarous people such as the Thracians who probably developed it, and the Macedonians. The Peltarion was also carried by light Ancient Greek infantry, who were known as the Peltast.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/enamelled-mount-56747.html Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:00:26 GMT Mounts  

Description:		An enamelled quatrefoil mount of the Roman period. The mount comprises a raised circular boss with four stepped, half-round projections that are equally spaced around the periphery. The boss has a central cell of orange enamel, and an outer concentric cell which is now void of enamel. The back is hollow cast, with an incomplete singular rectangular-sectioned shank for attachment.  As similar, see; LIN-3ECD29.
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/mounts/bust-mount-56620.html Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:24:25 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A hollow-backed cast copper-alloy mount in the form of a feminine bust with a right-turned head and possibly a lightly draped upper torso. The hair is defined with braided moulding up and over the forehead and simple linear grooving above. The face is worn smooth however, and any features are now mostly lost. No attachment point is evident on the back. Probably a furniture or vessel mount. As similar, see; UKDFD 30266, UKDFD 28438 & UKDFD 52590
Category:		Roman, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

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