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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mount (1600-1700).Part of the wider end is missing due to a transverse break.The mount is sub-triangular in plan. At the front it is convex and the rear is flat with two integral tapering spikes situated along the longitudinal centre-line. The spikes are circular in cross-section and terminate with sharp points.Height: 23.31mm; width: 10.69mm; thickness of plate: 1.67mm; overall thickness; 6.84mm. Weight: 1.53g.This mount is largely green and has traces of a green patina at the front.A similar mount has been published and dated to the 17th century (Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, ref: 330).Similar mounts have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-E92C86; ESS-935130; HAMP-9EA1B0; IOW-34EF41; IOW-419B18; SUR-377D96 and SUSS-141997.Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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