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MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-C616A3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy openwork mount of post-Medieval (probably 17th century) date.
The mount takes the form of a flower. At its top, the central stalk terminates in a ring-shaped head with central pellet. This is set between a 'V-shaped' arrangement of leaves, at the base of which is a pointed projection, set at a right angle to the stalk. The corroded surface retains traces of gilding. On the flat underside of the mount are two integrally cast rivets of circular section. Both of these rivets have been deliberately bent inwards, the lower one being incomplete.
Dimensions: 23mm long, 20.3mm wide, 2.1mm thick. Weight not recorded.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 20.3 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th September 2012
Rally details.
This object was found at Thesaurus group at Offley, Hertfordshire, September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: TLB 8
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Offley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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