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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-6DA681
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount with integral rivets. The front is flat and plain and in the shape of a five petalled flower with prominent sepals between the petals. The back is also flat with two integrally cast spikes for fixing the mount to a leather strap. The spikes are recangular in section, one ends in an old break and the other tapers to a sharp point and is bent over 180 degrees to one side. The mount measures 14.9mm diameter, 1.0mm thick excluding the spikes, 4.1mm including and weighs 1.29 grams. This mount probably dates to the 16th-18th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 1.29 g
Diameter: 14.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16730
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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