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MOUNT
Unique ID: LANCUM-DD865B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy mount with gilding on dating from the post-medieval period, that is c. 16th-17th century. The mount is tear-shaped with three pointed lugs on the reverse (at the top, centre and bottom) and moulded decoration on the obverse. Traces of gilding remain in the crevices throughout. The moulding is composed of a horizontal bar, with a small palmette below, garlands to either side and a cherub's face at the very top, flanked by foliage.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 9.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Kendal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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