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MOUNT
Unique ID: LVPL-6905B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Rally ID: 207
Post Medieval to Modern: A complete enamelled cast copper alloy vesica shaped mount. Two small holes are present, one at the top and one at the bottom. The back is plain & undecorated. The front exhibits three letters in a gothic style script: IHS. Traces of enamelling are present in the letters H & S (red in the H & white in S). The abbreviation IHS normally stands for Jesus and is commonly used as part of the symbol for the Society of Jesus. This mount is probably 18th to 19th Century in dating.
Length: 35.53 mm
Width: 20.40 mm
Thickness: 1.91 mm
Weight: 3.7 grams
Find was photographed.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.53 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 1.91 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th March 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Tattenhall 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tattenhall Rally ID: 207
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tattenhall Rally 2011
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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