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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-6D6098
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy mount, Post Medieval. Most likely for a casket rather than for a book.
Cast straight-sided bar with sloped sides and a flat upper face. There is a recessed section of the bar at the thinner end of the bar, which ends in a knop. The sloping sides ends in a wider section with straight sides and a flat face; there are two annulets decorating either corner. The mount ends in a rounded plate that is concave in the centre, with raised annulets on either side, forming a geometric pattern. The area where this mount would have attached to a larger hinge has broken off.
The reverse is flat and undecorated with the remains of two mounting pins, one at either end.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 4.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th December 2021
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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