Record ID: KENT-B41792
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post medieval copper alloy mount , AD.1600-1700. The mount is shaped like a trapezoidal in plan with a trefoil shaped knop at one end and two rounded lugs protruding from either side. The upper surface has moulded decoration and possible evidence for tinning. The reverse has two projecting lugs that have been bent over in order to attach the object. A fragment of leather is still present between the lugs. There is a third perforated lug behind the trefoil know of unknown function. See Read 2001 no.322,324 and 330 for similar parallels. The mount is 29.3mm long, 12.7mm wide, 3.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
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Record ID: KENT-E599BB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval small silver bar mount with terminal and central lobes c. 1270-1400 AD. The central lobe has a circular perforation 2.9mmin diameter. Both terminal lobes have a smaller circular perforation, less than 1mm in diameter. The mount is 14.7mm long, 4.5mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 0.47 grams. Similar copper-alloy versions recorded as 15th Century in Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, London 1991, no. 1161. Silver examples have been recorded as Treasure cases, eg: 2009 T247, 2008 T733 and 2010 T787.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: KENT-3BA5BD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy circular mount of depicting a griffin in relief on a pelleted field. The griffin is in profile facing left, and has a pair of wings emerging from the shoulder, a beak, two horn-like ears. Its two front legs are merged and has two clear rear legs with three splayed toes. The griffin's tail appears to emerge from the body as a stumpy trapezoidal shape, but there is a further projection from the back with tree pellets surrounding it, so it could be that the tail is arched over the back. The background is filled with raised dots and there is border with…
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2015
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Record ID: KENT-967F99
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval small silver bar mount with terminal and central lobes c. 1270-1400 AD. The central lobe has a circular perforation 3.2mmin diametre. Both terminal lobes have a smaller circular perforation, less than 1mm in diameter. The mount is 15.9mm long, 5.6mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 0.59 grams. Similar copper-alloy versions recorded as 15th Century in Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, London 1991, no. 1161. Silver examples have been recorded as Treasure cases, eg: 2009 T247, 2008 T733 and 2010 T787.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: KENT-94EF8A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy Limoges style enameled reliquary or cross mount of c. 12th/13th century AD. The mount is anthropomorphic in form and decoration and depicts a head and robed body. The head is solid sub-spherical head with blue glass beads for eyes and a triangular protruding nose. Its body is sub rectangular in form and has a convex section. There are two circular perforations in the center of the body for attachment . The surface of the mount is very corroded but several cells of different colour depict a robe. There are traces of gilding on the body and head of …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: KENT-830AF1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post-medieval mount, dating to the period c. AD 1600-1700. The mount consists of two bulbous terminals sparated by a transverse ridge. There are two integral lugs, one of which is broken away by an old break. The mount measures 25.2mm long, 8.6mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.33 grams. .Cf. Read, B. (2001) p.36, no. 310
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th September 2015
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Record ID: KENT-6A0AF0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy mount of probably 17th century date. The mount has a central rectangular section with two moulded floral designs with central pellets on the surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated. There are two integral attachment lugs protruding from the reverse, one of which is bent inwards. The mount is 24.7mm long, 12.1mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.01 grams.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2015
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Record ID: KENT-5DE01F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval mount of c. AD 1350-1400 date. The mount is rectangular in plan and cross section. There are two circular perforations in the centre of the mount surrounded by border of two concentric rectangular grooves. There is a rivet hole in each corner, all of which still contain cylindrical rivets. A very similar example can be seen in Egan (1996) page 196 ref 1049. The mount is 34.2mm long, 19.2mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighs 5.83 grams.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: KENT-D0DC3A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval fragment of cast copper alloy Limoges-style figurative mount ,depicting a figure of Christ which would probably have been attached to a processional cross. Only the head, face and part of the neck remains. The front head has been moulded in three dimentions with a convex reverse. The edges of the mount are flat to allow it to be mounted flat against a surface. The crowned head has circular perforations for eyes, which wuold once have contained stone or glass beads for eyes. The nose and mouth are moulded in relief and there are engraved details on crown and delineating…
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Record ID: KENT-20ADE8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver mount of probably 16th or 17th Century date. The mount in shaped as a convex, squared shield and decorated with an inscription in incised relief on its face. On the concave reverse are two spearate silver bands which have been soldered on the mount to serve as attachments. The inscription reads " Sr. Persivall Harte of Lullingston in Com Kent . . " It is thought that the mount has a connection to the Hart family who acquired the Lullingstone estate in Kent during the reign of Elizabeth I. It could have belonged to Sir Percival Hart (c.AD 1568-1642) or his …
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
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Record ID: KENT-3332DD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy Mount. The mount is kite-shaped, the wider end being rounded with aknop projecting from the lower edge. It terminates with a fleur de lis projection at the narrower end. it is undecorated. The reverse is flat with two integral spikes which have been bent in facing each other. Cf. WILT-418212 on this database. The mount is 26.8mm long, 10.5mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.65 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: KENT-EAEC15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy mount, dating to the 17th century. The mount is formed of a central oval section with a smaller circular section on either side at the narrowest point. The object is domed with two integral rivets on the concave underside. A similar mount can be found in Read (2001, no. 307) and dates to the 17th century. The mount is 42.3mm long, 21.1mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 9.83 grams Reference: Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
Created on: Monday 15th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th December 2014
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Record ID: KENT-AC812C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy lion-headed mount of Roman date. The artefact is circular in plan, its diameter gradually decreasing towards the top, in a series of clearly defined steps. At the base is a plain, almost vertical rim which is damaged in places. A concentric groove separates this rim from a less steeply angled step, the surface of which has been incised with a number of short, radiating grooves, creating the impression of a mane. The next upwards step, the face, has a vertical side and its upper surface bears a pair of ring-and-dot punch marks, representing the eyes, and two or …
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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Record ID: KENT-DFBFBC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper-alloy decorative mount, perhaps from a book or a box such as a reliquary. The mount is rectangular and formed of a copper alloy sheet that is slightly convex on the front with a flat reverse. There is a circular drilled attachment hole in each corner of the mount. The front surface has cast sunken fields into which enamel has been placed. The decoration consists of two concentric rectangular borders around the edge, the outer gilded and the inner of light blue enamel. Outside these borders, the edge of the mount has been insised with a series of parallel notches a…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Record ID: KENT-C5965D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy figurine of a lion which appears to have functioned as a mount. The object depicts a lion in a seated position, crouched on all four limbs which are under the body. This forms a sub-rectangular shape in plan with the head protruding up and out and the forearms extending forward in a sphinx like pose. The lions tail is folded along its spine and drapes to the animals right. The head is disproportionately large and also turned to the animals right. The facial features are exaggerated with a large bulbous nose, exaggerated brow ridge, raised cheeks and an open mouth.…
Created on: Friday 19th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
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Record ID: KENT-3B16EB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy object of probable Roman date. The object is semi-circular in plan and flat in cross section. There is an area of old damage on the top edge of the semi-circle which appears to occurred when some form of attachment was broken away by an old break. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The front of the object has a raised border creating a sunken field over the surface of the object. In the centre of the field there are two raised opposing spirals which are joined together in the center. Around the spirals and in the center of each is filled in with a d…
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: KENT-8DB957
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy decorative belt mount of Post-Medieval date. It is roughly triangular in shape with one triangular terminal and one rounded one. The back face has one complete integral spike and the remains of the base of another. There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database: SF-F85911 and SF-3D9548. This mount is of Post-Medieval date of the 16th-17th centuries AD. The mount is 25.1mm long, 5.3mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.14grams.
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th July 2014
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Record ID: KENT-91E2BD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy cruciform mount of 6th to 10th century date. The cruiciform if formed of four projections emanating from a raised convex boss in the center. The projections all have concave sides and have rounded terminals. Each terminal has been perforated with an irregular circular rivet holes, all of which retain an iron rivet. The central boss is decorated with four small drilled circular perforations. The reverse of the boss is concave and appear of show signs of gilding. The mount is 23.6mm long, 23.5mm wide, 6.9mm thick and weighs 6.82grams. A mount of a si…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th July 2014
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Record ID: KENT-918F8E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper alloy cruciform mount of probably 6th to 10th century date. The cruiciform if formed of four projections emanating from a raised convex boss in the center. The projections all have concave sides and have rounded terminals. East terminal has been perforated with an irregular circular rivet hole, two of which have been broken by an old break. One perforations retains an iron rivet and there are signs of iron staining on the other perforations. The central boss is decorated with four small drilled circular peroforations. The reverse of the boss is concave and is …
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th July 2014
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Record ID: KENT-305DD7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy belt or strap mount of probable Post-Medieval date. The mount is shield shaped, and has a knotched top edge to create a trefoil shape. There are some traces of gilding on the fromt surface. The reverse is undecorated. There are two integral copper-alloy rivets on the reverse. The mount is 24.8mm long, 14.1mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 4,95 grams. A similar example can be seen on the database: WMID-BBE961
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 26th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.