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Record ID: WMID-964712
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, a derivative of the trumpet headed type. The brooch dates from the late first to second century AD. The brooch has a trumpet shaped head which is hollow for the sprung pin mechanism, still intact. The pin, however, has been broken and is missing. The iron spring is of five coils and is held in place by an iron axis bar. Much of the iron from the spring has produced a ferrous corrosion product which has formed on the brooch. Above the trumpet head there is an integrally cast suspension loop, now broken. A ridge runs down the centre of t…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
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Record ID: WMID-961EA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch, probably of developed T-shaped type, dating from the later-first century to early-second century AD. Only the head and a small portion of the upper bow survive. The wings are semi-cylindrical in shape and have pierced plates at each end for the pin bar. The brooch was probably sprung but the pin mechanism is missing. The head is very angular and there is a step running from the top of the head down to the top of the wings where there is a break, probably where a projecting lug or loop has broken off. The head is decorated with a thin…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
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Record ID: WMID-958863
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of 'umbonate' type, dating from the late first to second century AD. The brooch is lozenge shaped (tear drop shaped) in plan and has an oval knop at the foot and an incomplete loop at the top. There is a knop on each side, approximately at the central point of the brooch. The brooch is rounded on the front, concave (dished) on the reverse. Below the broken loop at the top of the brooch on the reverse there is the remains of a hinged pin mechanism. The pin is missing. At the bottom of the brooch the catchplate remains intact, extending behind the …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2013
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Record ID: WMID-950214
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.d, pg.73, Plate 47, dating from the late first to second century AD. The brooch is of Polden Hill type and has the characteristic semi-circular wings with circular plates on the end, open at the back for the sprung pin mechanism. The wings are now filled with ferrous corrosion, indicating that the pin mechanism was iron. The brooch has a rearward projecting hook at the top of the head for securing the spring cord and the sides of the head …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2017
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Record ID: WMID-94DEC3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A moulded lead bifaced token of medieval or post-medieval date. One side of the token has moulded decoration incorporating a central pellet surrounded by lozenges with radiating lines emerging from between the lozenges, giving the appearance of a many petalled flower. The other side has a crude cross-hatched design and it is unclear what this is intended to represent. Such tokens may have performed a multitude of functions from gaming counters to a form of small change used in the absence of official low value coinage within a local area. Diameter 18.23 mm, thickness 2.27 mm, weight…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-933027
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late early-medieval to early high medieval stirrup-strap mount of probable eleventh century date. The mount is of Williams' Class A Type 12, being lozenge shaped (diamond shaped) with a flat base and a projecting loop at the top. The base is broken but the remnant of a circular rivet hole is visible at the break.The reverse is flat and the front is decorated with a central diagonal cross formed by four lozenge shaped recesses set around a central circular boss. These recesses may once have contained enamel although none now remains. Similar examples are illustra…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: WMID-92EBC2
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pendant or pierced uniface token of probable post-medieval date. The object may have originally been designed as a fairly crude pendant or it may have been a token pierced for suspension. One side is decorated with an incised floral design. Diameter 18.2 mm, thickness 2.65, weight 4.4 grams.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-92B638
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy chape from a late medieval to early post-medieval sword scabbard, dating from the late 15th to 16th century AD. The chape is incomplete, with only the front plate surviving. This plate is also slightly damaged. The chape is sub-oval in plan with a rounded front and a dished reverse for the blade. The chape terminates in a knop and is crenellated at the top, at the attachment end. It has an openwork trefoil in the centre with a horizontal rib above. A series of moulded ribs extend from the openwork trefoil to the edges of the chape, flaring gradually. Above the hori…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2016
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Record ID: WMID-927F48
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval strap end probably dating from the 14th century AD. The strap end is formed from two strips of copper-alloy riveted together by two rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the terminal. Only the rivet near the terminal remains. The terminal has been cut into a trefoil shape. The rest of the strap end is rectangular in plan. One surface has been decorated with a barely discernable abstract motif. The original surface is largely missing but traces of a probable gilded surface remain. See SWYOR-9DEDC5, SWYOR-95CD81, LVPL-D48D53 and YORYM-06D010 on this databa…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-922F22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy bar mount of probable medieval date. The mount is likely to have been a fitting from either a box or a book. The mount is 'T' shaped in plan, with a double loop at the complete end, presumably rivet holes for attachment. The other end is broken. The mount is decorated with a symmetrical moulded design incorporating mirrored fleur-de-lis with lozenges in between. The surface patina of most of the mount is missing and it has a purple brown appearance, although fine traces of a possible gilded surface remain. Length 49.9 mm, width 18.6 mm, weight 1.0 gram.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-91DCC3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy elaborate strap end of later Medieval date (circa AD 1390 - AD 1410). Length: 40.16 mm; width: 22.81 mm and 6.34 mm thick. Weight: 12.8 g. The strap end is cast in one piece and the hollow attachment end is trapezoidal in plan. The strap end terminates in an elaborate terminal with apparent leaf decoration.This terminal is damaged. The attachment end has a rectangular incised field containing incised lettering. The letters are somewhat difficult to discern but it seems most likely that they are a blundered or poorly executed variation of IHS, an abbre…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-90CFD1
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, probably either a stud from an item of furniture or a gaming counter for a game such as cribbage. The object terminates in a conical head and an integrally cast shank emerges below. This tapers gradually to a point. The relatively crude appearance of the shank perhaps suggests that it was intended to remain hidden, making a stud from a piece of furniture more likely than a gaming piece. The object is heavily abraded and corroded and now has a dark green to brown colour, missing most of its suface patina. The object lacks any distinuigishing characteristics …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-908C62
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy leg from a medieval to post-medieval skillet (cooking vessel). The leg is sub-rectangular in plan and lozenge shaped in section, with a slight ridge running down the centre on the front. The bottom of the leg is is splayed into a foot to support the leg.The leg measures 32.34 mm long, 28.58 mm wide, 15.79 mm thick and weighs 43.7 grams. It is heavily abraded and suffers from some corrosion. It has an uneven mid-green colour with a black coating where the surface metal survives. Much of the surface patina is missing.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2012
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