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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-BE4096
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount in the shape of an acorn. The front is slightly convex and the back concave. There are the stubs of two integral circular sectioned rivet spikes on the back, one near either end, both off centre. Most of the spikes are lost to patinated breaks but enough remains of one to see it was bent downwards 90 degrees. The acorn has an elongated oval shape with a thinner 'nut', a raised plain collar across the middle and a broader cup below decorated with raised lozenges in a grid. At the centre of the lower point of the cup is the stub of a stem, lost to a worn break. There is also a break at the top of the nut where there was probably a projecting knop.
The object is 31.2mm long by 17.5mm wide, 2.7mm thick excluding the rivets, 5.2mm including. It weighs 3.65 grams.
A similar mount is illustrated by Read (2001:37), no.332 which he dates to the 17th century. See NMGW-262F22 and SOM-4FE140 for similar examples on our database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.2 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16573
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Mid Devon (District)
To be known as: Cullompton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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