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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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| Strap fitting | HAMP1096 |
Medieval | Hampshire |
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| Cast copper-alloy hooked mount with annular ring. Triangular, with concave upper edge. Two rivet holes; one iron rivet surviving. | |||||
| Coin | HAMP173 |
Post medieval | Berkshire |
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| Shears | HAMP223 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| Complete pair of miniature shears. Triangular blade. The spring is U-shaped, tapering in at the curve. The blades narrow towards the tip. | |||||
| Key (locking) | KENT1789 |
Early medieval | Kent |
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| Partial key handle comprising of a V shape strip of metal decorated with incised ring and dot pattern. Shaft of Key stem comprising of three swollen circles. | |||||
| Unidentified object | KENT642 |
Roman | Kent |
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| Straight, hollow 'pipe' like section of metal covered in a dark green patina and which is broken at both ends. The shaft is decorated with parallel lines alternating with lines of dots. | |||||
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Bracelet | KENT672 |
Roman | Worcestershire |
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| ?bracelet in two fragments, plain strip of metal folded back on itself, separate decorative expanding section decorated with two rectangular boxes separated by a plain box, inside each box a criss-cross design | |||||
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Clasp | LVPL1490 |
Medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| Strap clasp made of copper alloy, with folded rectangular plate and sub-rectangular frame. The outer edge of the frame is extended into the shape of an integral animal head with pierced eyes, decorated with incised horizontal lines and a single chevron. The top and bottom edges of the frame flar... | |||||
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Plate brooch | LVPL56 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| Disc brooch with a coloured glass cone in the centre. Glass is mottled dark brown and cream in colour. The metal surrounding the central cone is divided into two concentric circles of equal width by a thin bead which is repeated on the edge to form a low rim around the brooch perimeter. The circl... | |||||
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Unidentified object | LVPL790 |
Roman | Cheshire |
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| Unidentified fragment consisting of curved length of metal with flattened oval area at outer edge of curve, Incised with lattice decoration. | |||||
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Mould | NARC1015 |
Bronze age | Northamptonshire |
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| A roughly cast piece of metal with a half-moon shaped 'handle' which is sub-circular in section and appears to have been broken off possibly from a loop, the top of which is missing; from the middle of the crescent the object expands to form a rough 'neck' which is quite thick and very unfinishe... | |||||
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Thimble | NARC637 |
Post medieval |
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| An open ended ring type sewing thimble, with thin even walls with no evidence of seams, probably constructed by stamping a sheet of metal into the desired shape. An incised border line runs around the walls at both top and bottom, in-between which is a spiral of 4-5 lines deep rectangular punchi... | |||||
| Book fitting | NARC906 |
Medieval | Northamptonshire |
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| A fairly large flat rectangular hook plate clasp with an integrally made rectangular hook and one of the short ends; the other short end flares at both sides and has a fluted edge; there are two horizontally aligned rivet holes at the flared end, one of which still contains a small fragment of ir... | |||||
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Strap fitting | NARC979 |
Medieval | Northamptonshire |
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| The front sheet of a two piece or composite type strap end; sub-rectangular in plan with the corners of the end furthest away from the strap slanted on the diagonal, the point expanded into a terminal knop which has been broken, but may have been of the trefoil type; the short side at the attachm... | |||||
| Socketed axehead | NMGW176 |
Bronze age |
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| Small socketed axe of South Wales/Stogursey Type. The axe exhibits most of the characteristic features of its type: namely evidence for a four runner casting technology, a thin and inwards curving mouth moulding, and a three rib decorative motif extending from the moulding down both faces of the... | |||||
| Spear | NMGW3325 |
Bronze age | Gwynedd |
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| Middle Bronze Age basal-looped spearhead. Length 220mm and 32mm wide across the widest part of the leaf-shaped blade. The socket, encircled by three lightly engraved lines, is 50mm and 16-17mm in diameter at the mouth where it is approximately circular in cross section; further up, the section is... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMS187 |
Bronze age | Norfolk |
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| Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower is little more than a low ridge which gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are six raised ribs (1-6 respectively) in two groups of three separated by a 2-4mm gap in the centre.... | |||||
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Unidentified object | NMS212 |
Medieval | Norfolk |
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| Unusual gilded AE unidentified object. Domed (diam.21mm, height 10.5mm), with open-work decoration filled with blue glass paste. Slightly squashed and incomplete. The open-work motifs consist of a circle at the apex, then four equal-sized ovoids above four equal-sized sub-rectangles. The lower ed... | |||||
| Pin | NMS63 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Hairpin with a complicated head. The upper element is an onion-shaped knob, with a little point at the top and a ridge around the base. Below is a little waist, and then a small square-section element with two nicks cut into each corner. Below, the section changes to circular, and tapers into ... | |||||
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Pendant | NMS64 |
Early medieval | Norfolk |
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| Circular sheet of gold with a projection to one side decorated with four longitudinal grooves. Opposite the projection the sheet appears to have punchmarks or crimping around part of the circumference. There are quite a few accidental indentations which have all been made from the undecorated f... | |||||
| Toilet article | SF1257 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Small needle-like copper alloy toilet article; straight-sided shaft of circular section with flattened and pierced oval suspension loop and knopped terminal with collar above. The shaft is decorated with two zones of transverse grooving with diagonal nicks on bands of metal defined between each ... | |||||
| Buckle | SF144 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Copper-alloy buckle loop; D-shaped, plain, inset at inner edge, sheet-metal copper-alloy pin.Helen Geake writes: This is probably a small buckle of the kind which is occasionally found in fifth- or sixth-century graves, but which is very much more common in seventh- or early eighth-century graves... | |||||
| Scabbard | SF1479 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy pyramidal mount from a sword or other belt; hollow with flat integrally cast median cross-bar on the base (through which the belt or strap would have passed), each face of the mount retains the remains of cloisonné cellwork which would have originally held cut garnets (now missing); ... | |||||
| Purse | SF1492 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy purse holder; bar of metal of plano-convex section with a straight upper section and looped lower element; the reverse of the upper section carries a pair of integrally cast attachment rivets. | |||||
| Tumbrel | SF1574 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Fragmentary copper alloy tumbrel or coin balance; consists of a vertical element with an upper moulded and knopped terminal, central slot for balance arm and lower curving section which develops into a cylindrical housing; the sides of the central element are decorated with pairs of transverse gr... | |||||
| Coin | SF1622 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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Buckle | SF172 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Gilt copper-alloy buckle; rectangular sheet-metal, secured by two small copper-alloy rivets at outer corners; slot for pin; ornate decoration on front surface consisting of a die-stamped lion passant on a punched stippled ground enclosed by a raised linear border; traces of heavy gilding. | |||||
| Buckle | SF1950 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Elaborate copper alloy buckle; Cast D-shaped loop and tapering sheet metal pin; sub-rectangular folded-sheet buckle plate secured by two pairs of copper alloy rivets (fragments of the original leather strap survive sandwiched between the plates), the longer sides of the front plate are slightly c... | |||||
| Knife | SF2101 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Cast copper alloy knife finial; sub-rectangular plate of metal with central lobed perforation inhabited by a stylised leaf motif; incised chevrons on both surfaces below leaf; stub of iron knife tang at bottom edge. | |||||
| Brooch | SF2151 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Square gilt copper alloy and garnet disc brooch. A flat-backed plate in the form of four roundels in a square arrangement with a raised central lozenge; on the front surface each roundel is defined by a central circular drilled hole, in one case piercing the thickness of the metal, surrounded by... | |||||
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Pendant | SF2382 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy 'scutiform' or shield-shaped pendant; sub-circular sheet metal plate with a slightly offset central hollow-backed boss formed by punching the metal with a tool; front face decorated with an outer border of punched dots; crude loop at edge formed by folding a section of the metal over. | |||||
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