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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-C28BE4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast silver-gilt bar-mount from a belt or strap; the mount has central and end lobes. The mount is convex, with plain bars and end lobes, the latter perforated for rivets, one of which survives. The larger central lobe is decorated with cross-hatched incised diagonal lines.
The mount can be paralleled with a number of excavated examples from London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 213-214; refs. 1160, 1161) and elsewhere. This form of bar-mount tends to have been found in 14th-century contexts. A silver-gilt bar-mount from Churcham, Gloucestershire, was put through the Treasure process in 2004 (T45; TAR 2004, 113; ref. 216), albeit the Churcham mount features a large perforation through the central lobe.
Notes:
As the medieval bar-mount contains at least 10% gold and is at least 300 years old, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Class: bar mount
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Winchester Museums Service
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T262
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.35 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2007
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2007T262
Museum accession number: WINCM:AY 382
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Near Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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