Record ID: BH-F00CC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy enamelled plate brooch (Mackreth's Enamelled Oval Group 3.a.1) dating to the second century AD. The brooch plate is oval in plan and rectangular in section. It possesses a marginal circumferential rib of reserve metal, which creates a ring-shaped cell filled with degraded red enamel. A further rib of reserve metal surrounds the central setting. This setting is oval in plan and cylindrical in section and also appears to be filled with degraded red enamel. On the underside, the catchplate is trapezoidal in shape. There are two semi-circular pierced lugs to accommodate the…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: BM-D56A64
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy belt plate dating to the third century AD. The fragment comprises a portion of a rectangular plate. At one end there extend two semi-circular pierced lugs which are surrounded by iron corrosion products, probably associated with the buckle frame. From the underside of the plate, there also extends a small, circular-section lug. At the other end, there extend two rectangular cells, which originally appear to have been filled with yellow enamel, traces of which survive. The belt plate measures 27mm in length, 23mm in width and is a maximum of 7mm in thickness.…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: BM-C01BA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy finger ring dating to the late second or third century AD. It has a rectangular-section hoop which expands at the shoulders, before tapering again where it meets the flat, circular bezel. The bezel possesses a central circular cell filled with red enamel. The height of the ring measures 17.16mm. The external diameter of the hoop is 19.91mm and the internal diameter of the hoop is 17.94mm. The internal height of the hoop is 14.86mm. The length of the bezel is 9.51mm and the width is 9.12mm. The shoulders of the ring measure 4.86mm in width and 1.71mm in thicknes…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-0FB733
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toggle of late Iron Age date. The toggle comprises a bulbous central boss with three arms projecting out, two at opposing point and the third mid-way between. A worn break is present at the centre of the remaining side from which an integral loop for attachment may have extended. Each arm has a narrowed waist which expands to form circular terminals. Each terminal has a central circular depression within a wider recessed annulet and raised border. Traces of red enamel remain within each recess. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The object i…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2016
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Record ID: BM-11B3ED
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an unidentified copper-alloy object, with elaborate ribbed and enamelled decoration, probably dating to the Roman period. The object comprises a strip of copper-alloy, which is approximately 'n' shaped in section. At one end, the strip terminates in an end plate. The other end is distorted and broken. The straight 'back' of the object is undecorated, whereas the curved surface possesses numerous horizontal cells for enamel, created with grooves and reserve metal ribs. The cells are filled with enamel. Although the enamel is degraded and in places missing, it is clear tha…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: BM-DFD04A
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
The lid of a copper-alloy Roman seal box with enamelling dating to the second century AD. The seal box is of Andrews Type P2D3 being lamp-shaped with a heart or leaf-shaped motif in reserve metal. Part of the hinge is damaged. The small, poorly made lid has two small opposing lugs flanking the terminal, which may also have a circle and dot design. On its otherwise plain underside is a small locating pin. The seal box lid is 27mm long, 16mm wide and 1mm thick. Andrews' (2012) catalogues no examples where a P2 form is coupled with D3 decoration making this find unique in Roman Britain.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
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Record ID: BM-DFAA95
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lid of a copper-alloy enamelled seal box dating to the second century AD. The seal box is a Andrews Type P2D2, being piriform in shape with a central circle surrounded by a ring-shaped cell. (Andrews 2012, 12). The hinge element is complete. There are traces of blue/green enamel in the outer circle and there is a domed rivet at the centre of the inner circle, the rivet for which is visible on the underside. On the terminal is a V-shaped recessed field filled with red enamel. The terminal is flanked by two lugs and on its flat underside is a small locating pin. The seal box l…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
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Record ID: BM-A1EEBF
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamel seal-box lid dating to the second century AD. The seal box is of Andrews Type P3D3, being leaf-shaped in form and possessing a heart or leaf-shaped decoration (Andrews 2012, 12) with a roundel enclosed in the heart. The hinge is incomplete. The heart has traces of red enamel while the roundel is the same colour as the outer field. There is a solid spot of metal above the heart. The slightly recessed underside is plain with a small pin beneath the terminal knob. The leaf-shaped lid does not appear to have the terminal lug common on the type. Close parallels…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
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Record ID: BM-D3A57D
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and enamel seal box dating to the second or third century AD. The seal box is of Andrews Type P3D3, being leaf-shaped in form and possessing decoration in the form of a leaf or heart (Andrews 2012, 12) with a roundel enclosed within the heart. There is well-preserved red enamel inside the heart. There are four applied dots running in a line from the hinge to the terminal: one just above the heart, one within the roundel, one below the roundel, and one at the tip of the heart. The hinge on the lid is damaged. The terminal of the lid ends in a lug which on its undersid…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
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Record ID: BM-43EB3F
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate copper-alloy seal box lid with enamelling dating to the second or third century AD. The seal box is of Andrews Type P2D15, being lamp-shaped with a cental phallus motif. It possesses a central circular cell which is surrounded by circumferential ring-shaped cell. Inside the circular cell is an applied copper-alloy motif, possibly depicting a stylised phallus. The motif has an 'eye' comprising a circular cell filled with white enamel. This applied motif is secured by a rivet which is visible on the underside of the lid. The circumferential cell appears to have been …
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: BM-B12E88
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy decorative veneer dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises a flat strip which is rectangular in plan. The strip is marginally ribbed on its upper surface, with both ribs being notched diagonally and possesses a range of ribbed decoration, creating a series of cells. From left to right, the decoration comprises a pelta motif, two opposing pelta motifs, a lozenge and a further pelta motif. Remnants of blue enamelling are visible in various places on the upper surface of the plate. The underside of the plate is flat and plain. It measures 72mm in le…
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: DUR-AE48A9
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A complete button and loop fastener dating from the late Iron Age through to the early Roman period. The object has a circular "button" with a space in the centre which has a diameter of 31.56 mm and is 9.94 mm wide and 3.89 mm thick. The front of the disc shape has sub-triangular and pointed oval shaped cells which alternately contain red and yellow enamel although some of the enamel is missing . Attached to the inside of the disc is a circular cell with some red enamel still in place. The back of the disk is flat and undecorated and from it projects a sub-oval shaft which splits …
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: BM-F731B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified copper-alloy object, likely to be some element of personal adornment dating to the second or third centuries AD. The fragment comprises a flat circular plate, the upper surface of which possesses a circular cell filled with remnants of blue enamel. From one end of the circular plate, there extends a rectangular-section lug, which appears to be broken. At the other end, there extend to further lugs. One is circular in section and tapers slightly to a point; the other is oval in shape and possesses a small circular piercing filled with corrosion products. T…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: BM-F6F182
Object type: TACK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy enamelled tack dating to the second or third centuries AD. The tack comprises a circular plate, the upper surface of which is divided into two cells with a ring of reserve metal. The outer cell contains remnants of discoloured, possibly originally blue, enamel. The inner cell also contains remnants of enamel. At the centre of the inner cell is a slight circular depression. On the underside of the plate, which is flat and plain, there extends a central, circular section lug. The stud measures 19mm in diameter and 1mm in thickness. The lug measures 3mm in diameter and is …
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
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Record ID: BM-DD24DC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy lid from a pyxis dating to the second century AD. The lid comprises a flat circular disc with a central circular piercing measuring 5mm in diameter. The circumference of the upper surface of the mount has a raised and bevelled edge created from reserve metal. Two further concentric ribs of reserve metal create three unequally sized ring-shaped cells. The outermost cell is filled with rectangular cells of degraded blue enamel measuring 3mm in width, separated by voids also of 3mm in width. These voids are likely to originally have been filled with enamel of a contrasting…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: BM-D9FC64
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper-alloy object, probably an element from the centre of an openwork belt-plate dating to the mid second or third centuries AD. The element comprises a hemispherical-section bar of two circular cells separated by a waisted moulding. Each cell is filled with a ring of degraded turquoise enamel, with the inside of each ring empty. The bar terminates at each end in a trapezoidal collar and small offset rectangular lugs. These lugs were probably used to secure the bar within the larger belt plate. The underside of the element is plain. It measures 30mm in length, a maximum of 7m…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: BM-C8DAFB
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy enamelled belt plate dating to the third century AD. The fragment comprises a flat semi-circular end plate and part of one of the rectangular side plates, which originally would have formed one end of an elaborate composite belt fitting. The end plate is flat and decorated with three semi-circular cells for enamel. The cells are created with ribs of reserve metal. Only the middle cell contains degraded enamel, which is blue in colour. On the outer edge of the plate, at regular intervals are the remains of three circular pierced lugs. They are worn and brok…
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: FAPJW-88D523
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and enamel decorative element from a plate brooch dating to the second or early third century AD. The decorative element is oval in shape and divided in to two curved, spiral sections. One of these sections is decorated with blue enamel while the other is decorated with yellow enamel. The underside of the object is plain. The object is 15mm in length, 13mm in width and 2mm thick. The object weighs 1.9g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: FAPJW-877F73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy and enamelled plate brooch dating to the second to early third century AD. The brooch is flat and circular in shape with a central knopped conical boss. The central knopped conical boss is encircled by the remnants of a white-metal beaded rim. Surrounding the central boss are two concentric bands. The inside band is now empty and probably contained enamel. The outer band contains blue enamel. Between the bands and around the outer edge of the brooch are the remnants of a white-metal beaded rim. On the underside of the brooch is a trapezoidal catch plate and two perforat…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: DUR-A54350
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy medieval harness pendant dating to post 1376- c.1450. It has a field of blue enamel with three raised fleur-de-lys, two above and one below, (azure, three fleurs de lys or). The fleur-de-lis and the thin border have been gilded. There is an attachment loop set perpendicular to the pendant at the top, the loop is broken. Irene Szymanski has seen an image of this pendant and comments 'It's what's known as France Modern, France Ancient (azure, semy de lys or) was similar, except that there were an unspecified number of fleurs-de-lys scattered over the blue bac…
Created on: Monday 24th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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