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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: BH-845488
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy strap mount.
The openwork mount takes the form of an equal-armed cross fleury with moulded details. The square central area of the cross is decorated by a lozenge-shaped panel. Four short 'arms' join the ends of each lis to that adjacent, creating a sub-oval outer frame. A column of three rivets has been applied to the centre of the otherwise flat reverse. The outer two of these rivets have been deliberately bent towards the centre. A white metal coating survives across both the front and back of the mount.
Length: 38.1mm; width: 35.3mm; thickness of mount (not including rivets): 2.6mm. Weight: 11.79g.
A close parallel for this piece is BH-260BA2, for which a mid-16th to mid-18th century date was suggested.
Class: Mount
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.1 mm
Width: 35.3 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 11.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/41 - 12
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: Three Rivers (District)
To be known as: Three Rivers
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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