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MOUNT
Unique ID: KENT-FE3C87
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast incomplete, worn and fragmented gilt copper-alloy acorn shaped mount of 17th century date.
Description: The mount is roughly in the shape of the acorn with the cap having the leaf or stem detail has snapped away and the same for the bottom of the nut. The front is slightly convex and the back is hollow/concave with tow integral drawn attachment lugs. Both lugs remain albeing heavily worn. The mount has snapped between the cup and the nut. The surface of the mount is heavily pitted and corroded. THe mount is mostly a mid to light green colour with some brown mottling. A small amount of gilding remains.
Measurements: 29.01mm long, 17.18mm wide, 5.67mm thick (inc lugs, 2.38 without) and 2.82g in weight.
Discussion: This type of mount is very popular during the 17th century and many of them have been reported to the PAS, Read (2001, 29) also illustrates several examples Nos. 331-334,.
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: 29.01 mm
Width: 17.18 mm
Thickness: 5.67 mm
Weight: 2.82 g
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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: Kent (County)
District: Tunbridge Wells (District)
Parish or ward: Cranbrook & Sissinghurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7637
Four figure Latitude: 51.10528028
Four figure longitude: 0.51262024
1:25K map: TQ7637
1:10K map: TQ73NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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