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MOUNT
Unique ID: BH-25D457
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy mount, dating from the post-Medieval period.
The symmetrical mount has two sub-oval sides and a central 'bar'. On the surface of each side a curved line extends into a pair of adjacent scrolls, located at the outer side, with an outward-projecting knop between. A lobed knop or moulded flower head also occupies the area at either end of the central 'bar'. Two rivets have been soldered to the reverse, one at either end. One of these rivets has been deliberately bent towards the centre of the mount. The surfaces of the mount bear a white metal coating.
Dimensions: length: 28.2mm; width: 18.8mm; thickness of mount (not including rivets): 2.9mm. Weight: 4.41g.
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: 28.2 mm
Width: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 4.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/68 - 32
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Dacorum (District)
To be known as: Berkhamsted
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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