File:17th century zoomorphic mount (FindID 880717).jpg

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17th century zoomorphic mount
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Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2017-12-20 17:53:58
Title
17th century zoomorphic mount
Description
English: An incomplete cast figurative mount of 17th century date.

Description: The mount is asymetrical shaped with a wide top edge and and short isdes curving inwards meeting at a point at the bottom. There is a floraite knop at the top andbottom of the mount. The mount is heavily decorated in relief although due to wear and patination it is quite indistinct. There appears to be a winged horse, horse with rider or other beast with its nose towards the top of the mount and a large crescentric tail. The back is flat and undecorrated save the stubs of two integral rivets that have snapped away close to their bases. The mount is a dark brown colour.

Measurements: 24.4mm long, 12.39mm wide, 5.35mm thick and 3.33g in weight.

Discussion: Read (2001, 35, no.293) illustrates a similar examples dating to the 17th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 880717
Old ref: KENT-AA3498
Filename: KENTAA3498.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/642008
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/642008/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/880717
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 5 December 2020)
Object location51° 08′ 10.32″ N, 1° 04′ 12.97″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Attribution: Kent County Council
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