Record ID: BH-173A6A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy mount, possibly from a belt, depicting a lombardic letter, either an 'E' or 'M', dating c. AD 1200-1500. Flat rectangular-sectioned plate. The arms of the letter are barred. At either end of the central arm on the reverse is a circular recession, probably where an attachment rivet was connected. The entire object is worn with a mottled mid and light green patina.  The mount measures 14.7mm long, 15.8mm wide, 1.3mm thick and weighs 0.89 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-760A89
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman case copper-alloy mount, harness fitting or vessel attachment. It consists of an arched rectangular shaped and sectiond bar broken at each end. On the inside edge of the surface are two concentric grooves. Extending from the mid point of the same edge is an integral pelat-shaped plate that is D-shaped in cross-section and has a hollow interiror. The patina across the object is dark grey in colour. The object measures 33.3mm long, 24.9mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 5.12 grams.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-3A47CD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval hooked mount dating c. AD 1230-1260. The plate is broadly rectangular and D-shape in cross-section, with a round shouldered terminal at one end and a broken projecting bar at the other end. The front face of the plate is decorated with two sets of double transverse collars at each end. At the terminal end is a circular perforation through the plate. Between the collars and projecting bar is a circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivet with broken pin stem on the underside. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is mot…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-90A95E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, probably of Medieval date. The mount is in the form of a two-legged animal with a pointed snouth and wide arching tail. There is little moulded decoration except for a thin angled band defining the snout and ridges at the top of the short legs. A small circular hole perforates the D-sectioned plate in the centre of the body. A pointed sprue extends from the back of the neck. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is mid green in colour. The object measures 30.8mm long, 21.2mm wide, 4.1mm thick and weighs …
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-257157
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount, probably depicting a cherub or Bacchus, possibly of Roman date. The mount depicts the face of a young male figure with elaborately curled hair with a sweeping curl at the centre of the forehead, a broad brow above oval eyes, a broad nose and, below this, a small mouth and pronounced rounded chin. A small portion of the neck survives. The reverse has a hollowed centre with flat edges. It measures 19.3mm long, 17.5mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 3.7 grams. The mount may have been used as a decorative feature attached to the rim of a vessel or a pi…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E9EF95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy objects, possibly a casket or harness mount, probably of Medieval date (c. AD 1200-1500). The object is rectangular and D-shape in cross-section. The central portion is raised and decorated with moulded cross-hatching. A circular hole perforates the plate. Either side of this the plate narrows slightly and has the patchy remains of a metal coating. At one end is a bi-lobed terminal. At the opposite end is a single band and a waisted terminal that is broken. The object measures 32mm long, 9.2mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 3.9 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E83937
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval hooked mount dating c. AD 1600-1700. The frame is trefoil shape and sub-D-shape in cross-section with bevelled inside edges. Projecting from the upper edge is an oval plate with circular perforation. The arms of the frame bow outwards before tapering gradually inwards, with two short inner projections, below which are transverse breaks. The reverse is flat.  The frame is plainly finished with no decoration. The patina across the surfaces is mottled light green and mid green. The clasp measures 27.5mm in length, 22.7mm in width, 2.7m…
Created on: Friday 30th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-5A53C1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy domed mount, probably of Post Medieval date. The mount is made from a single piece of shaped sheet metal. The surface is decorated with several grooved striations. The hollow interior is plain and undecorated. The patina across the surfaces is mottled light and dark green and brown in colour. The mount is 19.1mm in diameter, 0.7mm thick and weighs 1.5 grams.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-1A25B9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gilded mount of seventeenth century date. The  plate is oval at each end and narrows at the centre. The surface is decorated with a border of stamped dots. At each end of the central field is a crescent. Between the crescents is a slightly recesed rectangular field. Patcy gilding survives across the face of the plate, particularly on the circules and the central field. On the reverse, the plate is flat and undecorated. At each end is an attachment lug, the points of which curve inwards on themselves. The patina across the mount is mottled light brown and …
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4BB309
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval hooked mount dating c. AD 1230-1260. The central plate is broadly rectangular in form and D-shape in cross-section, with a transverse collar on each short edge. The upper surface is convex, and the corners are rounded. At each end is a circular-attachment hole, both of which are filled with the remains of circular-sectioned iron rivets. Iron corrosion product surrounds the lower hole and rivet. Projecting from the upper edge of the central plate is a rounded knop. At the opposite end is a tapering D-sectioned inwardly bent hook with a broken terminal. The reverse…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E3509C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy rectangular mount dating c. AD 1200-1400. The mount Is rectangular in shape and in cross-section with straight, though unevenly worn, sides and slightly rounded corners. Through the centre of the plate is a circular perforation (4.1mm diameter), with a smaller perforation either side (each 0.9mm diameter). The front face has etched decoration of a lozenge within a single groove rectangular boarder. The reverse of the plate is flat and undecorated. The surface patina is mottled light and dark green and brown in colour. The mount measures 24.7mm in length, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4E0FC8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a mount from a reliquary dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1500). The object is made from a single piece of sheet metal that is broadly rectangular and flares to one side at the tapered terminal. The edge at the other end of the plate is squared where it is broken transversely. The inside edge of the main plate is relatively straight before it flares outwards into a short integral portion of plate with a rounded corners and a circular perforation midway along the edge. The opposite edge of the main plate is convexly bowed along …
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-38FB7E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount probably dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1500). The mount, which is bent convexly and out of shape, is sub-oval and flat with four perforations through it. One edge is broken and unevenly square. There is no decoration on either surface of the plate. The surface patina is mottled dark green, light and dark brown and black in colour. There are small traces of gilding next to one of the perforations on one of the faces. The mount measures 26.8mm in length, 31mm in width and 1mm in thickness. The perforations are between…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E0187C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy quatrefoil mount dating c. AD 1200-1400. The plate is thin and each quarter divided by four grooves extending from the central circular perforation (1.4mm diameter). None of the quarters are decorated and neither is the reverse. The patina across the mount is mid-green in colour. The mount measures 11.9mm long, 9.7mm wide, 0.7mm thick and weighs 0.42 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E01537
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal of unknown, probably Post Medieval, date. The terminal has an openly hollow (4mm diameter) cylindrical body with two circumferential grooves before a waisted section. This is followed by a double-collared expansion and another waisted section. The cylinder is attached to the reverse of a stylised rams head. The head features two out-turned horns, one of which is broken with an old worn break, and a rounded snout. Across the rounded lower edge of the snout is a shallow groove forming a mouth. The surface patina across the entire …
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-38C641
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval mount (c. AD 1600-1700). The mount comprises a flat symmetrical D-sectioned plate with a central transverse ridge from which extends lobed shaped terminals either side. On the reverse there are two integral circular-sectioned pointed attachment rivets with broken tips. All of the surfaces are plain and have a mottled light and dark brown patina. The mount is 25.9mm long, a maximum of 6.1mm wide, 13.2mm high including the attachment rivets, and the main plate 2.4mm thick. The entire mount weighs 1.65 grams. As Read 2001, p. 36, fi…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-A4C4E5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy hooked plate, possibly a pendant mount, clasp plate or book fitting, probably of the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1500). The plate is triangular and flat. At one end the plate is folded onto the reverse forming a flattened hook. From here is a square portion of plate before the edges expand outwards and terminate at a wide squared edge. On this edge is an in situ circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivet with a domed head (3.4mm diameter). There is no decoration on the surface or on the underside of the plate but traces of gilding survive across the upper surface. O…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-C8E98B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy sword-belt mount dating to the sixteenth century. The mount comprises the eye-section of a two-piece copper-alloy sword-belt. The plate is broadly sub-rectangular, or sub-shield-shape, D-shape in cross-section with a tri-lobed upper edge. The outer two lobes are pointed. The middle lobe is shallower and more rounded. A central ridge with a groove extends vertically along the centre of the plate from the middle lobe. This is pierced at either end with circular rivet holes, one with a surviving circular-sectioned rivet in place. The rivet ha…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-9BE692
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount, probably dating to the sixteenth century. The mount is star-shaped with eight asymmetrical pointed projections and two integral attachment spikes on the reverse. Both points are broken and worn. The reverse is otherwise flat and undecorated. The mount measures 14.2mm diameter, 5.8mm in height and the plate is 2.2mm thick. The entire mount weighs 1.46 grams. See BH-7E5070 on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database for similar.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-98BA33
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount dating to the seventeenth century. The mount is flat and asymmetrical. The main plate is sub-oval and D-shape in cross-section, with slightly rounded bevelled edges. At one end of the plate is a semi-circular knop. At the opposite end the plate narrows before expanding into a terminal consisting of two lugs and a central semi-circular knop. The surface is plain. The reverse is flat and undecorated. At either end of the reverse is an outward pointing square-sectioned attachment spike. The tip of one is broken. The surface patin…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.