File:Copper alloy trefoil mount c. 1600-1700AD (FindID 978491).jpg

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Copper alloy trefoil mount c. 1600-1700AD
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2019-11-04 17:52:16
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Copper alloy trefoil mount c. 1600-1700AD
Description
English: Copper alloy trefoil strap fitting/mount dating from the post medieval period c. 1600-1700AD, in the form of a clover leaf. The trefoil mount has a wavy stem. The upper surface is slightly domed with moulded decoration. The lower surface is convex and is undecorated but has two pointed lugs that have been bent to opposing sides. The object has a dark a dark brown patina.

Similar mounts can be found on the database - see SUR-3DCF67 and HAMP-DED291. Read (2001) has published a similar example see page 34, Ref 281.

Length: 23.5mm; width: 19.8mm; thickness (exc. Lugs): 3.0mm; thickness (inc. bent lugs): 6.3mm; weight: 3.70g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 978491
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1079591
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1079591/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/978491
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