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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-FE8313
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy mount. Cast openwork mount with a fleur de lis terminal at one end, and, possibly abraded, at the other as well; with an oval openwork figure between them. The stubs of a pair of fixing prongs [now] of length 3mm project from the back. The display face retains gilding traces. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Length: 40.6mm, Width: 18.3mm, Thickness (clear of prongs): 1.7mm, Weight: 4.08gms.
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.6 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30980
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Stokeham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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