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MOUNT
Unique ID: SUR-2D7957
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gilded, circular, cast copper alloy Post Medieval mount in the form of a lion's face, 40.4mm in diameter. The general style of the lion's face is neo classical in form, with the features such as eyes snout and whiskers being finely defined. Striated textures are used to accentuate the nose and cheeks. The rim of the boss is decorated with a narrow etched border of foliate forms over a field of narrow perpendicular lines. The reverse is concave, with three stumps for fixing lugs spaced equidistant around the rim.
Possibly a harness boss on the basis of size and shape; however it is also similar to examples of 17th/18th century furniture mounts.
Notes:
No exact parallels are available on the database, however the general style and method of manufacture suggest a late 17th or perhaps more likely 18th century date.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 25.42 g
Diameter: 40.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th January 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Amport (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2644
Four figure Latitude: 51.1946329
Four figure longitude: -1.62930169
1:25K map: SU2644
1:10K map: SU24SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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