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Post medieval: Man in the moon mount / strap fitting / hooked tag
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2012-03-07 18:09:02
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Post medieval: Man in the moon mount / strap fitting / hooked tag
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy openwork mount or hooked tag of Early Post Medieval dating.

The mount is sub circular in plan, with a integrally cast projecting hook on one side. It would have originally been one of a pair, with its partner having an integrally cast loop to recieve the hook. The decoration on the front consists of a Crescent moon, with a face present, looking towards a six pointed star. The hook extends from the star. The back of the mount is plain and undecorated.

It measures 39.1mm in length, 23.71mm wide and 2.52mm thick. It weighs 4.9 grams.

The mount is mid green to dark brown in colour with an abraded surface patina. Abrasion has occurred due to movement whilst within the plough soil and has resulted in a loss of some of the surface detail and patina.

These mounts are thought to represent the Man in the Moon, and are possibly from a sword bell or baldrick. An published example is present in Read, 2008, p224, #805 and has been dated to c.16th to 17th Centuries AD. Several similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database either as mounts or strap fittings as <a href="../../database/artefacts/record/id/114231">HAMP-1C48B4</a>, <a href="../../database/artefacts/record/id/277094">SUSS-2E08A5</a>, <a href="../../database/artefacts/record/id/256534">NMS-26F8C0</a>. A complete paired example has been recorded as <a href="../../database/artefacts/record/id/286444">NARC-6ECFD1</a>.

Reference:
Read, B. 2008. Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1500 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 492837
Old ref: WMID-7A35E5
Filename: WMID-7A35E5.jpg
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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/373187
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/373187/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/492837
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Object location51° 48′ 56.52″ N, 0° 08′ 50.33″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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