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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-3D3457
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval 'pressed' sheet copper-alloy mount in the form of a cross-crosslet (c. 1350-c. 1800).
The underside is hollow and follows the form of the face. No method of attachment can be seen but the underside bears traces of a sweated surface suggesting that it has been attached to something.
The object is reddish brown and has no patina.
Length: 19.8mm; width: 19.8mm; thickness: 0.3mm. Weight: 0.73g.
There is some doubt over the dating of this mount and others like it. Other PAS records date them to the early Modern period on the grounds that they were made using a press. However Egan and Pritchard (1991, Figs. 114, 119) show late Medieval mounts which were clearly made using a stamp of some type, (a press would have been unnecessary). Unlike the cross-crosslets mounts the Medieval examples have some method of attaching them to a surface, usually by riveting. The iconography of these mounts would fit better into a Medieval context than early Modern. The dating of these objects is perhaps best left open.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London: 3. London: HMSO.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.8 mm
Width: 19.8 mm
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 0.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2015 - Sunday 1st February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-92
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | Figs:114, 119 |
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