Record ID: BH-1B7477
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy pair of Middle Anglo-Saxon tweezers dating to the Early Medieval period, c. AD 700-900. The fragment comprises one arm of a pair. The arm is flat and triangular in plan. The upper surface of the arm is decorated with a marginal pattern of incised dots and a further central line of incised dots, creating to right angled triangles. Some of the incised dots pierce the arm completely. At the apex of the triangular arm, there is a small D-sectioned extension which is slightly bent at the break, all that remains of the upper part of the tweezers. Similar tweeze…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2018
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Record ID: BH-48CB5E
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A well-preserved pair of copper-alloy tweezers dating to the Early Medieval period, c. AD 700 to 850. The tweezers are formed from a single piece of copper-alloy which has been bent at a mid-point to create two arms. Each arm comprises a rectangular-section strip which widens and flattens to form triangular plates, the ends of which have been angled inwards to assist with grip. The outer surface of each plate is decorated with The arm is rectangular in section and approximately trapezoidal in plan, with a slightly curved terminal. The arm is broken at its apex and bent back on itself.…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Record ID: BH-45DF3E
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the arm from a pair of copper-alloy tweezers dating to the Early Medieval period, c. AD 700 to 850. The arm is rectangular in section and approximately trapezoidal in plan, with a slightly curved terminal. The arm is broken at its apex and bent back on itself. The outer surface of the arm is decorated with marginal grooves enclosing two stamped ring-and-dot motifs positioned centrally and a further three ring-and-dot motifs at the terminal. The inner surface is plain. The arm measures 25mm in length, 5mm in width at the apex and 12mm at the terminal. It weighs 1.03g. A p…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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