Medieval 'Palmettes' Mount
Pewter, 6.35 grams, 21.75 mm. Cica 14th-15th century AD. A rectangular cast mount with a raised internal panel decorated with four elaborate palmettes radiating from the central piercing. The reverse is unfinished and the hole has not been fully cleared, suggesting that the manufacture of the mount was not completed. Reference: cf. mounts in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003, p.402 item M09-0124. Very fine condition. Provenance: found on the Thames foreshore.