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MOUNT
Unique ID: WILT-BABA17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy gilt mount or stud, with much of the gilding missing. The single shank to the reverse is bent to one side. Measures 8.75mm in length (originally c. 21mm) and weighs 3.03g.
The head is square or lozengiform in shape (17.65x17.37mm), flat to the reverse (with a slight hollowing at the centre where the shank projects) and with moulded decoration to the front. The decoration is in the form of a raised central pellet, a pellet at each corner and three (smaller) pellets flanking the edges between. The remainder of the area is filled with four worn representations, possibly of a fleur-de-lis.
The shank is square in cross-section (2.64x2.53mm), narrowing to a point 0.7mm in diameter.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.75 mm
Width: 17.65 mm
Weight: 3.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011 - Saturday 12th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wiltshire Heritage Museum Entry Form no.1412
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Easterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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