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MOUNT
Unique ID: LIN-6F842C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount or fitting plate in the form of a crowned rose in relief. The object has been provisionally dated to the Post Medieval to Modern periods (c. AD 1500-1900). The mount has an integral projection at four o'clock on the face, which may have been used to attach the mount to another object. On the reverse, the crown is flat and the rose is slightly concave with a ridge running horizontally across the middle. The mount hasd a light green patina.
Two similar examples have been recordedon the PAS databse: LON-09DFA9 and NLM225.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 18.19mm in length, 15.95mm in width, 3.91mm in thickness and 2.38g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.19 mm
Width: 15.95 mm
Thickness: 3.91 mm
Weight: 2.38 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bullington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0978
Four figure Latitude: 53.28776855
Four figure longitude: -0.36636351
1:25K map: TF0978
1:10K map: TF07NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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