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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM-227E23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy furniture mount of escutcheon of post-medieval date. The mount has an irregular foliate form and is etched with a central four petalled flower within a lozenge border of incised circles. Two foliate terminals survive with etched foliate decoration, within one terminal a circular rivet hole for attachment remains. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
The metal has a mid brownish-green colour and is slightly worn. The mount is 52.6mm long, 32.5mm wide, 1.5mm thick and weighs 8.1g.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database Unique ID: NARC-7496A6, HESH-7FADE7 and HESH-9F50C7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.6 mm
Width: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 8.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Skelton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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