Record ID: CORN-D6CB95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy bar mount with a pendent loop to suspend a purse frame or toiletry set, dating from c.1300-1400. The mount is 25 mm in length, 15 mm in width, 8 mm in thickness and 8.5 g in weight. It is made from a copper-alloy bar, 1 mm in thickness which consists of a front plate, 15 mm square, linked by a 4.5 mm wide bar which is bent back upon itself, terminating in a 9 mm wide lozenge at the back. The front plate and the lozenge are joined together by a single rivet. The copper alloy pendent loop is suspended through the bent strip and is circular in plan and D-shap…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-93F4DA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy appliqué figurative mount in the form of a reclining Medieval knight dressed in armour, hooded mail and a layered tunic. The figure is lying on his right side, resting his head on his bent right arm as he looks upwards. His left arm is also bent with his hand on his hip. His legs are crossed right over left at the ankles. He has a collar made of multiple oblique transverse grooves which represent the mail, and mouldings on his arms and legs for the joints in the armour. He also has a sash at the waist with three raised ribs on either side which gather in the ce…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: CORN-89CB27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silvered cast copper-alloy hinged bar mount, probably from a casket or container, dating from the Medieval period, c.1200-1400. The mount is rectangular in plan and triangular in section with a broken hinge at one end and a pointed knop at the other beyond a rounded terminal with a rivet hole, 2.4 mm in diameter, in the centre. There is another rivet hole, 2.5 mm in diameter, within a square collar half way along the mount, and both of the rivets are missing. Between this collar and the rounded terminal there is a rectangular segment with two bevelled faces divided by a lon…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E84D34
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy stud or tack, sexfoil in plan with moulded decoration in the form of a three-layered fleuret with six small petals around a central circle and then six larger petals emanating from these and alternating with six lobed leaves within six arches that are meant to represent more petals underneath, alternating with six knops which form the border at the edge of the stud. The corroded base of shank on the back of the stud may be the remains of a separate iron rivet as it is covered in iron corrosion product so it is hard to see if this is another piece of metal as most of …
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Record ID: CORN-8AB646
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver mount, possibly a hat badge or made to decorate a leather strap, dating from the Medieval period. It represents the half-length figure of a bearded male, probably a saint, issuing from a scalloped border. The figure has a shoulder strap that crosses his torso diagonally, and he holds a staff in his left hand with a curved crook at the top, with a fold of his cloak draped over his left arm. A projecting ridge along the brow of the head suggests that he is wearing a cap, suggesting that the figure may represent St James the Great, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and the first …
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-0C9901
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy anthropomorphic casket or reliquary mount with a rectangular flat plate and a spherical knop at one terminal which represents the head above the plate which represents half of the body to the waist. The knop is 7 mm in diameter and has two circular recesses for eyes and a triangular recess below for a nose or mouth. These recesses would have contained glass, if compared to the examples below, and the plate would have originally been enamelled. The plate is very corroded but there is a border with a moulded wavy line that runs parallel to all of the edges and also par…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-F854BA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sheet copper alloy mount decorated on the upper face with punched dots in for the form of a heart with two eyes at the apex and a trefoil terminal with punched lozenges that appear like ears, so that the whole composition looks like an owl's face. One end of the mount is broken but appears to have had two openwork circles or two attachment loops that would have extended beyond this riveted end of the mount. The rivet hole is only 1.3 mm in diameter and the rivet is missing, or it might have been a sewing hole as the object is so delicate and thin. The mount is also lacquere…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-7740DB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount in the form of an eagle displayed, with head turned to the left and wings outspread. There are two rivet holes at the base of the mount, between the tail and the two claws of the eagle, that are 3 mm in diameter, but the rivets are no longer extant. The body and upper half of the wings are decorated with raised moulded squares and the lower half of the wings have raised ridges to appear like feathers. There is no decoration on the back of the mount, which is flat, and no sign of any other attachment points. The mount was likely used as an armorial badge as the e…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-F1E374
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bar mount with two separate intact rivets. The central section of the mount is circular in plan and hemi-spherical in profile, with a hollow back. The domed upper face is decorated with two raised transverse lines of tiny squares, giving the impression of rouletting. The central lobe tapers on either side to a rectangular arm, each with a rivet in the centre of it. The rivets are 2 mm long and 2 mm in diameter. Read (2001) illustrates similar examples on page 23, fig.12, nos.154-155, which are dated from c.1350-1400.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-6C17B6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bar mount with two separate rivet holes, one with a rivet still intact. The central section of the mount is circular in plan and hemi-spherical in profile, with a hollow back. The domed upper face is decorated with four deep transverse grooves. The central lobe tapers on either side to a semi-circular knop, each with a rivet hole that is 1 mm in diameter. The surviving rivet is 2.4 mm long and less than 1 mm in diameter. Read (2001) illustrates a similar bar mounr on page 23, fig.12, no.150, which is dated from c.1350-1400.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-3D8DD4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount with two conjoined, tear-shaped elements with ridged, recessed borders that taper and extend into pointed terminals. These extensions curve around an openwork lozenge, and would have perhaps connected to another part of the mount where there were some features of attachment. One side of one of the convex elements is jagged and has torn away from the rest of the mount or badge, suggesting it was part of something larger. Saunders (2001) illustrates a similar lead alloy 'patron' or master pattern for casting metalwork on page 112, fig.33, no.70 with concave-si…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-3D4F04
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bar mount with two separate intact rivets. The central section of the mount is circular in plan and hemi-spherical in profile, with a hollow back. The domed upper face is decorated with four raised transverse lines of tiny squares, giving the impression of rouletting. The central lobe tapers on either side to a rectangular arm, each with a rivet in the centre of it. The rivets are 4.3 mm long and 2.6 mm in diameter. Read (2001) illustrates similar examples on page 23, fig.12, nos.149 & 155, which are dated from c.1350-1400.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-A53523
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast gilt copper alloy casket mount, rectangular in plan and profile and L-shaped in section. The narrower edge of the mount, that is 10 mm wide, has moulded transverse ridges bordering panels with incised saltire crosses. The wider edge, that is 20 mm wide, is decorated with a line of three raised griffins within rectangular moulded borders, creating three panels. There is a rivet hole, 2.3 mm in diameter, at the complete end of the mount, and there were probably more at the broken end, where the next panel has been torn away from the edge of the wooden casket. The griffin…
Created on: Friday 24th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2015
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Record ID: CORN-DC6646
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy shield-shaped heraldic mount with large integral central lug. The surface of the mount is corroded, pitted and then worn, so that any decoration is obliterated, but there are a couple of tiny fragments of red enamel following a line that may have originally been part of a chevron, as part of a heraldic device. The edges of the mount have been damaged so that they are ragged now, and the body of the mount has been bent and had pressure applied to it in several directions. The lug is also incomplete, missing its pointed terminal, and is circular in section. …
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Record ID: CORN-631604
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, rectangular in plan, in profile and in section, with zoomorphic decoration in the form of a dragonesque winged quadruped with a scrolled tail at one end and a turned-back head and eye and the opposite end, within a rectangular border. The back of the mount has a large central integral lug that is 6 mm in diameter and 13 mm long, which would make a robust attachment to a thick strap of leather or wooden casket. The decoration is raised on the face of the mount, with evidence of patches of red enamel in the field behind, but most of the surface is blackened by c…
Created on: Monday 29th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2013
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Record ID: CORN-231947
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt cast copper alloy mount, diamond shaped in plan and flat in profile, with a central circular aperture for a rivet, now missing, which is 2.8 mm in diameter. The rivet hole is surrounded by a design in the form of a raised eight-pointed star within a diamond shaped border, about 3 mm wide, on the face of the plate. There are the remains of gilding around the hole and on the star itself, and the recessed background areas between the star and the border appear to have the remains of blue enamel within some of them. Bailey (1993) illustrates a very similar example with red enamelle…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2012
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Record ID: CORN-E758B5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sword belt bar mount with a suspension loop and three flat square segments, each having cross hatching on the upper face, on either side of recessed sections with central flattened ribs that are semi-circular in section. One of the square segments has an exant copper alloy rivet with a round head still in its central rivet hole. Just beyond it, at this end, there is a curved hook or suspension loop with a flat square terminal, which would have been suspended from a similar mount with an aperture, such as ESS-99A0D6. At the opposite end, there is a splayed moulding li…
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-482963
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy fragment of a mount in the form of a horse's foreleg with a defined hoof, fetlock and knee-joint. At the top of the leg there are two raised transverse ridges on either side of a row of punched annulets which are meant to represent decorative harness, perhaps with studs, from the girth to the chest, like a martingale. This style of harness can be seen in Medieval depictions of horse harness such as drawings in the Mappa Mundi and Sir John Hawkwood illustrated in Clark (2004) on pages 26 & 62, Figs.18 & 46, and on pilgrim's badges illustrated in Spencer (1990) on pages …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tywardreath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-3C2021
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt cast copper alloy casket mount or binding, rectangular in plan and section, with a single circular perforation within its rounded terminal which extends into a pointed knop. The opposite end is squared off and slightly chamfered, suggesting that it has not broken off from a longer piece, but some of the comparanda below have rounded and knopped terminals mirroring each other at either end. This mount may not have needed to be symmetrical in this way, but only has one rivet hole to keep it in place. The body of the mount is decorated with alternating raised and recessed squares, i…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-4506A8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned sheet copper alloy bar mount with central rosette, surrounded by a beaded circle, and bilobate ends in the form of two domed bosses. Similar mounts have been found attached to short leather straps which were probably used to pass over the instep of the foot to attach spurs to boots (Egan & Pritchard, 2002, p.215). Egan & Pritchard (2002) illustrate a similar example on page 218, Fig.136, No.1183, which is dated to c.1350-1400. Ottaway & Rogers (2002) illustrate similar examples from Medieval York on page 2906, Fig.1479, Nos.13373 & 14399, which …
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 1st June 2010
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