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Record ID: DOR-E0B059
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A knee brooch. The pin shaft is missing. At the head is a open-backed box housing the iron axis bar and spring for the missing pin. The copper alloy spring is present and has three coils either side of the stub of the pin shaft. The end caps of this spring housing box are pierced to accommodate the ends of the axis bar. The wings are short. The head projects horizontally from the centre of the wings (the front of the spring housing). The bow then curves outward an down on a P-shaped profile extending into a short, straight leg. At …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-62E541
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy millefiori enamelled disc brooch. The brooch is large, circular and flat. The face of the brooch is decorated with millefiori enamelling in two concentric bands inside concentric metal reserves. The enamelling is of chequered panels of blocks of turquoise and white without a border, alternating with red, blue and white blocks within a red border. The outer edge of the brooch is raised to contain the enamelling. There is a circular hole at the centre through which a projecting boss is attached. The boss is a circular, waisted column with an expa…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-0C62D4
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lozenge shaped seal box lid dating c. AD 100-300. The lid has a recessed panel on the front with two concentric circles. The central ring contains pale green enamel. A collared lobe, which would have formed the hinge which attached the lid to the box, projects from the top of the lid. At the bottom of the lozenge is a roughly horizontal break. The lid has a dark brown patina.
Reference: A similar example can be found on the database: LIN-EE9F08
Date: Roman
Dimensions: 25.16 mm x 23.90 mm x 2 21mm.
Weight: 2.51 g.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-21D5A0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete cast copper alloy fitting from a sword belt of Post Medieval date. A symmetrical curvilinear copper alloy plate with pointed crescent shaped sides. There are two integral hanging loops projecting from the lower edge. The front is decorated with a moulded, gilded cherub face and wings on the upper edge at the centre. The curving "wings" of the plate extend out to the sides and are decorated with a moulded foliate design of leaves and curling tendrils, arranged symmetrically on a mid line extending below the cherub moul…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-D0EAC4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Iron Age enamelled copper alloy harness fitting (toggle or cheek-piece), dating to c.AD 1 - 100. The fitting is a sub-rectangular with a swollen central block and either side the arms are slightly narrowed. The arms are circular in section and slightly expanded and flat at the terminal. The central block has rounded edges and has a slightly rounded rectangular shaped perforation measuring 28.2 mm running longintudinally through it. One face of the object is decorated with an inlaid symmetrical, geometric and curvilinear design. The wings are dec…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: DOR-F19A51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel plate brooch. The plate is zoomorphic in form, but precisely which animal is represented is unclear. It appears to be a mammal, possibly a lion. It has a long body with a slightly incurved back and rounded rump. The lower body is arched. There is a rear leg and a possibly damaged front limb. The rear limb has a well defind hunch and a rounded foot. There ua a possible stub of a tail at the rear, but there is also a cast, curving ridge around the haunch which may be a tail or may delineate the hip. The front limb is right angled forwards. The front …
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-2353FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bow brooch. A T-shaped brooch. Only the shaft of the pin is mising. The wings are cylindrical with open ends. The house the copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin mechanism. The head of a thick, rectangular cross sectioned pin remains attached to the bar in a notch at the rear of the wings. The rear of the wings is decorated with inward angled verical grooves on both sides, imitative of a coiled spring. The fronts of the wings are decorted with deep ring-and-dot style recesses (these may have originally contained enamel), two on each wing with an incised frami…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-69D647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy equal-ended plate brooch. The pin is missing. The brooch comprises an central plate with four knops (one at each corner of the plate), a catchplate and pin attachment. The centre plate is lozenge-shaped, with rounded knops at two of the points (the sides) and zoomorphic knops at the others (top and bottom). The side knops have a circular central cell containing orange enamel. Both the top and bottom knops have a moulded transverse collar adjacent to the plate,a short "neck" and expand into a heart-shaped …
Created on: Saturday 5th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D3F907
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy heraldic harness pendant with enamel decoration. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop. On the front is moulded design of six crosses pommee divided by a horizontal bend. There are in chief and three below the bend. The field retains some of the original red coloured enamel. The rear of the pendant is flat and undecorated.
Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400
Dimensions: 44.58 …
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-0B1982
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy bow brooch, possibly part of a T-shaped type. All that remains is a short section of bow, broken at either end. One end is V-shaped in cross section, the other is D-shaped. There is an expanded, triangular knop in the middle which has a recess for enamel (also triangular). There is an incised line frame around the empty recess.
Date: Roman - c.60 - 160 AD
Dimensions: 17.96 mm x 8.83 mm x 3.02 mm
Weight: 1.37 g
This is probably part of a brooch similar to DOR-C26A4B. Similar brooches are recorded in Hattatt, R, 2000 A Visual Catalogue…
Created on: Sunday 25th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-F59F51
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel Limoges mount, probably from a casket or other furniture.
An incomplete rectangular plaque with a small attachment hole at each upper corner and a separate, smaller rectangular plaque attached with a large rivet at the mid point of the upper edge on the front. Both the main plaque and the smaller one have irregular lower edges which appear cut. The main plaque is decorated on the front with cloisonne enamel and gilding. The outer edge along the top and sides is a reserve of metal which has been gilded. Inside this are…
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-BF5B26
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle plate dating to the Medieval period c.1150 - 1250. The plate is decorated with Limoges style enamelling in a geometric design. The buckle is missing. There are two recessed arms and a sub-angular slot for the attachment of the missing pin and buckle. The rear part of the folded plate is missing. The front of the plate is enamelled. The decoration comprises an outer circular band of green enamel around a quatrefoil frame of reserve metal with a square reserve inside. The arches of the quatrefoil are each filled with an oute…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: DOR-A1B1CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy bow brooch. A Trumpet brooch. Only a section of the bow remains. There is an acanthus knop with a short section of bow above, D-shaped in cross section and decorated with transverse grooves and ridges. Below extends part of the tapering leg of the bow, triangular in cross section and decorated with two rows of alternating triangular recesses separated by a central, longitudinal ridge along the apex of the triangular cross section. The recesses are filled with red enamel.
Reference: Hattatt, R, 2000, A visual Guide to Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, p…
Created on: Sunday 22nd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-C3C8F8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A headstud type. At the top is the stub of a chain loop. The wings are short and the right is incomplete. They are D-shaped in cross section, flat at the front and convex at the rear. The wings house the iron axis bar for the missing hinged pin which was attached in a notch between the wings. The head of the bow curves down from the wings and is decorated with a large moulded headstud. The headstud comprises a domed projection with a central circular stud surrounded by four small triangular recesses. The areas inside these may have contained en…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-DA741C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and cloisonnĂ© enamel circular brooch of Weetch Type 20 A. The brooch comprises a circular plate with pin fixings at the rear and a raised edge to form a circular recess in which is a decorative enamel inlay. The pin is missing. Projecting from the edge of the plate are the remnants of eight evenly spaced circular lobes. These originally had a small circular recess to hold a glass inlay, however only four are complete enough to exhibit this recess and none retain the inlay. The recess on the front of the plate is filled with a geometric design of CloisonnĂ© …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-CA4E45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of an eagle. The pin is missing. The plate is flat and shows the bird in profile, facing right, head and neck curved downwards and the tail emerging from under the wing is curved inwards. A leg is extended forwards to a probable break. The beak is pointed. Above it the eye is indicated by a stamped ring. The neck is undecorated. The wing is decorated with six recesses, all of differing shapes and sizes: two small, rounded recesses on the upper back (the lower one containing red enamel) with a larger sub-oval one i…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9EDC8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bow brooch. A headstud type. At the top is a large sub-circular chain loop. The wings are short and rectangular and the left one appears broken. They are D-shaped in cross section, flat at the front and convex at the rear. The wings house the axis bar for the hinged pin which is attached in a notch between the wings. At the front the wings are decorated with vertical ridges (three on the right and two on the left). The head of the bow curves down from the wings and is decorated with a large moulded headstud. The headstud comprises a raised circular reserve with…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-00D95E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked clasp dress fastener. The head only remains. A trefoil of three domed bosses with a separately applied pin at the centre. The domes are arranged in a triangle and are filled with lead solder. Attached behind two of the domes is a rectangular sectioned angular loop. This example is similar to Brian Read's Class D, Type 6 hooked clasps recorded in Hooked Clasps and Eyes, 2008, page 78, number 260.
Date: Post-medieval - 16th century
Dimensions: 22.84 mm x 24.81 mm x 14.88 mm
Weight: 11.94 g
A similar example is recorded in database record DOR-A93005.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-00A47C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy enamelled dress fastener. A hook piece from single blunt hooked and eye clasp. An ovoid plate with a broken wide hook at one and and a shell-shaped knop at the other. The front of the plate is decorated with a design in moulded relief and champlevĂ© enamel. The design comprises a central bearded face with a pellet band over the head, flanked at the top by two angled loops and with a framing chevron flanked by scrolls below. There are groups of pellets set around the central elements. There is infill around he relief in alternating white and black. There are four pierced…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: DOR-DEF075
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy enamelled disc brooch. There is a break to one side of the disc. An originally circular plate with a cone shaped central knop and two side lugs. The plate is decorated with Three concentric recessed bands separated by metal reserves. The outer bad is the widest and parts retain panels of enamel in white, orange and blue. Themiddle band is much narrower and retains traces of red enamel. The inner band retains traces of mixed purple and white enamelling. The two lugs are set opposite each other. One is a broken chain loop and the other is rounded with a circula…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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