Record ID: WILT-428526
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of the cruciform type with traces of gilding, missing the terminals of two arms and with a corroded hinge apparantly still in situ on the fourth. The mount is flat to the reverse and triangular in section, with a flattened top (due to the flattened mid-rib). The surviving dimensions of the mount are 27.7x21.4x3.3mm and it weighs 3.30g. One of the breaks looks fairly recent. They both occur just before the circular terminal with projection for fixing the rivet. The surviving terminal measures 5.7mm in diameter (inte…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-6AD308
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy handle lug from a chafing dish. It is tear-drop shaped and solid, broken at the top of the shank which extends from a horizontal moulding on the narrowest part. It stands 24.4mm and is max.16.3mm wide (min.9.5mm at the shank). It is 9.7mm thick. The central piercing is 7.1mm in diameter. The shank is oval in section and 7.6mm wide. The horizontal moulding is 4mm deep and has a width of 12.8mm. The metal is rather pitted. The object weighs 16.98g. Chafing dishes are 15th/ 16th century in date.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
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Record ID: WILT-6BCA42
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval two-piece sheet copper alloy strap-end, triangular in shape with a tiny pointed knop (1mm in length) projecting from the closed end. The strap end measures 27.8x(max)15.6mm and weighs 1.93g. At the open end a single rivet in the centre holds the two plates together. There is another rivet at the closed end. The closed end is slightly curved. A piece of textile survives intact between the two sheets. In colour it is a light beige, its weave is quite thick. Probably 13th/ 14th century in date.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-6C6516
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy crescentic mount probably from a belt, missing one terminal. It measures 16.5x29.3mm and weighs 3.12g. The mount is max.8.7mm wide at the centre, narrowing to a point on the unbroken side (and narrowing presumably also to a point on the broken side). The mount is flat in section but with chamfered edges. It is 2mm thick. The metal has lost its original patina and there are tooling marks on the reverse. The break has occurred across one of two rivet holes. The rivet is in situ in the other rivet hole, and although bent is 6.6mm long. The mount i…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-E964A7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy medieval strap-end, consisting of part of the upper (decorated) plate only. It measures 25.2x(max)21.4mm and weighs 2.68g. The open end has a circular aperture at the centre and two in situ rivets either side. On the reverse there is much corrosion around these. The strap end narrows to a recent-ish break 16.2mm in width. The fragment is decorated with a groove running along the centre of the strap-end. From this to either side are diagonal lines alternating between turning upwards and downwards to create rough diamond shapes. Between these the area is fi…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-E9C870
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy drop handle and handle lug. The handle is heart-shaped and measures 49x(max)57xc.4.5mm. The handle lug measures 23x(max)15.2x9.1mm. The length of both objects linked together is 60.5mm and it weighs 36.32g. The drop handle is covered in diagonal tooling marks and is roughly square in section, although the outside edges are slightly (and roughly) faceted. The 'axis' bar around which the lug swivels is more rounded in section. The lug also has diagonal tooling marks. The central piercing is c.6mm in diameter. The projecting shank is 5.5mm in diameter. There is…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-4381D7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pendent loop with tiny bar-mount attached. It measures 21mm in width and is 18.4mm long (including bar-mount 22.5mm). It weighs 1.50g. The pendent loop is diamond shaped, with a knop on three corners and an axis bar in place of the other. The axis bar is slightly narrowed and the frame either side has a slight knop flanking it. The bar-mount is max.3.6mm wide and a tiny rivet is still in situ. The part that would have attached to the belt is 4mm long. Pendent loops found in London (Dress Accessories 1991) date from the late 13th to the 14th century. No exact para…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Record ID: WILT-54EAE4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late medieval copper alloy locking buckle, missing its locking arm and tongue tip. The frame measures 28.6x17mm (internal 9.1x13.1mm), and inclusive of remains of broken arm, it is 21.3mm wide. The incomplete buckle weighs 8.16g. The rotating axis bar, one end of which extends into the locking arm, is set two thirds from the front/ outside edge of the buckle (where the notch for the pin is). The plate and pin that surrounds this are rather flat. Two examples of these locking buckles are recorded in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (Ward-Perkins 1940) p.279, plat…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-550BB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete probably medieval copper alloy cruciform mount, measuring 21.9x24.7x2.2mm and weighing 4.15g. The mount is in the form of a cross with each arm ending in a point that has been pierced. Only one of these terminals survives (the others are broken across at the piercing) and this has a piercing of diameter 1.8mm. Between each arm teminal is an area with curved edge, again pierced and c.2mm in diameter. A groove delineates the arms of the cross and also cuts transversely across each arm to create a smaller corss at the centre.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-5560B8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt and enamel horse harness pendant, measuring 32.5x23x4mm. It weighs 9.60g. The pendant is in the shape of a quatrefoil with a diamond at its centre and each foil extending from the straight side of the diamond. An additional round knop extends from each point. The diamond measures 14.4x14.9mm and depicts a crowned head on a background of red enamel. The nose and eyebrows are T-shaped with a spikey crown above, and two dots either side of the stem to mark the eyes and cheeks. Each of the foils is also decorated with a probable crowned face. The eyebrow…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-55AEF3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount and harness pendant of unusual form. The length of both together is 36mm and they weigh 6.27g. The mount has an integral rivet to the reverse, square in section (3x3.2mm) and 6mm long. The mount has a slightly curved top and is 8.7mm wide. This narrows over 11.5mm to 6.7mm wide where it is separated from the arms holding the axis bar (8.3mm wide) by a 1.5mm wide rib. Iron staining on the arms suggests an iron axis bar. The pendant itself measures 22.4mm in length and swings freely. The neck of the pendant is 14mm long and c.2…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-E6C031
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/ late medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with ornate outside edge and complete with sheet pin. It measures 18.4x26.5mm (internal 8.1x(max)20mm, (min)13.9mm) and weighs 4.08g. The frame is 3.9mm thick. The outside edge is ornate and rather chunky, with a knop on each corner and a pointed knop at the centre, within which is a V-shaped groove for the pin. Between knops, the outside of the frame is curved. The bar is narrowed and offset with a rounded knop at either end, incorporated into the frame. Between these knops and the corner knops the frame is again curved. …
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-EB9521
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy shield-shaped horse harness pendant displaying the Arms of England with a blue label of three points, denoting an elder son. It measures 41.2x24x1.8mm and weighs 7.47g. Approximately half the loop is missing (old break) and one edge of the pendant is slightly damaged. All enamel is missing and most of the gilding. The shield is 31mm in height and displays three lions passant guardant. The top lion has three vertical lines running through it (which denote the elder son). A tiny speck of gilding is visible at the base of the loop. The background behind t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Record ID: WILT-15C678
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant with much of its front surface thickly gilded. There is some slight edge damage just below the loop. In shape it is an elongated drop, the wider end being at the top just below the loop, which is turned through 90°. The point extends into a roundish knop (missing much of its gilding). In section, the harness pendant is D-shaped, being flat to the reverse and rounded to the front. The centre of the pendant, its highest point, is where the little amount of lost gilding is from. The loop is circular and 7.5mm in diameter with a 2mm diamet…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-2A41E6
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy strap clasp missing most of the frame including the rotating end. It measures 52x16.3mm and weighs 9.02g. The fram consist of fragments of the side bars and the rotating plate end only. On each surviving side bar is a tiny transverse ridge. The buckle plate itself measures 50.4x15.8mm. It is openwork with, at its centre, the edges and centre cut away to give the impression of pillars. Inside the resulting rectangular open area is a backwards C-shape on top of a C-shape rising from the bottom of the area. On top of this is a ?pot with a triangular …
Created on: Friday 15th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-7D5DD4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/ Early Post medieval copper alloy finger ring with clasped hands on one side and a mounted rose with a crowned heart at its centre on the other. It is max.24.5mm in diameter from clasped hand to mount (internal 19mm), otherwise 21.4mm in diameter. The finger-ring weighs 4.18g. The hoop is flat in section behind the hands and slightly faceted in section further on, different from the hands which are rounded and slightly three-dimensional. Each hand has four fingers, and the thumb of the undermost hand crosses on to the other. At the end of each hand is a slight wrist an…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-7E7344
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of medieval harness mount, possibly joining with extremely worn breaks or (more likely) part of a three-loop mount. Together, the mounts are 62mm in length. The metal is copper alloy and there are traces of gilding on both. The style of the surviving terminal is similar to some harness pendant suspension mounts, cf. Griffiths 1986, Finds Research Group Datasheet 5, no.21d. It has a pointed but rounded D-sectioned projection from a circular loop 2.4mm in diameter with two little ribbed mouldings joining it to the arm, which narrows and widens before another transverse rib…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
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Record ID: WILT-7F2B71
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy probable harness mount, square in shape with a pierced projection. This has probably been broken in antiquity as has the opposite face of the mount, although this is not certain as the metal has been stripped and removed traces. The mount measures 12.8x20.6x1.7mm and weighs 1.75g. The piercing is 3mm in diameter. It depicts a dog walking right and facing forwards within a circle, within a square. In each corner is a lis. A hook, another similar projection or arms for a harness pendant may have originally extended from the mount. 13th/ 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: WILT-7F52D8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late medieval copper alloy strap-end, consisting of the crescentic outer edge and large trefoil terminal and missing its backplate. It measures an incomplete 41.6mm in length and is 30.5mm wide. It is 3.3mm thick and weighs 13.2g. The outer edge is broken across two rivet holes c.2mm in diameter. Here, the frame is 5mm wide. It extends to 12.6mm wide at the centre point, over a distance of 25.7mm. The outer edge has grooved linear decoration, much of which is obscured by the loss of patina. At the centre is an inverted V. Either side of this are two in situ rivets, 3.4mm in…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: WILT-F8AC41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/ Early post medieval copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. It measures 26.8x21.9mm, and the internal dimensions of the loops are c.10x17.5mm. The buckle frame weighs 1.80g. Iron staining on the axis bar suggests the pin would have been iron. The frame is very thin (max.1.4mm thick) and the metal worn. There is no original patina surviving.
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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