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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-3F20D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete ?base silver post-medieval or modern mount. The object is a flattened hexagonal shape. The outer face is decorated with engraved entwined triangular and trefoil lines with a smaller solid trefoil in the centre. A solid line border runs around the outside of the outer face. There is a small patch of copper corrosion to one side of this design. The reverse is crudely finished and has iron corrosion in the centre, which may indicate how it was attached. It survives in good condition.
The function of the object is uncertain, although it may be a button component. The condition and style of decoration suggest a post-medieval or even fairly modern date.
Diameter: 15.74mm, thickness: 2.21mm, weight: 2.66g
Notes:
This find is from a larger research project please contact Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service for more information.
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.21 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
Diameter: 15.74 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 059
Other reference: SS15-497
Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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