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Description: | An almost complete sheet copper-alloy cruciform mount, probably of Post-Medieval to Modern date (AD 1750 - AD 1850). The mount is of cross-crosslet form. It has openwork squares between the cross arms. It has been pressed from thin sheet metal and the edges of the mount are turned over from the upper surface to the lower.The separate soldiered rivet is missing. It has a mid-brown patina.The form of this cross is identified by Mitchiner (1986, 244; ref. 941) as being connected with The Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. The suggestion that this is a pilgrim emblem has also been suggested by Read (1995, 114-115; ref. 728). Read suggests a pre-Reformation date for a parallel he illustrates. However, it can be strongly argued that this object was made on an industrial press, hence the suggested date. Many similar mounts have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: HAMP-BB4F16, BH-686F15, SOMDOR-B024B3 and CORN-72D8F7.
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