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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-938E27
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver and copper alloy mount. Sheet metal strip with angled ends and twelve fixing holes equidistantly distributed along its edges. Three holes are occupied by short sharp copper alloy fixing pins of length 3.3mm and diameter 0.6mm. The display face bears bordered inscribed decoration of vegetal swags flanking an oval panel whose upper and lower edges are truncated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1775-1875.
Length: 85mm, Width: 12.9mm, Thickness: 0.2mm, Weight: 3.32gms
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 1775
Date to: Circa AD 1875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 3.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29845
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Scotter
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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