Record ID: WILT-A8FE91
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Iron Age to Roman cast copper alloy mount depicting a facing anthropomorphic head, dating to c. 50 BC - AD 200. The The mount features head and shoulders, which are triangular in plan. The design is crude, with the oval head having incised lines depicted in a fan shape, representing combed back hair. There are two eyes, one of which is lentoid, a downturned mouth and dimpled chin. The upper chest has incised lines angled towards the bottom centre, possibly representing a draped outfit. Gender is unclear. On the reverse is a long, integrally cast spike for atta…
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7B26DC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead heraldic mount, probably of Post medieva to Modern date, AD 1800 - 1900. It is an incomplete crest of a creature, possibly an eagle, bounded by a torse (twisted roll of fabric) across the bottom. The beast's head is missing making identification difficult. It has curly hair or fur depicted on the left and possible scales or feathers on the right. It leans to the right and then curves back to the left, so may be an animal with an arched neck or be looking back over its shoulder, or may be a wing. On the reverse are three recesses for separate attachment pins,…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-0AEC55
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast figurative mount with an integrally cast conical fixing pin of diameter 3.1mm and length 5.5mm projecting from behind; the back of this massy casting is lightly hollowed. The subject is the profile of an old man with bald forehead, with hair at the back of the head and extending from there to form a long and luxuriant beard, though perhaps without a moustache of similar character. A crumbly pale green material covers part of the back, and might be a relict fixative. The subject may be Silenus, an attendant of Bacchus. While the fixing method would normally com…
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-5C6EAA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy an applique perhaps bucket or other vessel. It is hollow behind and this would have been filled with lead solder for attachment. There is a depression on the top of the head which might have been for a ring but no sign of this remains. This object is more classical is style but simila to Neal, Wardle and Hunn, Gorhambury pp.128-9 no 199 in which case a bucket escutcheon.. The hair suggests it is intended to be a maenad. Other appliques usually have a pin, like Cunliffe,Fishbourne vol. 2 p.117 no 124 Length: 45.7mm Width: 26mm, Thickness: 16.6m…
Created on: Thursday 1st April 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-FB514E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Cast coper-alloy possible mount resembling a stylised bird, possibly a duck or chicken, dating to AD 50 - 410. The bird is simply designed and consists of a pointed oval head, and triangular body behind, tapering to the tail. There are traces of iron corrosion beneath the 'tail' of the object. Possibly a zoomorphic terminal from a hair pin or mount of Roman date. The object is in fair condition, is 21mm long, 19mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 7.68g. Justine Bayley National Finds Advisor comments on HESH-5C1BC1: This object is unlikely to be a pin-head as it is much larger th…
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
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Record ID: NARC-3BF695
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1675-1725). The object is cast and is circular in plan and domed with a concave back and a central circular opening for a now missing pin. The upper surface of the object has a raised integral decorative pattern composed of six repeating human face with ovate eyes, long nose, thin mouth and linear grooves representing hair. Between each face is a large annulet in pellet, three raised squares and a second annulet in pellet. The back of the object is concave and undecorated with voids indicating the positioning of the decorative…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: IOW-A593BD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) anthropomorphic mount in the form of a human male mask facing forwards (c. 1000 - c. 1100). The mount is sub-triangular in plan. It is moulded and convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. The hair is represented by curls either side of a central lobe at the top. The eyes are roughly almond shaped but one is more rounded then the other and they are not symmetrical. The nose is small and triangular and is a continuation of the eyebrows. The mouth is defined by a short horizontal groove. A striking feature of the mask …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-D8442C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount in the form of an anthropomorphic, forward facing head. The mount is concavo-convex, with a protruding flat triangular nose in the centre; flanking the nose are incised oval eyes with a drilled pellet in the middle. Below the noise is a short horizontal recessed line for the mouth. And expanded border to the sides and top of the head form the hair, this has been decorated with a series of transverse recessed lines. In the centre of the back of the mount is a single rearward facing long integral pin that has a square cross section.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: DUR-94FCAD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy mount in the form of a male human head of unkown date. ​The casting has fine detail with clearly evident eyes, nose, lips and moustache. There is a long full beard with cast wavy lines indicating luxuriant facial hair. The hair line is very receding but with thick curly hair around the back of the head. ​Below the hair on the back of the casting, the beard is hollow but strengthened with a flat bar insert. There is a small round hole at the base of the skull where some form of fixing pin may have been located.There is some rust staing below the …
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: BERK-DB4E15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded copper alloy, pear shaped face mask mount dating to the period c. AD 600 - 700. The object is flat and in the form of a horned head. The circular face has rounded eyes set with red stones (either garnets or coloured glass), above pronounced cheeks. The beard is triangular with the ends of the moustache extending beyond. The hair appears uncovered but then develops into two decorated crescent extensions (the horns), meeting centrally above the face with what might be an eagle, and/or serpent heads. With verdigris eruptions on the surface, the gilding is fragmentary but clea…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: BERK-EEA7CB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Late Early-Medieval Anglo-Scandinavian mount in the form of a human male mask facing forwards (c. AD 1000 - c. AD 1066). The mount is sub-triangular and some of the detail at the front is lost due to corrosion or exfoliation. It is moulded and convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. The hair is represented by five projecting lobes, three at the top and one at each side which give the impression of being large curls. The eyes appear to have been almond shaped. However, these, as well as the nose, are quite indistinct due to corrosion or exfolia…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HOLTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-DFB19A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mount possibly of Roman date, depicting a female head, AD.43-450. The fitting comprises of a cast head with a circular plate at the neck, this is pierced with a small central hole, presumably for a rivet to attach the mount. The reverse of the head depicts the hair of the figure, it is fishtailed in shape with a centre parting. The hair extends about half way down the length of the front of the object and is depicted as incised lines set that are set at a diagonal, mirroring each other upon either side and angled upwards. The rear hair style of t…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-242002
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy anthropomorphic mount in the form of a highly stylised male mask in relief with a hollow reverse and one rivet hole above the chin. The base of the hair is visible as a slight horizontal moulding but there is no detail of the hair style. Both the brow ridge and the eyes are indicated by gentle swellings and the triangular nose is the most outstanding feature. A rectangular moulding scarcely wider than the base of the nose indicates a moustache, but the location of the mouth is occupied by the rivet hole beneath which the chin thickens. The object to which this…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: SOM-612E06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy object, possibly a mount. The object is a flat plate with moulded front and flat back apart from one integral rivet and recessed areas behind some of the moulding, probably air holes from casting. the lower right corner is slightly bent back but this may be due to damage. The outline is of a semi-circular upper half extended at the base into three points (pelta shape). The outer two extensions are animal heads which look inwards so their open jaws flank a human head on the third, central extension. The upper half is decorated with large angular recessed fie…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pill and Easton-in-Gordano CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DBD4E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded silver mount of early medieval date. It is roughly oval-shaped and the front depicts a human mask flanked by stylised birds' heads. Substantial gilding survives across the front surface, with areas missing or worn off on the mask's brow and nose, and the outer border above the brow. The mask appears to wear a hood or head-dress which covers the hair and runs below the chin. In the centre is a triangular stamped motif with a central 'trunk' and several 'branches' on each side. Traces of additional stamps are now obscured by wear and damage. The mask's eyes are pellets set w…
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FCD100
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A small lozengiform silver mount with zoomorphic interlace decoration. The decoration is asymmetrical and comprises two overlapping dog-like beasts, in profile, with their heads at the midpoint of the long axis, facing in different directions. The beasts have spotted hides. The heads, necks and upper forelimbs are well-defined on each, but then the bodies taper to a narrow band before expanding into their more stylised hindquarters at either end of the lozenge. The limbs also taper into narrow bands, which form a complex interlace pattern. The beasts differ from each other in terms of…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0C3171
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T282. A medieval silver fragment in the shape of a bearded male head dating to the late fourteenth or fifteenth century. The beard is forked and the hair of the fragment is parted between a rising tuft in the middle of the scalp. The face is worn with the nose now rubbed away. The reverse of the fragment shows a small pin which has broken. There is also a breakage at the small tuft of hair on the head of the object. The object was cast and the pin was integral to this process as there are no signs of soldering on the reverse. Period: Medieval, late 14th - 15th…
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-7F7710
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount with a bearded face in relief as decoration and dating to the post medieval period, c. 1500 to 1700. The object is shield shaped in plan with semi-circular indentations on the top. There is a break from a projection from the middle of the top of the shield. There is also a break on a projection from the point of the bottom of the shield. There is a narrow border around the edge of the front enclosing a forward facing bust. The bust is male with a long moustache and beard and short hair. The back is flat and undecorated with two circular pin projecting outwards.…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Blyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7EF403
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount, probably a a decorative shield clip dating from the late Iron Age to the transition into the early Roman period, c. 300 BC-c. 100 AD. The fragment consists of a hollow tubular sheet of copper alloy with the two long edges open slightly, perhaps to facilitate other components or hold the material it was fixed to. The tube is flat-ended and the wear in this area makes it uncertain if the edges are original or breaks from a longer object. The object is decorated with a series of raised collars in a 'reel and bead' design common to other objects, …
Created on: Friday 11th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-762D57
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of probable Roman date. The object consists of a zoomorphic finial, moulded in three dimensions and in the shape of a stylised bird. The bird, which resembles a duck, is rendered in a sitting position with its neck upright, wings folded, and a slightly upturned tapering tail. It is integrally cast with an oval base. Beneath the base and aligned with its long axis there is a flat triangular-shaped projecting lug. Part of the head and beak of the bird are missing from an old break. There are similar mounts on the PAS database a number of which are tentatively i…
Created on: Saturday 17th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.