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MOUNT
Unique ID: WMID-674E61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy belt or strap mount of post-medieval date. Although incomplete it would originally have had an openwork heart-shaped plate with flat back face and convex front face. At the base of the plate is a projecting terminal in the form of a lis with side fleurs that curve back towards the plate forming small circular apertures. The lis is broken on one side. On the back face of the object there is one remaining integrally cast rivet. Another is missing along with the rest of the broken mount. The rivet is broken and missing its tip.The entire object has a dark green corroded and abraded patina. It measures 32.45 mm in length, 22.77 mm in width, 4.2 mm in thickness, and 4.6 grams in weight. It is of Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries AD (see IOW-840017 and SF-D85D36 for similar examples).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.45 mm
Width: 22.77 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Blithfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0424
Four figure Latitude: 52.813529
Four figure longitude: -1.942095
1:25K map: SK0424
1:10K map: SK02SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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