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MOUNT
Unique ID: SWYOR-4D9630
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gilded, copper alloy mount in the shape of an acorn. The nut seems to be decorated with opposed scrolls. The cupela is deliminated by a raised transverse ridge and is cross hatched, with a circular indentation in the centre of each lozenge. The stem at the base is forked and bent to the side, probably intentionally. There is a knop at the apex of the nut. The mount is convex on the front, and hollow on the back. It has two integral bent spikes which suggest a 17th century date. There are traces of gilding all over the front. There are many very similar xeamples on the database including IOW-1C5E67, HAMP-1E3284, HAMP-7D4A17, HAMP-885C13, and KENT-9449D5.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.2 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 7.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th February 2010 - Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1123
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8931
Four figure Latitude: 53.767752
Four figure longitude: -0.651235
1:25K map: SE8931
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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