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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-8F2796
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy figurative Limoges mount from a casket or cross dating to circa AD 1150-1250. It is sub-rectangular in plan. It depicts the stylised head and upper body of a robed saint/apostle. The head is broadly oval in the round and has moulded facial features which are now heavily worn. The eyes are represented by two circular depressions filled by small beads of blue glass, the left eye now missing. The neck is square in plan and plano-convex in section. The body plate emerges from the bottom of the neck and is broadly rectangular with a convex outer face. It has one of the two circular perforations surviving, these enabled the mount to be attached to the casket or cross with rivets. The body is decorated, both left and right sides, with two flanking longitudinal recessed cells which contained blue enamel, of which a small quantity remains . Much of the body plate is now missing, terminating in a jagged break. Areas of extant gilding remain across the head and the central panel of the body. The reverse side shows signs of corrosion.
A complete example is depicted in Cherry 2001: 42, where it is noted that these mount figurines represented saints or apostles, originating from Limoges in the late twelth and early thirtienth centuries AD. Similar examples are recorded on the database under BH-AB1036; SUSS-93ACA8 and OXON-B25524, the latter of which retains significant traces of gilding and enamel.
Class: Limoges
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th April 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Yellow metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Stixwould and Woodhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2067
Four figure Latitude: 53.18656701
Four figure longitude: -0.20557702
1:25K map: TF2067
1:10K map: TF26NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry, J. | 2001 | Enamels | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | 42 |
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