Record ID: IOW-871B11
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete sheet copper alloy St Barbara mount of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, late fifteenth to early sixteenth century date (c. AD 1450 - c. AD 1525). Length: 34.9mm; width; 27.3mm; thickness: 0.4mm. Weight: 3.31g. The shield-shaped mount is cusped and lobed in profile and when complete would have been symmetrical in plan. At the centre of the top there is a small integral attachment lug consisting of a projecting circular hole, the inner diameter of which is 1.1mm. Opposite this lug, at the base, there is part of a similar lug. The front of the mount has a carefully punch…
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: IOW-C745C2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy mount in quatrefoil/cruciform form. Possibly Medieval, fourteenth century (AD 1300 - AD 1400). Length 25.0mm, width 25.0mm and 9.0mm thick. Weight 7.45g. The mount is in the form of a central boss with cruciform arms, each of which has a rounded end and is perforated with a circular hole to accommodate a dome-headed rivet. Only two of the rivets, made of iron, have survived. The holes have a diameter of about 2.5mm. The boss has a moulded saltire design with a small globular knop at the apex. At the rear the arms are flat and the underside of the boss is co…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: IOW-F427E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy strap mount in the form of an acorn. Probably seventeenth century (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length: 25.2mm; width: 14.2mm and 6.0mm thick. Weight: 2.77g. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front the seed (or fruit) is plain and has a small knop at the apex. The junction between the seed and the cupola is defined by a transverse rib which has a depth of about 1.0mm. The cupola is decorated with cross-hatching. At the base of the cupola the stalk is missing due to an old break. The rear face has the remains of two integral spikes o…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: IOW-0698F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy and enamelled mount or plaque (c. 1200-c. 1450). The object is shield-shaped in plan. It has a straight top and the sides curve evenly to point at the base. At each corner there is a small curved removal. The front has a narrow raised border within which there is raised lion rampant facing left. There are flecks of red enamel on the lion and also traces of gilding on the upper part of the tail. The recessed field around the lion and within the border does not contain any decorative material. It is possible that this area was originally enamelled…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: IOW-1E3458
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy mount or strap fitting (c. 1450-c. 1550). The attachment loop is missing. This object is sub-triangular (heart-shaped) in plan. It is flat at the front and rear. At the front the edges are rounded, almost bevelled. Each lobe has a drilled circular hole to accommodate an attachment loop. One of the holes is larger than the other. The front is decorated with engraved/incised rocker-arm (zigzag or 'wriggle-work'). However, this decoration is barely visible and a pattern cannot be discerned. On the rear face the holes are 'counter…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BE8C95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). The object has an incomplete fleur-de-lis terminal with a transverse break at the opposite end. There is also a break along one edge. At the centre of the fleur a circular rivet hole has a diameter of 1.9mm. The hole is burred at the rear. The front is decorated with a ‘V’-shaped panel defined by two inscribed parallel grooves. The panel is filled with a pair of parallel lines of contiguous stamped annulets. This mount has a green patina. Length: 41.4mm; width: 38.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Wei…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-ED8B4B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear except for two spikes. It is pointed at one end and has an elongated knop at the opposite end. At the rear are two integral tapering spikes, one at each end, which are circular in cross-section. This mount is drab green. There is no decoration or surface treatment. Height: 25.65mm; width: 8.73mm; thickness: 5.60mm. Weight: 1.40g. A similar mount has been illustrated by Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, ref: 330 …
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7127FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount resembling an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700). Most of each spike is missing. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The cupola is cross-hatched at the front and the nut has inscribed curving lines. At the rear are the stubs of two spikes, one at each end. These are circular in cross-section. The 'stalk' is intact at the bottom. This mount is reddish brown and at the front there are traces of a green patina and gilding. Height: 43.05mm; width: 25.09mm; overall thickness: 6.20mm. Weight: 9.02g. Mounts in…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-E562F8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy mount (c. 410-c. 600). Style 1 derived. This mount is rectangular in plan with rounded corners and rectangular in cross-section. At the front, chip carved decoration consists of a wide border of horizontal and vertical paired billets of varying lengths. Within the border, an empty rectangular cell has a sub-oval recess. The sides are flat. However, some material has been lost around the sides due to corrosion. Off-centre, close to one end, the remains of an iron rivet can clearly be seen at the rear, but is barely visible a…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-D47AFE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) mount (c. 500-c. 600). This mount is rectangular in plan and cross-section. At the front, it has a flat integral frame which varies in width from 4.0mm to 3.1mm. The plain frame contains a rectangular recessed panel which has a chip-carved skein pattern rather than a Style II interlace. The skein pattern is gilded. The rear face is flat and plain and has a central integral rivet at each end. The rivets are circular in cross-section and have a length of 3.3mm and a diameter of 2.6mm. Each rivet end is burred-over slightly. At one end of the re…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FAC3C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or post-Medieval copper alloy mount or stud (c. 1400-c. 1700). The lozenge-shaped mount is moulded at the front and flat at the rear except for the stub of an integral spike. At each corner there is a rounded knop. The object is corroded with specks of iron staining. Length: 25.7mm; width: 17.8mm; thickness: 3.0mm. Weight: 2.50g. A similar mount excavated in London is decorated with pellets and has been dated c. 1350-1400 (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 200, fig. 125, ref: 1078). Read (2001, 27, fig. 17, ref: 352) dates a similar mount with pellets f…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-813C93
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount or stud (c. 1500-c. 1700). The head of this multifoil (octofoil) mount is decorated with eight evenly spaced petals with a pellet at the outer end of each petal. There is a larger pellet at the centre. The rear face is flat except for the central tapering spike which is square in cross-section. The stud is drab green and corroded overall. Maximum diameter: 18.0mm; thickness: 2.0mm; thickness including spike: 12.8mm. Weight: 2.73g. Compare with: NMS-D6F3E3 and SUR-14BDDD. A similar mount has been published (Read 20…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7F46F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is flat at the front and rear. In plan, it is pointed at one end and has a knop at the opposite end. Close to the pointed end there is a small pointed knop at each side. At the rear there are two integral tapering spikes which are circular in cross-section. One is complete and the tip of the other is missing. This mount is reddish brown with flecks of black lacquer at the rear. Height: 28.7mm; width: 8.0mm; thickness: 1.9mm; thickness including sp…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-C2BDAC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1800). This mount is heart-shaped in plan and is slightly convex at the front. The stub of a separate spike can be seen at each corner on the reverse. The mount is corroded overall with a thick off-white deposit on the reverse. Height: 17.4mm; width: 19.0mm; thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 2.53g.
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-30A1FE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). This mount is broadly heart-shaped with a fleur-de-lis at one end and a rounded knop at the other. Raised decoration at the front consists of addorsed scrolls adjacent to a lozenge. Pellets form a border. The rear face is slightly concave and there is the remains of a spike at each end. Fibres of a wool-like textile adhere to each spike. The spike is reddish brown and drab green and flecks of gilding can be seen at the front. Length: 33.4mm; width: 20.8mm; thickness: 4.1mm; thickness including stubs: 7.8m…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: IOW-37A7E4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). This mount is triangular in plan. It is straight at the wider end and has a small knop at the opposite end. The front is plain. The rear face is flat except for two tapering spikes which are circular in cross-section. The mount has a green patina. Length: 21.0mm; width: 9.0mm; thickness: 2.4mm; thickness including spikes: 5.2mm. Weight: 2.02g
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
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Record ID: IOW-376D6D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy and gilded mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). This mount is sub-triangular in plan. It is slightly cusped at the wider end and has a tri-lobed knop at the opposite end. The front has a floriate design and the rear is flat except for two spikes, one at each end. The tapering spikes are circular in cross-section. The mount is reddish brown and drab green with traces of gilding at the front. Length: 28.0mm; width: 14.0mm; thickness: 1.5mm; thickness including spikes: 5.1mm. Weight: 2.61g.
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
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Record ID: IOW-10E0F9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). This mount is slightly convex at the front and is flat at the rear except for the spikes. In plan, it is tri-lobed/trefoil-shaped at one end and rounded at the opposite end. There is an incised 'V'-shaped decorative groove flanking the central lobe. A spike at each end is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the inner face. Length: 18.0mm; width: 10.0mm; thickness: 1.8mm; thickness including spikes: 5.6mm. Weight: 1.39g. Compare with similar mounts: CORN-C8B73; ESS-0C4C87; HESH-0FA9F4; IOW-A7C864; IOW-DEEF35 and S…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Record ID: IOW-047A69
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold mount decorated with filigree, granulation and cloisonné garnet inlay. The mount comprises a sub-circular piece of gold sheet edged with a strand of gold beaded wire. In the centre is a circular cell made from an upright gold strip surrounded with a collar of gold beaded wire. It is inlaid with a flat cut red gem, presumably a garnet, with a central gold annulet. This setting is surrounded by nine evenly-spaced rosettes, each made from a gold granule surrounded by a strand of gold beaded wire. Two of the rosettes have been pierced to accommodate pins or rivets, which are now…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
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Record ID: IOW-391592
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy belt mount (c. 1150-c. 1400). This mount consists of part of a bar and a complete terminal. Originally, there would have been another terminal at the opposite end. The bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section and the terminal is shell-shaped. Between the bar and terminal there is a transverse rib. The terminal has an off-centre circular rivet hole with a diameter of 2.10mm. At the rear the hole is countersunk. The rivet is missing. The rear face is flat. This mount is green with traces of a green patina. The break is old. Length: 29.49mm; widt…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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