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MOUNT
Unique ID: CAM-9EE8A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy acorn shaped finial or mount of uncertain date. Although this artefact is undated later Post-Medieval to Modern is the more likely date range. This artefact weighs 33.6g and has a height of 39.13mm. The top acorn part has a maximum diameter of 23.60mm and accounts for 16.17mm of the total height. This part has a couple of dents with the largest dent being located just above the rim of the acorn cup part. The artefact is hollow and at the centre of the top of the acorn a circular hole of 4.55mm diameter is present. The acorn is shown sitting in an acorn cup and the artefact increases in diameter to 26.84mm at the rim of this cup. The metal then constricts to a waist of 16.37mm in diameter before flaring out to the base of the artefact which has an oval diameter of 23.26mm x 21.08mm. The base of the artefact is flat with an oval aperture of 15.35mm x 12.84mm which opens to the hollow core of the acorn. The base forms an angular or right-angled lip that juts out past the internal surface of the acorn wall. This artefact has been cast in one peice and may have been used as a furniture fitting such a draw handle or finial on the corner post of a bed frame.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 2000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 39.13 mm
Weight: 33.6 g
Diameter: 26.84 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th June 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's reference 1018
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Central Bedfordshire Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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