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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-B07B63
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy mount of Post-Medieval date.
It is a flattened D-shape in section with a flat back and rounded front face. The main body is sub-rectangular and tapers to a pair of U-shaped notches which develop into a crescent shaped terminal. On the back face is a large integral spike. This is D-shaped in section, tapers to a point and bent forwards. There are traces of gilding on the front face. The back face is undecorated.
This mount measures 17.15mm in length, 17.04mm in width, 1.76mm in thickness, 17.42mm in height (including spike), 2.91g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.15 mm
Height: 17.42 mm
Width: 17.04 mm
Thickness: 1.76 mm
Weight: 2.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Brome and Oakley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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