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Unique ID: NARC-0274F0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting; decorative mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1650). In plan the mount is sub-circular and is moulded as a flower with five inner and five outer petles with a central pelletThe reverse of the mount has two integral, oval sectioned studs which taper to a blunt point.
The metal is a dark brown in colour with areas of green corrosion product.
Strap mounts were popular during the 13th to early 16th centuries with some types continuing into the 17th century as harness mounts (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39). This probably dates to the 16th to mid 17th century.
Length: 12.41mm, Width: 11.31mm, Thickness: 2.10mm, Thickness (with rivets): 4.97mm, Weight: 1.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.41 mm
Width: 11.31 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 1.2 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: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
To be known as: South Northamptonshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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