Record ID: DUR-6A4CE7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A circular, cast copper alloy mount, with enamelling on the front face. The general style, decorative content and use of enamel suggests that it was made at the Limoges school in France, probably in the 12th or 13th century AD. As with many of the Limoges pieces, it seems likely that it would have decorated a reliquary (religious casket) or a Christian book. The mount is circular and the front is convex. The design in champlevé enamel is a trefoil, with a circle in the centre containing a quatrefoil. The quatrefoil has red enamel at the centre, then a band of dark blue, one of gr…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-595360
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval mount, possibly furniture or harness related. It is sub-circular in plan and domed, being hollow on the reverse. There are small extensions at the top and bottom of the mount (as seen in plan) where circular studs are attach to attach the mount. The studs are both broken. The front face of the mount is decorated with cast decoration in relief of three concentric circles of raised dots. In the centre if a crown in relief. The front face would have been decorated with gilding.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-58DA46
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy/pewter Post Medieval mount, from furniture or a belt, dating to the late 17-18th centuries. The mount is lozenge shape in plan with a seven-pointed star shaped hole in the centre. The edges appear to have been scalloped but they are worn and corroded now so it is not complete. There are two studs on the reverse, in the middle. They are circular in section and have both broken.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-58A334
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval furniture mount, late 17th-18th century in date. It is sub-rectangular in plan with integrally cast floral motifs. There is a flower in the centre with leaves coming off, the terminals end in points. There are the remains of two studs on the reverse, one on each end. These have broken so only a small piece remains.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-5879C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy furniture mount, 17-18th century in date. It is almost heart shaped in plan with a central rounded knop at the top extending from the middle of the dip. Instead of curving down towards the pointed terminal there is a step inwards around half way down the mount. The mount is slightly domed and hollow on the reverse. On the reverse are the stubs of two rectangular cross section studs, used for attachment.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-715543
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval sextfoil circular stud. It is domed and hollow on the head with the petals picked out by grooved lines. The shaft of the stud is square in section, tapering to a point at the end.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.