Record ID: YORYM-83E61E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap fitting or belt mount of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The fitting comprises a flat D-sectioned plate with a bilobate terminal at one end and a pointed sub-triangular terminal at the other. The mid-section is waisted.  The reverse of the fitting is flat and undecorated with two integral attachment spikes, one at either end, with curing tips. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The fitting is 23.3mm long, 15.1mm wide, 6.2mm thick and weighs 1.5g. Similar examples have been recorded as SF-3BF4A6, LVPL-6B1DE8, HESH-796A17, WMID-3AB…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-455C5C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting or mount of Post-Medieval date from around AD 1750 - 1900.  The mount is circular with a domed profile. The front of the mount is convex, with a central raised boss and a  double banded circumferential border.  The reverse is concave with two partial sub-rectangular projections (lugs, or integral rivets), one on each side. The lugs terminate in worn breaks.  The metal has a white metal coating.  Diameter: 22.92mm Thickness: 15.51mm Weight: 7.55mm This object is broadly comparable with Maslin&rsquo…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE3183
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy circular mount which is probably medieval in date about AD 1200 - 1340. It has a raised shield motif bearing three lions passant guardant, the coat of arms of England from about AD 1198 until 1340.  These are on a red enamel background in a square topped shield. The shield is topped by a fleur de lis in relief, and flanked by two elongated beasts, their heads facing each other at the top of the shield, and their tails dividing into three at the base, also in relief. They appear to be wyverns with two legs each and wings. The circular copper…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9BFF2D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy mount of probable medieval date, c.AD 1200-1400. The mount comprises a rectangular strip of metal, broken at either end, and displaying a repaired fold at the centre. The upper surface is decorated with three longitudinal ridge and groove designs which retain gilding. The reverse is undecorated. No lugs, rivet holes, or other means of attachments are visible on the extant piece but it likely served as a decorative fitting from a casket or an item of furniture.  The metal has a dark grey/brown patina and is worn. The object is 37.7mm lo…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hovingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-755A61
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of modern date (c.AD 1850-1950). Pressed metal elongated sexfoil plate with lugs at its ends folded back. The stamped design comprises a central diamond with bifoliate projections from each point set against incised linear decoration. Dimensions: Length 19.2mm, Width 13.5mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Weight 1.15g. A similar example on the database is NLM-537D66.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-351365
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated copper alloy possible bar mount of unknown date, Roman to Post medieval, AD 43 - 1900. It could also be a connecting rod or part of a larger object. It is a flat bar or copper alloy, rectangular in plan and in cross-section. It is not decorated. One end is a worn break. AT the other end, the bar is rounded and thereis a circular perforation of 2.7mm diameter. The hole has worn through on one side. The bar curves in profile near the broken end, which may be damage. Measurements are; length 59.9mm, width 5.1mm, thickness of metal 2.7mm and weight 4.86g. Th patina suggests a …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0EF0D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy bar mount, dating from AD 1350 -1400. The copper alloy mount has an oval shaped plan with an integral sub-oval knop at either end. Each knop has a rivet hole with the remains of a copper alloy rivet visible in one of these. Part of the copper alloy rove also survives. The mount is decorated with four parallel, transverse grooves on the body and these are cross-hatched.  The body and knops are domed in profile and hollow on the reverse. The surface of the mount has a dark grey patina. It is 16.6mm long, 10.6mm wide and 3.2mm th…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-77F92C
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete corroded Medieval copper-alloy figurative Limoges style mount dating from AD 1150-1250. The mount depicts the head and body of a nimbate robed figure, probably a male saint.  The head is solid, three dimensional and oval in plan. It has hemispherical recesses for eye sockets which retain some dark blue or black enamel. Gilding survives on the neck. Behind the head is a separate copper alloy sheet circle to for the halo. It is attached by a rivet projecting from the back of the head. There are traces of gilding on both faces of the n…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 11th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E4C892
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval bar mount dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1150 - 1450. The mount has two terminals and a solid central lobe. The body is oval, domed at the front face and concave on the reverse face. It has a smaller sub-circular domed terminal at each end, both with a copper-alloy rivet attached. The central body of the front face is decorated with incised oblique cross-hatching. Measurements are; length 16.5mm, width 9.1mm, thickness 5.9mm and weight 2.04g. For reference of similar mounts, see (Egan and Pritchard 1991, p. 134). For referenc…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E4B1F8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy corroded mount dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It is in the form of a narrow, pointed oval, convex at the front and concave on the reverse. In the centre of the back is the stub of a single broken integral rivet spike.  This may have been used as a belt fitting, or more likely as a furniture fitting. The mount is undecorated and has a green/brown patina. Measurements are; length 21.6mm, width 9.8mm, thickness 8.1mm and weight 1.94g. Similar examples on the database include SWYOR-CAC635 and  SWYOR-7EB5A4
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E48506
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable post medieval mounts dating from AD 1700 - 1900. It is a 3D S shape narrowing down to a blunt point at each end of the "S'. The face of the S is convex and the underside is concave. It has an attachment spike or integral rivet in the centre of the underside.  Measurements are; length 19.6mm, width 11.5mm, thickness 5.1mm and weight 1.87g. Compare LIN-1BEF92.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-50B6E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bar mount from the Medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1350. The bar tapers outwards from both sides of a central, sub-circular openwork body. Both terminals are missing. It has a triangular cross-section and the reverse face is flat. There is a circular perforation in the centre of the body. The mount has a grey patina. Measurements are; length 24.0mm, width 9.4mm, thickness 2.9mm and weight 1.27g. Similar mounts are illustrated in (Egan and Pritchard 1991, p. 214). See also SUR-2BBD21 and SWYOR-4050A7.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-707F03
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mount dating from the middle Early Medieval period, around AD 700 - 900. The mount is sub-rectangular with a C scrolled convex terminal at one end, and is broken along a concave line at the other end. The middle is narrower with straight sides. The centre is a recessed panel filled with chip-carved single line interlace filling the space. The raised border has a two line spiral at each end of the C scroll shape, and similar smaller spirals on the broken edges. The narrower areas of border between the spirals are decorated with single line crescents. In t…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-2FD289
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic mount of probable Post-Medieval to Modern date, c. AD 1500-1900. The mount is cast in the shape of a dog with decoration in relief. The dog appears to be a bloodhound or similar large scent hound and features long floppy ears and visible ribs. The dog is kneeling down, ears dropped, tail down between legs and its head pointed to the ground in a tracking position.The reverse of the mount is undecorated with a hollowed area where the body of the dog is on the front. There is also the incomplete remains of a mounting attachment. Th…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DB3BE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken mount, perhaps from a box or casket, dating from the Medieval  period, about AD 1300 - 1500. It is fairly flat and has a narrow central body, terminating in crosses with short arms, all incomplete. The front face is slightly bevelled and the reverse slightly concave. Most of the cross at one end has broken away and is missing; that at the other end  is largely complete but somewhat abraded. Between the arms of each of the the crosses is a single rivet hole. The rivets are both missing. Traces of gilding remain on the front face. The artefact …
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-DB20B5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper alloy mount of probable Medieval date about AD 1100 - 1400.  It may have been attached to a casket or similar item, and may be part of a group of Roman or Medieval "bird" or "dragon" mounts. It is a bar of copper alloy, triangular in cross-section. One end is broken. Below the broken terminal, a narrow neck widens to form a rounded rectangular area decorated with oblique incised lines, perhaps representing wings. It then narrows and tapers to a pointed tri-lobed terminal with a central rivet hole, perhaps …
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-4A1686
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small copper alloy Medieval mount dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. It is quatrefoil in plan and conical in cross-section with a hollow in the middle of the reverse. This probably accommodated an attachment rivet which is now missing. This mount differs from many of the examples in Egan and Pritchard by being solid cast rather than sheet. It may also be interpreted as a stud. Measurements are; length 10.9mm, width 10.7mm, thickness 5.7mm and weight 2.26g.
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-49EE96
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy oval mount or upholstery tack dating from the Medieval to post-Medieval periods, about AD 1400 - 1800. The mount is a pointed oval in plan, convex on the front and concave on the reverse.  On the reverse face is a centrally placed integral spike, which is square in cross section and tapers to a point. The object has a dark-green patina on both the front and reverse and there are traces of a white metal coating. Dimensions: Measurements are; length 25.3mm, width 11.4mm, thickness 15.4mm and weight 2.86g. For reference of similar obj…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-4876D0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet sexfoil mount dating from the Medieval period, about AD1350 - 1400. The mount is domed in the centre, with six convex petals. The outer edge of each lobe or petal is scalloped or frilled. The reverse is concave in the centre. and there is a separate copper alloy rivet in place at the apex.There is also a copper alloy sheet rove surviving.  The mount has a diameter of 15.7mm, a thickness of 7.3mm and a weight of 0.73g. Compare number 952 on page 189 and 1016 (which is iron) on page 191 of Dress Accessories (1991) by Egan…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-8F6AE4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete cast copper alloy mount or strap fitting (c.AD 1600-1800). It is 'tear drop' shaped, the body is domed, with a hollow reverse. There are two broken projections on the reverse, either from a broken loop or prongs. The object has a very dark green-black patina. There are slight remains of gilded silver. Dimensions: Length 25.9mm, Width 19.9mm, Thickness 4.1mm, Weight 4.51g A similar object on the database can be found at: ESS-6BA133
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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