Record ID: SWYOR-1036CE
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount probably from a box or casket and of Medieval date. The mount is zoomorphic and silvered. It probably dates from the first part of the Medieval period, about AD 1000 - 1200. The mount is incomplete. At the broken end is a square panel decorated with a recessed cross saltire. The body of the mount is D shaped in sectoin and rectangular. The terminal takes the form of a dragon (or other beast) head. It is moulded with raised ears, four curving incised grooves on the brow, circular depressions for eyes (possibly drilled), a waisted snout and upturned nose. Protrud…
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-1E9766
Object type: BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy plaque, possibly from a small box or case. The plaque has a white metal coating, probably silver, and the staining on the back suggests the plaque may have been attached to a natural substance such as shell. On the plaque is the inscription: W.W. Wood Esq Highfield House William and his father can be seen in a portrait by Francis Wheatley dated 1787 (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, USA).
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D6F2C2
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silvered copper-alloy object, perhaps a mount from a box. The mount is long and thin and terminates with an open-mouthed animal with an upturned snout, probably representing a dragon. The head is rectangular in section and the only facial feature represented is the dragon's ears, depicted by two small moulded humps. The beast's neck appears to be undecorated, but the body is covered with moulded diagonal grooves, probably representing scales. The tail is D-shaped in section and is covered with a line of transverse grooves. The tip of the tail is slightly flattened. There are th…
Created on: Monday 13th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.