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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-5D44A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount or stud (c. 1600-c. 1700).
This mount is sub-lozenge shaped in plan, convex at the front and partially concave at the rear. At two opposite ends there is a trefoil knop and at the other two ends there are small rounded knops (one is missing). At the centre are nine evenly spaced pellets in three rows. These may represent a flower head. The rear face has an off-centre tapering spike which is square in cross-section.
The object is green and brown.
Height: 24.1mm; width: 18.0mm; thickness: 2.9mm; thickness including spike: 9.8mm. Weight: 3.31g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 24.1 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-494
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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