A cast copper-alloy shield-shaped mount of the Medieval period.
<p>The mount is sub-triangular - 'shield-shaped' - in plan with an undecorated reverse the bears traces of soldering and perhaps a lost shank.
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The surface is very corroded but was decorated with a heraldic device in enamel at one time. All that remains visible is a lion rampant, left, in the upper right quarter of the mount. This is in a dark enamel, with traces of red enamel surviving elsewhere on the face.
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Museum of Antiquities of the University and Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Collins, 2010-02-09 16:08:25</div>
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