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Description: | A complete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy mount in the form of an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700).The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has horizontal grooves dividing the fruit from the cupola. The cupola is hatched. There is a small knop at the top and a stalk at the bottom. At the rear there are two tapering spikes, one at each end. Both are circular in cross-section.The front is reddish brown and the rear largely has a matt green patina. At the front there are traces of a shiny green patina. There is no indication of any surface treatment.Height: 33.1mm; width: 17.2mm; thickness: 1.7mm; thickness including spikes: 5.5mm. Weight: 3.01g.Mounts in similar form and style have been published by Brian Read. These published mounts have been dated by Read to c. 1600-c. 1700 AD (Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, refs: 331-334).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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