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Cosmetic pestle | GLO-7A6033 |
Roman | Gloucestershire |
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| Cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle, formed from a gently curving rod that has a circular cross section, the terminal is pointed. On the opposite end is rearward coil forming a loop. Cast copper alloy cosmetic mortar, formed from a gently curving rod which creates a shallow bowed profile. This ha... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | HAMP-C45DD0 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| A fairly elaborate cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle of late Iron Age/Roman date. The object has a pronounced hooked bow and moulded loop. The loop is flattened at the attachment end with a transverse notch just above the junction on the outer surface. Above the loop is rounded aroun... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-C59F34 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Cosmetic pestle, end-looped, the loop has a circular perforation and an additional smaller oval perforation where the loop returns to join the underside of the body, pointed end missing. Cf. Jackson 1985. Length >52mm. Weight 9.13g. Dates to the 1st-2nd centuries. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | SWYOR-098011 |
Roman | West Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy Romano-British end-looped cosmetic pestle probably dating from 1 - 300 AD. This example appears to be unusual because the handle or loop is placed on the concave side of the curved rod forming the pestle, rather than at the end or on the convex side. In Jackson's Catalogue of Cosme... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | HESH-BDF153 |
Roman | Shropshire |
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| Cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle of later Iron Age or early Roman date circa 50 BC - 200 AD. It is sub-rectangular in plan with both the terminals tapering to blunt points and a rounded oval in cross section. The body of the pestle curves along its length; it also flares and tapers in thickness,... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | HAMP-2D6183 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| A corroded and abraded cast copper-alloy probable cosmetic centre-looped pestle of late Iron Age/Roman date. The object is broadly peltaic in form, with a long, shallowly curved lower edge, broken at one end. The upper edge is less concave than many published examples (see Jackson 1985, 188; refs... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | SF-F3B0B1 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A copper alloy late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic pestle. It has a curved, concave shape with a circular cross section, tapering in width to one terminal which is rounded and worn. The opposite terminal curves over to form a loop handle. The pestle measures 37.16mm in length, 4.11mm in thickness ... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-E2F697 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Extremely abraded Roman end-loop cosmetic pestle, distal end of sub-circular sectioned stem missing. The suspension loop is tear-drop shaped and along the stem "a slender bill-like extension giving the appearance of a duck-head" (Jackson 1985, 182, no. 41). Length >50.5mm. 1st - 2nd century. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-194136 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| An incomplete Iron Age/Roman cosmetic pestle. The rod is lenticular in section, with a shallow convex curve on the upper face and a deep convex curve on the lower face. It tapers towards each up-turned end and has a central broken, oval sectioned stem. It is similar to examples in Jackson (2010, ... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | SWYOR-00D0C7 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A cast, copper alloy cosmetic pestle from a Late Iron Age or Romano-British cosmetic pestle and mortar set, dating from 100 BC - 400 AD though the main period of use seems to have been in the 1st and 2nd century. It is crescent shaped with a single loop at one end, the loop having a small, protru... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | LIN-17B7C3 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A Romano-British copper-alloy pestle from a cosmetic grinder. The pestle is circular in cross-section and concave in profile. One end tapers to a point. The other end curles over on the underside to form a loop. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NCL-44F4E7 |
Roman | Northumberland |
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| A cast copper-alloy cosmetic pestle from a crescentic mortar and pestle set of the Roman period, c. 100-300. The pestle is incomplete, missing its endloop. In section, the pestle is circular, and in profile it is crescentic, with one end thicker and slightly rounder than its opposite, thinner a... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | SWYOR-E137B1 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| Possibly, a cast, copper alloy cosmetic pestle, dating from the late iron age or early Roman period, c. 100-200AD. It is 25.8mm long, 23mm wide and 7.5mm thick. It weighs 7.58gm. It consists of a rounded body in the shape of a pointed oval, from one side of which extends a short, circular shaft e... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | SWYOR-674821 |
Roman | North Lincolnshire |
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| Possibly, a cast, copper alloy cosmetic pestle, dating from the late iron age or early Roman period, c. 100-200AD. It consists of a rounded body in the shape of a pointed oval, from one side of which extends a short, circular shaft ending in a pair of rings positioned side by side. The pestle has... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | ESS-474BE8 |
Roman | Essex |
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| A Roman copper alloy cosmetic pestle . The object is crescentic shaped and is 48mm long, with a central loop. The object is missing one end. This would have been used (with a mortar) to grind cosmetics.1st to 2nd century AD. cf Jackson, 1985 ' Cosmetic Sets from Iron Age and Roman Britain',... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | ESS-F4AE62 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Roman copper alloy cosmetic pestle. Virtually straight stem with a loop at one end and a tapering terminal at the other. 63mm long. 1st-2nd century. cf Jackson 'Cosmetic sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain', in Britannia Vol XVI, page 180, Fig 6, no. 47 | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | ESS-F4A416 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Roman copper alloy cosmetic pestle. It is 47mm long and slightly crescentic-shaped, with a central loop. 1st to 2nd century AD. cf Jackson, 1985 ' Cosmetic Sets from Iron Age and Roman Britain', in Britannia, Vol XVI, page 188, Fig 8, nos. 93 and 95. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | BH-AC3A03 |
Roman | Bedfordshire |
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| A lead artefact of probable Roman date. This piece has been identified by Ralph Jackson as being a possible model for a cosmetic pestle which may subsequently have been adapted into a phallic pendant. The artefact has been cast in one piece. The stem is bow-shaped, curving upwards at each end ... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | YORYM-8E1555 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A cast copper alloy cosmetics grinder of Roman date. This object represents half of a pestle and mortar set, probably the pestle as no hollow is visible. The pestle ends is a loop as the metal is bent back on itself. The hollow area resulting from this fold is quite flat. The opposite end tapers ... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | DENO-D0A758 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| Roman cosmetic grinder; cast copper alloy ‘pestle’ from a cosmetic grinder set of probable early Roman date. The pestle is in the form of a curved sausage of oval cross-section which tapers towards both ends. The concave side of the curve has an integral oval suspension loop in the centre. ... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-CC0C72 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| An incomplete centre-loop cosmetic pestle, with part of the loop and both ends of the blade missing. Length >40mm. Width 6.5mm. Weight 3.82g. 1st – 2nd century. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-B87896 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| An incomplete cosmetic pestle, which is crescentic and centre-looped, with one end missing. Measures >57mm x 17mm, weight 4.68g. Cf. Jackson (1985) fig.8, no.93. 1st-2nd century AD. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-E9C274 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| A centre-loop cosmetic pestle, with one terminal missing. The surface is obscured by a deposit including charcoal. Length >34mm. Height 21mm. Thickness 7mm. 1st – 2nd century. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NCL-B88C32 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| A cast copper-alloy pestle from a cosmetic set of the Roman period. The pestle is centre-looped, but the loop is missing, leaving a crescentic shape with a shank emerging from the centre of the concave edge. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | GLO-226396 |
Roman | Avon |
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| Incomplete cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle length 28mm, width 3mm, thickness 14mm, weight 4.66g. Rectangular in cross-section, there is a circular suspension loop at one end this has a large plate (1mm thick) this expands from the lower section of the loop and continues to about the mid sectio... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-D5EB24 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Romano British centre-loop of a cosmetic pestle. Abraded, ends of crescentic rod and part of circular suspension loop missing. Short oval-sectioned stem connects loop to rod. A very small example, smaller than an example from Wicklewood described by Jackson (1985, 190, no. 96) as of atypical form... | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-F0C146 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Upper stem and suspension loop of a Romano British end-looped cosmetic pestle. The loop is in the form of a duck-head. Cf. Jackson (1985) nos.40 and 41. 1st – 2nd century. | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-888FE2 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Romano-British cosmetic pestle, worn and corroded, crescentic centre-looped, one end damaged, 37 x 20mm, weight 9.18g. Cf. Jackson 1985. 1st-2nd century AD. | |||||
| Cosmetic pestle | YORYM-7F1693 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Elliptical 'Woad Grinder' (upper piece). | |||||
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Cosmetic pestle | NMS-636A77 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| Romano-British incomplete cosmetic pestle, large end-loop, curving oval-sectioned stem, tip missing, length >55mm, weight 10.72g. Cf. Jackson 1985. 1st-2nd century AD. | |||||

