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MOUNT
Unique ID: SUR-91A67D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy post Medieval decorative leather strap mount with a convex acorn-shaped plate, 37.2mm in length. The moulded details include a cross-hatched cupule, stalk stump and a knopped tip. The reverse is concave with a pair of integrally cast hooked attachment rivets.
Notes:
The use of the acorn as a symbol (variously allegorical of virtues including independence, patience, modesty and chastity) is part of an early post medieval fashion for badges ultimately derived from medieval armorial charges (Maslin, 2021: 4).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.2 mm
Width: 23.1 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 10.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th December 2022
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Clanfield and Finchdean (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7413
Four figure Latitude: 50.91173289
Four figure longitude: -0.94879797
1:25K map: SU7413
1:10K map: SU71SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maslin, S. | 2021 | Decorative copper-alloy leather mounts and strap-slides of the 16th-18th centuries (FRG Datasheet 55) | London | Finds Research Group |
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