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MOUNT
Unique ID: SOM-9BB054
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy mount, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The mount is inverted-piriform in plan, truncated at its base and with a knop projecting from the apex. The mount features anthropomorphic decoration, depciting a bust or en face mask situated within a raised border, with a pair of opposed volutes at the apex, below the knop. A trilobed terminal at the base has been lost to an abraded and patinated break. The reverse is slightly concave, with the remains of two integral prongs. Traces of gilding survive on the front of the mount.
Dimensions: length 31.3mm; Width: 20.4mm; Thickness: 2.7mm; Weight: 5.17g.
cf. IOW-19AA71, IOW-41C1F3, LVPL-2A950B, amongst others on this database, for similar examples.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.3 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 5.17 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019288
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Farleigh Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6348
Four figure Latitude: 51.22772209
Four figure longitude: -1.09915231
1:25K map: SU6348
1:10K map: SU64NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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