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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: IOW-A15754

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An almost complete copper alloy strap mount in the form of an acorn. Probable sixteenth or seventeenth century date (AD 1500 - AD 1700). Length 24mm, width 11.5mm and 2mm thick. Weight 2.34g. The mount is convex at the front and flat at the rear. At the front the seed (or fruit) is plain. The cupula comprises about half the length of the piece and is decorated with low relief criss-cross hatching. At the base of the cupula is an old break where the stalk formerly protruded. The rear face has two integral spikes on the longitudinal centre-line. The top spike curves to the right and the lower spike curves to the left. The ends of each spike are missing. The piece is in fair condition and has small patches of a mid-green patina although it is also slightly corroded. Traces of tinning at the front.

Notes:

This acorn mount is similar to another mount found in Shalfleet Parish, Isle of Wight. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: IOW-06FCB3. Other acorn mounts are also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Mounts in similar form and style have been published by Read. These published mounts have been dated by Read to c. seventeenth century (Read 2001, 29, fig. 22, refs. 331-334).

Class: Mount

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.34 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th November 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2005-196-5

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

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.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting rally
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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	29, fig. 22	331-334

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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