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Unique ID: DOR-9B987B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval bar mount, dating to c.1350-1400. The remains of both rivets are in situ. The mount is formed of a central sub-oval body from which two sub-circular terminal lobes extend.The terminal lobes are drilled and countersunk below to accommodate copper alloy rivets which would have attached the mount to a strap.The terminal lobes are of same lengths. All three lobes are hemispherical in section and concave on the underside.The upper surface of the central lobe is decorated with four roughly incised transverse lines, a section of which has been cross hatched with vertical lines. Roughly incised lines separate the central lobe from the terminal lobes.
Reference - Egan G and Pritchard F, 1991, Dress Accessories, page 213 - 214, Nos. 1160 & 1161.
Date: Medieval - c. 1350 -1400.
Dimensions: 21.63 mm x 9.37 mm x 2.96 mm.
Weight: 1.57g.

Class: Bar Mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.63 mm
Width: 9.37 mm
Thickness: 2.96 mm
Weight: 1.57 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 019368

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Bradford Peverell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6393
Four figure Latitude: 50.73542644
Four figure longitude: -2.52566871
1:25K map: SY6393
1:10K map: SY63NW
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
Read, B.	2016	Identifying Metal Artefacts Volume 1	Witham	Greenlight	pg.28	no.149

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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