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MOUNT
Unique ID: CORN-49A7FD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pair of cast tinned copper alloy mounts, likely to be belt stiffeners, in the form of extended fleurs de lis, with two integral pointed lugs at the back. At the wider end there is a trefoil terminal with rounded bifid knops on either side of a narrower central pointed knop. At the narrower end of the mount is a pointed terminal with slightly expanded bifid knops at either side which appear as a collar. The centre of each mount expands into a pear-shaped body between the terminals. Much of the tinning survives on the larger mount, but there are patches at the edges of the upper face of the smaller mount, but this has not survived elsewhere. At the back of the larger mount the two integral lugs survive, and are 10 mm long, but the two lugs on the back of the smaller mount are broken and about 5 mm long.
Read (2001) illustrates similar mounts with trefoil terminals on pages 35-6, figs.20-21, nos.292 & 316, which are both dated from the 17th century.
Notes:
The measurements below are for the larger example from the pair.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 24 mm
Height: 5 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd June 2016 - Thursday 23rd June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Gwinear-Gwithian (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5841
Four figure Latitude: 50.21938713
Four figure longitude: -5.3937934
1:25K map: SW5841
1:10K map: SW51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 35-6, figs.20-21 | nos.292 & 316 |
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