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STUD
Unique ID: WMID-C29285
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy stud or mount of probable late medieval to post-medieval date. The mount is lozenge shaped and decorated with a moulded floral design which has a central pellet around which eight further pellets are arranged as petals. The object has slightly raised edges. The reverse is flat and has a central integral stud attachment which is square in section. The surface of the mount has been silvered. It measures 24.7 mm long, 16.4 mm wide, 3.0 mm thick and weighs 2.7 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Width: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rudge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8196
Four figure Latitude: 52.561498
Four figure longitude: -2.281708
1:25K map: SO8196
1:10K map: SO89NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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