Record ID: CORN-2E8899
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt decoration dating to the Post-Medieval period from the 17th century. This design on the upper face of the mount is of a rosette with a central circular pellet surrounded by five rounded petals alternating with five pointed leaves. The back of the mount has two integral pointed lugs, one of which is complete and 6 mm in length. Read (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 34, fig.19, no.273 which dates from the 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-F3B498
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked mount with a bifid terminal at one end and an incurving hook at the opposite end and a moulded rosette in the middle with a central extant iron rivet. Read (2001) illustrates a similar hooked mount with a moulded rosette on the central plate, that was used for suspending a sword scabbard, on page 42, fig.25, no.360, which is dated from the 17th century. Read (2008) illustrates a similar hooked suspension mount with a central riveted roundel which expands into an openwork terminal on page 232, no.828, which is dated from the 17th century and recorded in I…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 15th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-441268
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pelta-shaped mount with looped terminal with integral pointed lug that is 4 mm long at the back of the terminal. The mount is in the form of an expanded crescent or collar with moulded borders and radiating oblique lines that run between the borders. Between these transverse ridges there are trapezoidal cells that would originally have held enamel. Inside this crescent is a pelta-shaped section that still retains some of its red enamel inlay and arcs into a point that almost touches the terminal, creating two areas of crescentic openwork. The object is quite delicate…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th 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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