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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-BF39B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver mount, with fragments of a separate floral border. An oval sheet of beaten sheet metal with engrailed edges all around bears the legend MIZPAH, marking this as from a coming-of-age gift in a Jewish family. Stamps on the back include maker's initial's JC and hallmarks: a lion [Sterling Silver], a shield with three large and one small symbols [for Chester Assay Office] and a Gothicised letter A, probably for 1864.
Length: 41.7mm, Height: 12mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 1.03gms.
Inscription:
MIZPAH
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1864
Date to: Exactly AD 1864
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.7 mm
Height: 12 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25063a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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