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MOUNT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-BF45F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A gilded copper-alloy mount shaped like an acorn with pointed integral lugs, likely from the 17th century. The front is slightly convex and the back is slightly concave with the integrally pointed attatchment lugs one near either end. Both lugs are mostly complete and curled downards towards the body of the acorn.. The acorn is an elongated oval shape with a thinner 'nut' finishing in a projecting knop at the bottom, and a broader cup at the top covered in a raised decoration of pellets arranged in a chequerboard pattern with a plain line at the top of the cup. At the centre of the top of the cup is a projectng stem, the end of which bends off to the left. The front of the mount is gold with mottled patches of light green where the gilding has worn away, the reverse is the light green patina one would expect from a copper-alloy object. A number of acorn shaped mounts with integral pointed lugs are illustrated by Brian Read (2001, 29) who gives them a 17th century date,
Measurements: 43.89 mm long, 26.06 mm wide and 4.36 mm thick (with lugs projecting 7.46 mm from the back of the mount) and 10.2 g 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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.89 mm
Width: 26.06 mm
Thickness: 7.46 mm
Weight: 10.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Tenterden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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