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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-1DA6E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy, gilded mount from the post-medieval period.
The object is formed form an openwork plate, featuring floral motifs. The front surface has been coated with gilding. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The remains of two attachment spikes can be seen on the reverse of the mount.
These mounts would have been used to decorate leather and date to the 17th – 18th Century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 30.9 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 8.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Westow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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