Record ID: YORYM-CD5138
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy unidentified object with inlaid enamel and millefiori panels, probably dating to the Roman period, c. AD 43-250. It is square in plan and rectangular in section. An outer border encloses the enamel which is made up of a 4x5 pattern of millefiori squares of chequered red and yellow enamel, with blue enamel enclosing each square. The centre of the millifiori panel is heavily damaged with the central squares missing entirely. The reverse of the object is flat and undecorated. In the centre of the reverse there is a single square slot (c.4x4m…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-C29F77
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date and function. The object is square with rounded knops to each pointed terminal. The upper surface is decorated with a quatrefoil of ovate enamelled cells radiating from the centre to each corner of the square. The enamel appears to be a pale blue or green. A circular sectioned shaft is present which appears to be glued into an indentation at the centre. The shaft terminates in a worn break. Two broken and worn parallel lugs are present to the reverse of the object which is otherwise flat and undecorated.   The me…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: WAW-88A647
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, copper alloy object, possibly a strap slide of likely late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 50 BC - AD 50). The object has a flat, circular head that is decorated on the outer face. The decoration has a solid border around the edge, within which there are eight triangular cells around the edge that point towards a central circular cell, all of which are inlaid with a red enamel. The rest of the field forms a high-relief eight pointed star. On the reverse, there are three connected loops. The loops are trapezoidal in plan and sub-rectangular in profile, with two s…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: CORN-0CD295
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper-alloy, decorated fragment of an unknown object, depicting a wing. It is probably Roman to Post-medieval in date (c. AD 43-1500). It is possible that the fragment is part of a figurine, but could also be part of a dress fastener or brooch. The feathers of the wing are created by a variety of champlevé cells which would have been filled with enamel. It is unclear whether the wing is representative of a type of bird or even perhaps an angel. There are worn breaks at both ends of the object. It is possible that there were attachment poin…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: DEV-67FF24
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy fragment with enamelled decoration, probably of Roman date (c. AD 100-250). The object is now of irregular form, with breaks to all sides. It may have formed part of a (plate) brooch, though such an identification is by no means certain. The reverse is flat and undecorated, now slightly corroded. The front is decorated with very low relief moulded open pointed ovals, conceivably petals, that radiate from a former central point. Parts of three such petals survive, their spacing implying six originally. Within each petal is decayed enamel that now appears a gree…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: OXON-90332D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age (c.100 BC to c.100 AD) incomplete or fragment of a copper-alloy cast artefact. The artefact is sub-rectangular with the longer, upper edge being broken. This break is not recent. The lower and side edges are curved towards the reverse terminating with a flat edge as if the object butted against a flat surface. The curvature of the sides gives the object a slight bulbous appearance with a hollow, undecorated reverse. The surface of the reverse is rough and a well-developed patina has not been created unlike the outer face. The outer face of the artefact is deco…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE00E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy and enamel object of unknown purpose, but certainly of Roman date (c. 43-410 AD). The object represents only a fragment of an unknown object, ending in breaks at both ends (the sides appear to be damaged original edges). The object is very broadly rectangular in shape, though the longer edges are concave. These edges are 12.3mm wide in the middle, and 20.17mm at the top and 21.2mm wide at the bottom. The object runs in a slight curve, with concave reverse and convex front. The broken top edge of the object projects slightly more than the bottom. The rev…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: WREX-7B8788
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object of probable Roman British date, late 1st to 2nd century AD. The object appears to be incomplete and is a pointed oval shape. The front of the object is decorated with a series of lenticular and crescentric trefoils with cells for coloured enamel or glass. Traces of dark colbolt blue, pale blue and opaque red survive. The reverse is slightly concave but has been roughly smoothed. There is no obvious means of attachment on the reverse. Dimensions: length: 60.14mm; width: 25.15mm; thickness: 3.57mm; weight: 15.61g
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8DDB26
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper-alloy object, possibly a button or other kind of dress accessory, of uncertain post-medieval date. It is circular and domed (convex on the front and concave on reverse) with a small circular central hole. The front is mostly covered with blobs of enamel, arranged in four concentric rings alternating between black and white. Beginning at the inner ring and moving towards the outermost, the enamel is coloured black-white-black-white. The blobs increase in size from the smallest at the innermost to the largest at the third ring. The outer blobs in the fourth ring are …
Created on: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
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Record ID: WREX-E72C98
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object of unknown date. Copper alloy strip with three parallel grooves running the full length of the object on the outer face, and four on the inner face. These grooves appear to contain traces of black, or very dark blue, enamel. The upper edge of the object, and the two short ends, are smooth and slightly round and therefore appear to be a finished, undamaged edges. The long lower edge of the object, however, is slightly rough. It is unclear if this is a broken edge. If it is, the patination would suggest it is an old break. Both ends of the strip have been bent i…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0CEB7D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
FURTHER FRAGMENTS OF THIS HAVE BEEN FOUND. WAITING FOR THEIR HAND-IN TO RECORD AS A WHOLE. Fragmented copper alloy and enamel Iron age object. The segment to hand consists of a flat four sided plate the longest side of which has broken across three linearly aligned bordered circular cells, that contain the remains of red enamel. It is not possible to determine any hint of the original shape from this fragment as all edges are degraded and eroded making any original edge indistinguishable from a broken one. Decoration can be seen on the corroded surface consisti…
Created on: Friday 27th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: WMID-894E2B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete enamelled artefact of uncertain function and form, but probably of Medieval dating (AD 1200 to AD 1400). The artefact consists of a triangular plate, edges incomplete. It measures 14.8 mm in width, and 15.0 mm in length. A incomplete circular sectioned handle extends from the top edge. This handle measures 13.3 mm. Red enamel is present on the front, possibly in a ring and dot design. The back is smooth and undecorated. In total, it measures 23.8 mm in length, 14.8 mm wide and 3.6 mm thick. It weighs 2.1 g. The artefact is a dark green colour, with an even…
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-79BEE2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object of uncertain date, AD 43 - 1800. It is a large bar of copper alloy, 21.6mm wide and 2.3mm thick at one (broken) end, then tapering in width and thickening to the mid point which is broadly square in cross-section, where the plane of the object changes, so the other end is 17.2mm thick and 2.5mm wide. The first end described has a small circular rivet hole of 2.3mm diameter through it. This end of the bar is also curved, so the main faces are concave and convex. The convex face is decorated. The decoration consists of grooved border which meets at…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-10A68D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval, copper alloy, unknown object. c. 1300-1500 AD Flat copper alloy sheet which is rectangular in shape with a lion depicted on either side. The red enamel that surrounded the lion still has some traces present.
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-78574C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblong copper alloy Roman object, probably dating from AD 100 - 300. It is a chunky rectangular plaque of copper alloy. There is a Swash-N design on the front with traces of red and blue enamel decoration, all within a reserved border. The rear has a channel running across the width, not quite centrally positioned. The notch is 1.6mm deep and 2.5mm wide. It joins a slot cut in one of the long edges. The slot is 2mm deep, 10.6mm long, and 1.7mm wide. At one end, the slot is much deeper, probably because it interacts with a casting flaw. There are more casting flaws at the other end …
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-88D776
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy and enamelled anthropomorphic handle, probably for a knife, razor, spatula or other implement (AD 43-410). The handle is slightly curved with near parallel sides and is mainly triangular in cross-section. An integral ovoid stylised human head is situated on the inner corner of the terminal end. The opposite end is imbedded with iron, part of a tang/blade. Each face is similar and has a line of three 'chevron'-like cells on the same alignment, all pointing towards the terminal. One cell is filled with red enamel and the others are empty. Each face near the blade…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-B47D13
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and worn copper alloy object of probable early Roman date (c. AD 43-200). The object, possibly part of a brooch or fitting, is slightly oval in plan with a small, rectangular 'tab' projecting from one edge, which is broken and incomplete. Within the face of the fitting is a cinquefoil annulet design set within a recessed circular field which would have been filled with enamel but of which none now survives. The centre of the annulets probably also held enamel, likely of a contrasting colour to that of the background. The reverse of the fitting is ever-so-slightly concave, but …
Created on: Sunday 13th January 2019
Last updated: Sunday 13th January 2019
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Record ID: NMS-8F72C9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or early Roman copper alloy unidentified object dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 100. Discoidal in shape with an incomplete, rectangular-sectioned projection on one side. The front exhibits a symmetrical design consisting of a reserved oval with a central circular recessed cell and two opposed reserve tendrils, each with a circular recessed cell. The three circular recesses and the surrounding recessed fields are filled with red enamel. The edge of the plate forms a reserve border.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Saturday 9th May 2020
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Record ID: SF-D853D6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of an unknown date. It is a D-shaped plate, which has a narrow protrusion on the convex edge. The protrusion is broken and is slightly curved in profile. One edge of the plate is heavily damaged. The front face of the plate is decorated with a central cross made of incised pellets and a line of the same pellets along the edges. The centre of the cross has a circular hole. The object is covered by a yellowish green patina and for the curved profile of the protrusion it might remind of a hooked clasp. No parallel have been found. Leng…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickam Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D7FE55
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of an unidentified object possibly of the Medieval period, dating to AD 1100-1500. It is a sub-triangular cross-sectioned bar, which has a sub-triangular shape in plan. The flared end has a flat oval solid lug set at right angle to the bar. The wider flat face of the bar has an engraved inscription which probably reads (F)EL[...]; the letters are inlaid with enamel or other redish material. No parallels have benn found. Length: 16.57mm Width: 6.94 mm Thickness: 3.54 mm Weight: 1.01 g
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickam Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.