Record ID: NMGW-9DA7C1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy mount or possibly a modified disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The mount is a flat circular disc with twelve peripheral lugs (with a diameter of 21.9mm, a thickness of 1.8mm and a weight of 2.7g). The face is decorated with enamelled cells comprising a six-pointed star with a central circular pellet. The exterior of the star was filled with blue enamel and the interior contains red enamel. The rear of the mount is flat and plain. There is the suggestion of a shallow grove running across the rear. The surface of the copper alloy has a pale green patina. The mount ma…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW3201
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably part of a cast copper alloy strap-type box mount. The mount is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with a central perforation and what appears to be a tapering terminal or knop but is where the mount has been broken. It is gilded on its upper surface and decorated with four probably white glass, rather than pearl, beads inset into the four corners of the main plate. Microscopic examination suggests that the underside of the mount was not gilded. Length 34mm, width 11mm, thickness 3.5mm, weight 3.9grams. Although it has not been possible to find a close parallel in the arch…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW389
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative mount. Figurative copper alloy mount with two integral rivets. Length 41mm, width 20mm, weight 6.1grams. The quality and shape of the mount suggests it is possibly sixteenth or seventeenth century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B73563
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy sheet, openwork decorative mount. The curvilinear mount it broken across its two rebated fixing holes and its other extreme. The upper surface of the mount is decorated with an incised design consisting of three infilled three-sided curvilinear panels. Dimensions 35.1 x 25.8 x 1.5mm weighing 4.9g. The two fixing holes (diameter c.2.5mm) are surrounded by circular rebatements (diameter c.7mm) which accommodated the heads of the fixing studs or rivets. Circular striations in the rebated parts of both fixing holes suggest that they were at least finished, if…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9D1A44
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy decorative mount in the form of a lion or dog, probably of Roman date. The mount is comparatively small with an overall surviving length of 21.5mm, a maximum width of 10.1mm and a height of 8.5mm. The mount weighs 2.9g. The small size of the mount makes the finer detail of the beast difficult to discern. The beast is sitting with front legs extending forwards and mouth slightly open. The ears are eroded, but appear to have been upright. The back legs are folded against the sides of the body. The rear of the beast has a U-shaped fork; it is possibly broken and may have…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9D6A15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative mount, probably from a strap or belt and of Medieval date, possibly from the 11th or 12th century. The mount is rectangular with dimensions of 26.9mm by 22.8mm, a maximum thickness of 4.0mm and a weight of 5.8g. The mount has an openwork design depicting a standing figure beside a quadruped animal, possibly a lion and a bird perched on the back of the beast. The scene is Romanesque in style and may be allegorical. The scene is enclosed by an incised border. At each corner of the mount is an attachment hole.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-2F6844
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative cast copper alloy anthropomorhphic mount, probably of Post Medieval date. The mount may be a decorative fitting from a pistol, possibly from a handle. The mount depicts a bearded figure. On the top of the mount are two attachment holes.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6D6C36
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy decorated with a ring and dot motif. All sides are abraded, making it difficult to determine edges from breaks. The piece is broadly rectangular with two wasted opposing edges. There are the remnants of a protrusion at right angles to the sides at one corner. The reverse has no decoration and the fragment is gently convex in profile. There is a possibility the piece is a buckle fragment of ‘simple frame with plate’ form, the protrusion at the corner representing the beginning of the buckle frame and the wasted sides representing both the hole for the pin a…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6A8C87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast decorative mount with integral rivet, of Post-medieval date, probably 17th century. The figurative mount depicts a fleur-de-lis at its apex with a winged or ribbed design, which is difficult to decipher at the base. The attachment pin has bent back.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EA7D22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy mount, which is now in four fragments, is of cruciform shape (one arm absent)and has cast ornament over all of its front face, which bears traces of gilding. Two opposing arms are smaller than the third intact arm, each having two groups of four ridges, each representing the tail of a bird are in a single border outline, with ropework infill. A 'Z' shaped moulding separates body from head, which has a small eye and curved beak, in profile. In each case, a forward bent leg has bent feet, claws pointing backwards. The wide arm is parallel sided, and has an expanded …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-A4EC27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative copper alloy mount for a belt or harness. A quatrefoil flat symmetrical mount decorated with a four armed cross design, with central lozenge. The mount probably dates to the 16th or 17th century. There were two attachment rivets on the reverse, both now broken. Areas of the surface have corroded.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-742E38
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy armorial mount of Medieval date, probably dating from the 12th – 14th century. The mount is flat and shield shaped. Remnants of red enamel survive over much of the surface, with the suggestion of a horizontal enamelled band, probably containing green enamel. The decoration over the face of the mount probably consisted of rows of enamelled crossed diagonals forming repeating lozenges. Between each crossed diagonal is a shorter linear, which does not connect with another. A linear band inte…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-310D27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy Romanesque mount from a piece of devotional metalwork, possibly from a reliquary box or crucifix of 12th or 13th century date. The mount has broken at the neck and is damaged around the nose and mouth, in addition to having lost the original surface. The mount depicts the head of Christ wearing a crown with three lobes. The eyes are perforated and are likely to have held small blue glass beads. The mouth appears down-turned and there is the suggestion of facial hair above the mouth, suggesting Christ was depicted with a beard. The tear at the base of the mount is …
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-98EDE1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy three dimensional mount probably depicting a lion or similar, and was likely to have been attached to the lid of a small box. Traces of gilding survive on areas of the mount. The base is rectangular and open at the centre. At the rear is a trefoil leaf terminal with a perforation for attachment. There was likely to have been another terminal at the front, which has broken across two small perforations. The beast is simply cast with a wide neck and incised lines depicting a mane. The body is more slender at the point where the mane ends and there are also connecting st…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6A53C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper alloy decorative mount, probably of mid to late 1st century AD date. The perforated copper alloy mount or escutcheon is probably from a vessel. The mount is likely to be complete with a length of 23.05mm, a width of 15.89mm and a depth of 21.45mm. The sides of the mount are flat and converge towards the ‘beaked’ end. A circular perforation with a diameter of 6.6 - 7.6mm penetrates both sides near their top. A smaller perforation with a diameter of 5.0mm meets the first opening from below. The base of the mount has an integral circular pin, presumably for attachm…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-46E2CF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy enamelled mount, probably of Roman date, possibly 2nd or 3rd century The mount is of circular form and would have had six integral radiating wires of rectangular section, one fragmentary example now survives (giving an overall surviving width of 21.9mm, a weight of 3.1g; with a surviving rod length of 4.8mm, a width of 1.2mm and a thickness of 1.4mm). The base is circular (with a diameter of 7.5mm) with a stepped moulding, which the six rods are equally spaced around. The sides are convergent to the circular face (with a height of 5.6mm and a diameter of 4.5mm). The …
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-477072
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount of mid to late 14th century date The mount is of domed, sexfoil form, secured with a single separate rivet through a central hole, now missing (with a maximum width of 13.8mm, an overall depth of 3.9mm, a thickness of 0.1mm and a weight of 0.5g). Each the petals of the sexfoil are formed by pressed radiating grooves. The centre is raised with a circular aperture (of 1.7mm diameter) to accommodate the missing rivet. The surface has a dark-green patina. Belt mounts of similar form and type were recovered from excavations in London (Egan & Pritcha…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5C72FA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy looped pendant mount probably of late 16th or early 17th century date The mount is fragmentary and has lost its loop and separate annular ring (with a surviving length of 21.0mm, a thickness of 1.9mm and a weight of 1.8g). The upper edge (with a width of 12.1mm) bifurcates slightly. The sides are near-straight and convergent to base. The mount was secured using two iron pins, placed off-centre, the corroded remains of which remain in place (with a depth of 4.4mm and 2.5mm). The mount has broken at its base before the loop. The surface is corroded with a…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-73ABA2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount of 16th or 17th century date The mount is complete and of figurative form with a trefoil terminal (with a length of 19.2mm and a weight of 1.8g). The mount is widest at the trefoil terminal (with a width of 11.9mm) and has concave sides below, before narrowing at the base. The mount was attached using two integral, oval-sectioned rivets, closed around a strap (with a height of 6.1mm and giving an overall depth of 8.1mm). The surface has a black patina.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-74431B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped mount possibly a vessel escutcheon of Roman date The mount is incomplete, missing part of the loop and is heavily-worn and corroded (with a surviving length of 43.4mm and a weight of 16.2g) and is of anthropomorphic sub-oval and domed form. The oval domed head (28.7mm long, 23.9mm wide and 10.6mm deep) appears to be inverted in relation to the loop being at the top. The circular loop is integral and rectangular sectioned (with an internal diameter of 10.1mm, an external diameter of 15.5mm and 3.6mm thick) and has no surviving applied decoration. Below the lo…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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