Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-DD4FF2
Object type certainty: Certain
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A incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy figurative mount. The mount is in the shape of an acorn, with a narrow semi-convex band across its middle. The surface is worn quite smooth on the front, while on its reverse side, only one of its two hooked lugs remains. It has an overall green patina. Length 32.2mm, width 16.8mm, thickness 1.7mm, and weight 3.8g.
Class: FIGURATIVE
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th March 2008 - Saturday 29th March 2008
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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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Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 37 | 332 |