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Unique ID: WAW-DF1326
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy mount for a casket. The mount is formed by a long slender rectangle which has moulded terminals. The moulding is in the form of an elongated knop protruding from the side of a moulded sub circular platform which has a rivet hole in the centre. Below each rivet hole there is a moulded narrowed double-collar. The body of the mount is otherwise undecorated and is semi-circular in section. The surface of the mount is heavily abraded and has a matte red/brown coloured surface, however there are traces of gilding. The reverse is flat. It measures 42.88mm long, 7.75mm wide and 4.33mm thick. It weighs 4.2g.
Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) illustrates similar mounts, particularly No. 147, however this example is curved in profile, whereas the recorded example is, mainly, flat. Egan (1998) comments that transverse ridge decoration is usually found on mounts dated to the earlier Medieval period, the 13th century. Another similar example is No. 139 (ibid) and this is dated to the later 12th centry. The surface condition of the mount may suggest this earlier date, but this cannot be certain. The mount therefore dates to c. 1150 to 1300 AD.
Class: Mount
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.88 mm
Width: 7.75 mm
Thickness: 4.33 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd August 2010 - Tuesday 7th September 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SP3668
Four figure Latitude: 52.30894
Four figure longitude: -1.473398
1:25K map: SP3668
1:10K map: SP36NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | Nos. 147 and 139. |