File:Post Medieval copper alloy mount or brooch (front view) (FindID 1001077).jpg

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Post Medieval copper alloy mount or brooch (front view)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Vic Allnatt, 2020-08-15 12:26:54
Title
Post Medieval copper alloy mount or brooch (front view)
Description
English: A probable Post Medieval copper alloy mount or brooch, dating to circa AD 1500-1700.

The object is oval in form and has a convex upper surface and flat reverse. The decoration and form of the object are of a snake eating its own tail. The decoration on the front face and main body of the object are a series of incised cross hatching marks. There is a moulded pellet eye and V shaped notch cut out to form the mouth. The reverse is flat apart from one small section that is slightly raised and could suggest an attachment to allow the object to be mounted. The object has a dark brown to black coloured patina across all surfaces.

The design is similar to S shaped snake belt hooks or strap fittings of the period for example WMID-42DE85 discovered in Worcestershire or WMID-3F7436 discovered in Shropshire.

A parallel is recorded on the PAS database and suggested as a mount (LEIC-137AB6) discovered in Nottinghamshire is suggested as Post Medieval, therefore the same date is recorded for this example from the Coventry area.

The object measures 23.5 mm in diameter, 1.1 mm in thickness and weighs 0.97 grams.
 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Coventry
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1001077
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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/1112260
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1112260/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1001077
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 26′ 20.04″ N, 1° 34′ 38.39″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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