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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: DENO-8C0A38
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy medieval bar mount from a casket (c. 1200-1400). The object has zoomorphic decoration on the front surface, and is plain on the reverse. One half of the mount is plain and has a triangular cross-section. The other half is almost rectangular in cross-section and is decorated with a moulded animal head. The bar has been broken across the single rivet holes at either end. See FAKL-9555C1 . Ref. Margeson (1993), p 78, no.473, and Coad (1982) fig 43.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 8.29 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Friday 31st August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8819
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Cotham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7946
Four figure Latitude: 53.00549712
Four figure longitude: -0.82414641
1:25K map: SK7946
1:10K map: SK74NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 78 | 473 |
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