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	Mount	LANCUM-5914D5	Roman	Cumbria	xml \| csv json
Enamelled cast copper alloy mount dating from the early Roman period, i.e. c. AD43-200. The mount is complete and the enamel inlay is in very good condition. The mount is small, diamond-shaped, with a short, pointy lug on the reverse. The obverse has a stepped outer rim and a geometric design in ...
	Spindle whorl	SWYOR-DCDC87	Medieval	North Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
A mis-cast lead alloy spindle whorl which is interesting as it is evidence of manufacture. The whorl is irregularly shaped and only half the thickness of a normal whorl. The mould must have slipped during casting as the central perforation is full of lead alloy, and there is a large flange projec...
	Clasp	BERK-C5FD26	Medieval	Oxfordshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy clasp, dating from the late medieval period c. AD 1400-1550. The clasp is formed from one sheet of copper which has been bent over to form a double sheet. The clasp is sub-rectangular in plan and has a loop or hook at the peak that is recessed above the main body. The body of ...
	Strap fitting	SWYOR-C5CB54	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
A copper alloy probable strap fitting, maybe an unusual button and loop fastener. The use of enamel suggests a 2nd or 3rd century date about 100 - 300 AD. The object is rectangular in plan and triangular in section. It has a flange projecting around the base on the two long sides and one short si...
	Brooch	BERK-B31D63	Medieval	Oxfordshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy annular brooch dating from the 13th or 14th century. The brooch has a lozenge-shaped cross-section with a constriction for the pin. The buckle frame is of twisted cable pattern (four twists), and within each twist is a line of granules. The pin is cone shaped and is long and t...
	Mount	HESH-85A2D2	Roman	Herefordshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy mount with inlaid enamel cells of unknown function dating from early within the Roman period (c. 60-150 AD). It is unclear due to the lack of functional information which direction the mount was aligned (vertically or horizontally). The mount has been illustrated (by Candy Ste...
	Brooch	PUBLIC-09CB67	Roman	Gloucestershire	xml \| csv json
Roman copper alloy plate brooch of umbonate variant type and of 2nd century date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, catch-plate and some of the peripheral border (with a surviving length of 22.5mm, an overall depth of 12mm and a weight of 6.0g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lu...
	Button and loop fastener	WMID-07E690	Iron age	Staffordshire	xml \| csv json
A broken copper-alloy button and looped fastener in two pieces. The fastener dates from the late Iron Age to early Roman period, from circa 100 BC to 150 AD. The break in the piece is in on the shank of the loop, a result of the metal being corroded and in an unstable condition. The front of the ...
	Spindle whorl	HESH-F56AC6	Roman	Herefordshire	xml \| csv json
Cast lead or lead alloy bi-convex decorated spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval date (1 - 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan; originally being circular however due to patinated damage it is now irregular. Both faces have a cast rim around the edge and also a similar rim aroun...
	Mount	HESH-B53141	Early medieval	Herefordshire	xml \| csv json
A near complete cast copper alloy mount of unknown function dated to the later Early Medieval period (c.950-1100). The mount is irregular in plan and D shaped in cross section; the edges are slightly bevelled. The mount consists of a series of small lobes tapering and expanding along its edges. T...
	Strap end	NLM-9CC937	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy Strap End fragment. Flat bifurcated cast strap end decorated with closely spaced stamped double ring and dot of diameter 6.4mm. The pointed terminal bears chip-carved notching at both its edges. The use of broad belts was restricted to soldiers and administrators under the later Empi...
	Brooch	BERK-8F0A06	Iron age	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy Iron Age one piece La Tené III brooch, dating to the early first century AD (c. AD 20-43). The brooch is incomplete; the main body of the bow and the catchplate is all that survives, and this is distorted and bent. The bow itself is shouldered at the top and slowly narrows to...
	Brooch	BERK-8EDEA1	Iron age	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy Iron Age one piece La Tené III brooch, dating to the early first century AD (c. AD 20-43). The brooch is incomplete; the main body of the bow and the catchplate is all that survives, and this is distorted and bent. The bow itself widens fromthe spring end down towards the foo...
	Buckle	NARC-7816F3	Medieval	Northamptonshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy buckle plate. The buckle is missing, broken at the join. A central circular hole cut out. Two rivets protruding from the reverse, equally spaced either side of the hole. The rivets are circular ins ection and are fluch against the surface. The reverse is plain and flat (apart from th...
	Brooch	BERK-72DAE0	Early medieval	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete cast copper-alloy saucer brooch of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. The brooch is missing most of its outer circumference and its entire angled rim; stylistically, the brooch is decorated with a raised central boss surrounded by an irregular circle, further enclosed by a five-pointe...
	Brooch	BERK-725B84	Early medieval	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete cast copper-alloy disc brooch of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. The brooch is flat, circular in form and has incised decoration on the front face. A small central perforation is surrounded by two concentric circles, which in turn is ringed by eight shallow punched dots. Outside of...
	Strap fitting	NLM-719377	Post medieval	North Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy Strap Fitting. Cast plate comprising three conjoined ovals each decorated with a central device resembling a ring and dot, with a loop on the back formerly subdivided into three compartments (one of the members dividing these is now lost). The object presumably functioned as a strap...
	Button	BERK-2227E0	Post medieval	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
A cast lead alloy button dating to the early post-medieval period (16th to 17th Century). The button is circular in plan with a raised openwork six-spoked wheel design with a central pellet on the front. Within each section of the openwork spoked wheel is the remains of a thin coating, probably ...
	Mount	NLM-F82B96	Post medieval	Lincolnshire	xml \| csv json
Copper alloy Mount. Cast rhomboid flat-backed plate with incised decoration comprising a hatched or billeted border, and three sets of paired lines, the wider one intersected at right angles by the narrower pairs. There is no provision for fastening, so this may have decorated a rigid surface as ...
	Spoon	YORYM-F35572	Medieval	North Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
An incomplete cast copper alloy handle of medieval date. The handle fragment is rectangular in plan and flares out slightly at the terminal end. The opposite end has a straight but worn break. The upper surface of the handle is decorated with a series of stippling in geometric patterns including ...
	Nail cleaner	SOM-8E0A70	Roman	Wiltshire	xml \| csv json
Roman cast copper alloy nail cleaner of Colchester type 1b. Only the upper part and suspension loop survive; the tip is lost to an old break. The shaft is rectangular in section and the suspension loop is in the same plane as the shaft; it tapers slightly but constantly from the suspension loop t...
	Brooch	NARC-764657	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml \| csv json
Incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet headed brooch, dating to the 2nd century AD. The head loop is missing. There is some white residue within the reverse spring box, which is probably solder residue. The lugs each side of the box are intact and are 5mm wide, with circular perforations to fix the...
	Buckle	LEIC-4EECC5	Post medieval	Leicestershire	xml \| csv json
Large, decorative copper alloy rectangular buckle, dated to late 15th and 16th centuries, probably used on waist or sword belt (Whitehead 1996, 77). The object is in good condition, with punched circles in decoration on one side. The other side of the buckle is left plain. Length: 63 mm Width: 43...
	Pendant	LANCUM-E36A76	Roman	Cumbria	xml \| csv json
Probably an enamelled cast cu-alloy pendant dating from the later Roman period, i.e. c. AD200-410. The artefact is flat and roughly circular-shaped with a moulded trefoil at one end. The trefoil is damaged and incomplete. The reverse of the artefact is undecorated and smooth. The obverse was deco...
	Thimble	BERK-BC5163	Post medieval	Oxfordshire	xml \| csv json
A silver Post-medieval thimble, complete and in good condition apart from a split on one side. The thimble is made from one sheet of silver and is covered with regular circular indentations on both the sides and dome; towards the opening at the base of the thimble is a plain band flanked by two t...
	Purse	DOR-B9C484	Medieval	Dorset	xml \| csv json
Part of a cast copper alloy purse bar with niello decoration. On side bar only remains. It is broken off just before the point where it would attach to the central "boss" of the purse bar, with part of zoomorphic decoration remaining (the mouth of a stylised head). The side bar is circular in cro...
	Brooch	BERK-B89DD7	Roman	Warwickshire	xml \| csv json
A cast copper alloy Roman Polden Hill style brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch has rounded end caps on the arm terminals; a small ring a dot motif has been punched on to the brooch behind each arm while another is located above the spring wire loop on the head of the brooch. Going ...
	Saddle	LVPL-4D68A1	Post medieval	Cheshire	xml \| csv json
A complete cast copper alloy saddle pommel, of Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD). The pommel is sub-oval in plan, and circular in section. The front has been decorated with incised lines, three running from top to bottom, and three diagonally either side. Four holes are present in ...
	Hooked tag	SWYOR-3A7F91	Early medieval	West Yorkshire	xml \| csv json
An Early Medieval sheet copper alloy hooked tag with an oval plate (almost onion shaped) tapering to an integral hook which is broken. There are two attachment holes in the plate. One is filled with corrosion and the other has the remains of an iron rivet. The plate has decoration consisting of d...
	Dress hook	BERK-1315E4	Post medieval	Berkshire	xml \| csv json
A copper alloy Post-medieval hooked tag or dress-hook of Read's (2008) Class D Type 6 and dating to the 16th century. The dress hook consists of a trefoil-shaped back plate with cusped edges cut from a single sheet of copper. On to the front of this plate are soldered three hemispherical bosses, ...