Record ID: KENT-AD3C5C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead and iron mount probably of post-Medieval date. Description: The mount is circular in plan with moulded relief decoration in the form of a lion's head surrounded by its mane. The reverse is uneven with the remnants of two u-shaped iron pins or studs overlapping and embedded in it. The function of this object is unknown. The metal is a light grey colour and is worn. Measurements: 31.5mm in diameter, 13.55mm thick and 50.81g in weight. Discussion: A number of similar objects are known fromt he PAS e.g: LIN-66994E, LVPL-F93881 and YORYM-0E94A7. Many of these …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-AC72A5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled mount. The mount is rectangular and thick with stubs of two integral circular cross-sectioned rivets set along the central, shorter axis at the rear. The front of the mount is decorated with two transverse zig-zag line metal reserves (also along the shorter axis) separated by a central band of reserved metal decorated with an incised line along the middle. In the recesses around the zigzags is enamel infill which may originally have been red. Date: Roman - c. AD 100 - 400 Dimensions: 15.29 mm x 14.43 mm x 7.84 mm Plate thickness - 5.13 mm Weigh…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A89CD5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post medieval mount. It is oval in plan and concave in section, pointed at one end with a small knop at the other, and looks like a stylised acorn with cup, with a raised line marking the junction. There are the stubs of two integral rivets on the reverse. The surface is green and the original upper surface is partly worn away. Read, in 'Metal artefacts of antiquity' (pages 29 and 37, no's 331 - 333) illustrates a number of similar mounts all dating to the 17th century
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.