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Description: | A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700).This mount is heart-shaped in plan and flat at the rear. It is plain at the front. At the rear there are two tapering spikes, one at each end. These are 'D'-shaped in cross-section and are folded inwards securing a fragment of leather.The mount is reddish brown with some green patina at the front. The leather is hard and dark grey and black. The leather is probably part of a belt or strap.Height: 19.6mm; width: 12.9mm; overall thickness: 7.0mm. Weight: 2.24g.A similar mount has been published and illustrated (Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, ref: 323).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.Similar mounts have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-14ACB4; BH-8ECE51; DEV-56DF01; IOW-D8CFD5; LVPL-494872; SWYOR-8FABE8; WILT-86DD35 and WMID-AB0E71.
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