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MOUNT
Unique ID: WAW-631944
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy and enamel mount or stud with integral pin from the late Iron Age- early Roman period. It is square in plan, flat on the top (enamelled face) and curved on the base. The base is plain with an incomplete stud 6.35mm in length. The front is split into three rows of three cells by raised lines of copper alloy. This gives a chequerboard pattern. The cells are filled with enamel, alternating red and yellow.
Chequerboard enamelling can be seen on other Iron Age objects such as harness equipment, for example two linch pins recorded on the PAS database as WMID-947693 and YORYM-B3FDA2 and a stud DUR-4E3C45. The use of polychrome enamels on geometric chequerboard native style metalwork, as on the linch pins from Hatherton, Staffs. and Hotham, E. Yorks. is a widespread trend in Britain dating from c. AD 40-80 (Davis & Gwilt 2008, 162-171). However chequerboard enamel is also used Roman brooches in the 2nd century AD so it is a tradition which continues, for example see the Wirral brooches recorded on the database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.4 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 9.15 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4298
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Brailes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3040
Four figure Latitude: 52.057575
Four figure longitude: -1.563867
1:25K map: SP3040
1:10K map: SP34SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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