Record ID: YORYM-7524D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Dragonesque brooch dating to the Roman period, c. AD 75-175. Mackreth 2011, DRAG 3.a4, Plate 129, no. 7821. The brooch is incomplete with the central leaf-shaped plate representing the body and one head remaining. This head is incomplete while the opposing head and the pin is entirely missing. The brooch has an S-shape abstract zoomorphic form with heads turned in at each terminal. The remaining head has a small incomplete annulet which is likely representative of an eye. Any further detail on the head is either worn or los…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9F6A33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. it has an enamelled head decorated on each side with a voided semicircle of blue enamel, with red under the arc, with two yellow and red triangles above, and three yellow and red triangles below. There is a very worn double collar above the acanthus moulding which is also worn, but which is only on the front of the bow. Two clearer collars below above two triangular cells for enamel on each of the two faces of the faceted bow, and then a long cell leaving a zigzagged edge of reserved metal along the arris. The foot is missin…
Created on: Sunday 3rd April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: DUR-5DDAA8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled harness pendant complete with hanger from the Medieval period (AD1340-1400). The pendant is in the form of a quatrefoil with an integral loop protruding from upper foil. It is decorated with a raised, pointed, flat-topped shield with a moulded Roman cross with trefid ends. There is red enamel in the recesses around the cross. The foils flanking and at the top of the raised shield are probably decorated with moulded long-necked, long-tailed creatures, probably birds. The latter are outlined in dark blue enamel, which extends to the edges o…
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NCL-D4EBD5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Viking cast lead-alloy trade weight dating from the early medieval period - the 9th or 10th century. The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental cast copper alloy metalwork (possibly gilt) set into a lead base. The item appears complete. It is of flat cubic shape with the ornamental copper alloy inset covering all of the upper surface. The decoration of the copper alloy piece is simple: a small square surrounded by four L-shapes with arms of equal length. The interior of the smaller geometrical shapes is scratched/roughened up, possibly to receive and hold enamel. …
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8D3CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A gold and enamel posy ring dating from about AD 1670 - 1730. The ring has a hoop of D shaped cross-section and is slightly distorted. The inside is inscribed "I am thy lott refuse me not" in italic script with a long S. There is no maker's mark. The external face is decorated with a motif in relief that repeats three times; a U shaped symbol from which springs a pair of leaves, with another pair of leaves above, a heart shaped flower above them, and the pistle and stamen above the cup like petals. The pistle and stamen are embellished with white enamel. No other enamel survives, but …
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NCL-271C9A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy cup-headed stud inlaid with green enamel. Sally Worrell has comented that such studs are late Iron Age or Early Roman, usually with either a blue or red enamel (see FAKL-FCD5C7). This example has a green enamel with no traces of blue or red. The head is cup-shaped and is roughly circular in plan. The diameter of the head is 14.44mm and the cup has a thickness of 5.57mm. On the under side of the cup is a truncated shank, 4.65mm diameter x 2.44mm long. Objects like this occur in Iron Age contexts with parallels from Dinorben, Abergele, Denb. (Savory 19…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2019
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Record ID: NCL-A9F985
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper-alloy headstud brooch of the Roman period, dating c. 70-200. The brooch consists is very worn and corroded, with only one arm partially surviving on the head. A moulded line in relief at the back of the head separates the front of the brooch with the reverse, with two long cylinders on the back of the head acting as lugs for a hinged pin, now missing. The bow tapers from the centre of the head toward the foot, becoming increasingly corroded until a break. A separate headstud was inserted through a hole in the top of the bow where it joins the head. The he…
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Record ID: NCL-512AFA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary headstud brooch of early Roman date, c. AD 70-200. Only the head of the brooch remains, consisting of the upper bow, arms, and pin mechanism. The bow is rectangular in section, and enough remains to indicate that it tapered toward the foot. No headstud is present, but this was probably located below the break of the bow. A row of alternating red and blue enamel squares runs up the centre of the bow. The arms are square in appearance (facing forward) and D-shaped in section, with the flat face forward. Each arm bears a vertical arrangement of three small rectangular fi…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th July 2014
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Record ID: NCL-50D4E9
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date, c. AD 1150-1350. The harness pendant consists of a rectangular hanger that is only slightly decorated with a narrow groove across the middle width, separating the head of the hanger from the hinged suspension lug. The reverse of the hanger has a shank of rectangular section that appears to have an abraded break at its end. The pendant suspends from the hanger from a shank positioned in the centre of the upper edge of a shield-shape. The tip of the shield is missing, and the surface has been considerably worn, but e…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NCL-781B67
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end of Thomas type A1, dating c. 800-1100. The strap end is largely complete, though has suffered from surface wear and corrosion. The object has a split end, with two circular holes to take rivets, now missing; the outer frame of the upper tap of the split end has been lost, though this is the only missing part of the strap end, along with the rivets. The main panel is decorated with a stylized beast in low relief, and what appears to be enamel in the field around the beast. The enamel is a grey-white colour, but wear and corrosion have obscured the details of…
Created on: Monday 5th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th May 2014
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Record ID: NCL-514866
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date, c. 1250-1450. The pendant is shaped as a quatrefoil with a suspension loop emerging from the central edge of the top foil. The surface retains enamel with voids within it, suggesting metal insets which have been lost. In the centre of the pendant is a red enamel, outlined by a shield-shaped void, and with voids in the centre of the enamel that suggest a heraldic beast rampant of uncertain type. The foils retain a blue-green or turquoise enamel, with the upper and side foils also bearing voids that suggest they contained a lis on…
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
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Record ID: NCL-9FCBF7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch of the early Roman period, c. 75-200. The brooch is incomplete, missing its sprung pin and the catchplate. The brooch has a flared head reminiscent of the bell of a trumpet, and retains enamel in triangular cells. A larger cell of white enamel is found to either side of the bow where it merges with the head, while four red cells are arranged in a pseduo-triangular fashion with two found near the upper edge and two smaller cells found close together at the top of the bow. The bow probably bears moulded acanthus decoration flanked above and below by…
Created on: Monday 18th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
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Record ID: NCL-051C34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy umbonate brooch of the Roman period, c. 100-250. The brooch is incomplate, consisting of a slightly convex base of octagonal shape, with projecting knops at each angle, with a conical projetion of the brooch in its centre. There is a slight projection of the outer edge where the double lug for the hinge pin extends from the underside, the hinge and upper shaft of which remain corroded in place.The lug extension also retains the remains of the base of a headloop. The exterior surface of the brooch has a cellular pattern, most of the cells retaining enamel. The…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Record ID: NCL-659C32
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, c. 500-600. The mount is incomplete, consisting of a rectangular box with a hollow underside. There is a broken rim around the base of the box, and the upper face bears four shallow cells. Two subsquare cells are placed in opposite corners from each other, with T-shaped cells filling the majority of space in between. The T-shaped cells are positions so the crossbars line up with the base of the upright of the opposite T-shape. The subsquare cells do not have any inlay, though they originally probably contained enamel. The T-…
Created on: Monday 29th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2013
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Record ID: NCL-D79EA3
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy linch pin terminal of late Iron Age-Roman date, c. 100 BC-AD 200. Only the terminal of the lynch pin survives, as a copper-alloy socket that fit over the end of the iron pin. In profile, the body of the terminal is triangular, though it is hollow and circular in section, with a break at one end, and a thick oval base at the other, this latter with a rectangular hole near one edge. The body of the terminal is decorated with circumscribed circles the retain an orange-yellow enamel in the central cell.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: NCL-B79326
Object type: CHATELAINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy chatelaine of Roman date, c. 43-200. The chatelaine is largely complete, missing only the axis bar from which toilet articles would have been suspended. The body of the chatelaine is formed by a rectangular plate decorated on the outer face with three raised bands to either side of a central panel that runs across the width of the face. The panel has a sunken field with traces of white enamel between the uprights of eight 'V'-shapes. A suspension loop consisting of a knop formed by two stacked balls and a thin plate set perpendicular to the body is found in th…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
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Record ID: NCL-5F9BA3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date, probably c. 1200-1300. The pendant is largely complete, missing a portion of the very worn suspension loop. The pendant is sub-square in plan with a thick outer edge with moulded notches, creating a wavy, beaded effect. The field is sunken, of 3-4mm depth, with a central, domed square boss. Most of the field retains a veneer of blue enamel, less than 1mm in thickness. The reverse is undecorated. The suspension loop emerges from the centre of the upper edge. The squarish form of the pendant, use of enamel, and lack of hera…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2020
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Record ID: NCL-36F694
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy probable finger ring of the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The ring is incomplete, retaining only the bezel. The bezel is disc-shaped with a decorated face inlaid with enamel. The face has an outer circle with small trapezoidal cells filled with blued enamel, while the inner circle is quartered with the cells filled with red enamel. One side of the bezel retains a slight projection of the hoop, and the opposite side of the bezel has broken edges. The underside is worn and corroded. From the remaining traces of the hoop, the bezel appears to be slightly offset…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
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Record ID: NCL-35A372
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant displaying the arms of England (1198-1340) The harness pendant is complete, with a cast integral suspension loop centred on the top edge of a shield-shaped pendant. The pendant has a sunked field bearing red enamel, with a column of three lions passant guardant in raised copper-alloy, which would have been golden in colour prior to the corrosion of the metal. The harness pendant represents the royal arms of England from the reign of Richard I-Edward III, and probably was lost by a member of the royal guard or entourage during a visit to th…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D31591
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date, c. 1100-1400. The pendant is circular in plan and rectangular in section. The face bear decoration in the form of moulded cells, some of which bear traces of enamel. The design is probably heraldic and can be seen as a central quatrefoil over a saltire, the quarters of which are further split by a single line. Some of these bear traces of red enamel, as does one arm of the saltire. The top of the pendant retains a broken suspension loop, cast integral, and there is a hole at the bottom of the pendant. The reverse face is feature…
Created on: Friday 11th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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