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MOUNT
Unique ID: NLM-F4B992
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy mount. Cast plate in the form of a thin seated cat with pricked triangular ears and an angled tail; a single integrally cast fixing pin of length 4mm projects at an angle from the back. The muzzle is rendered in low pyramidal relief and there is a discernible bevel around the back of the object. The style seems peculiarly reminiscent of the street cats featured in later 19th-century poster art generated by the French Impressionist school, a feature which encourages a much later date range than the form of the object or the method of its attachment alone might suggest. Rudyard Kipling's short story The cat that walked by himself, first published in 1902 and memorably illustrated in the Just So Stories, is another possible source informing the design. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1850-1910
Length: 21.4mm, Width: 6.3mm, Thickness (clear of pin): 1.5mm, Weight: 0.91gms
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 6.3 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41218
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnoldby le Beck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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