Record ID: SF8898
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large cast copper-alloy knob, probably from furniture, with an iron attachment shank. The knob is circular in section and shaped rather like a bottle, with a wide base 17 mm in diameter decorated with three circumferential grooves. Above the grooves it tapers to a neck 7 mm in diameter. Above this is a biconical collar, and then a rounded terminal. The knob is rather crudely cast and the base is not flat, but the length is basically 30 mm. A square-section iron attachment shank projects from the centre of the base bringing the total length up to 41.5 mm. This knob was probably a …
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRANDON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7838
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Globular copper-alloy furniture knob (functional or decorative) with corrosion from an iron attachment shank. 16 mm in diameter, the reverse is flattened to provide a seating for the iron shank, making the copper-alloy part 14 mm thick. It is undecorated, and has corroded to a dark olive green patina which is interrupted by many pale green corrosion bubbles.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRADFIELD COMBUST WITH STANNINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7583
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy knob or mount, probably from furniture, with the remains of an iron shank. Both parts of the knob are very corroded, but enough remains to reconstruct the copper-alloy part as a solid narrow cylinder, 6 mm in diameter at most, with a central concave moulding with a pair of flanking grooves and a rounded terminal. The other end is more mysterious as it is encrusted with a shapeless lump of iron corrosion. The total length is 20 mm, so the knob is very small.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7346
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Large, heavy, solid cast copper-alloy knob, probably from furniture, with the remains of an iron attachment shank. The copper-alloy part is circular in cross-section, and flares gently from a base 20 mm in diameter to a maximum of 23 mm. From here, 11 mm above the base, it tapers more steeply to a freshly broken tip which is 7 mm in diameter. The knob is 24 mm tall. On the base is staining from the iron attachment shank. The copper alloy has a matt pale green patina. The knob may have been decorative or functional.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRADFIELD COMBUST WITH STANNINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6534
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Possible furniture knob, consisting of a hemispherical cast copper-alloy element with corrosion from an iron ?attachment shank on both the flat and the rounded faces. The copper-alloy element is 17 to 18 mm in diameter and 10 mm thick. These knobs can be both decorative and functional.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5534
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Heavy cast copper-alloy functional knob or decorative mount, probably from furniture. It consists of a solid hemispherical section with a flat-topped ridge around the base, sitting on a hollow, slightly flaring ring which is decorated with a broad concave moulding. The hollow inside is rough and presumably originally held an attachment device; these are normally of iron, but there is no trace of iron corrosion. Much of the surface has been removed by corrosion, but where it does survive it is glossy and grey-green. Height of mount 21 mm, maximum diameter 23.5 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CLAYDON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5536
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy decorative mount or functional knob, probably from furniture. A high dome with a collar around the base, it has a square-section hollow on the reverse which probably originally held an attachment device. These are normally made of iron, but there is no trace of iron corrosion here. The copper alloy is corroded, but the metal is a nice mid green. Height 15 mm, diameter 15 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK AKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5504
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Knob handle made from copper alloy. It consists of two rounded knobs with a waist in between, one larger (10 mm diameter) and one smaller (7.5 mm diameter). From the smaller knob projects a broken attachment shank (old break). Corroded so that only a little of the surface survives, but this has a smooth olive green patina. This type of knob is known from both Roman and post-medieval furniture, but the patina of this one suggests a Roman date.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2001
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5222
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy mount with remains of iron attachment shank, a variant of the type which Allason-Jones calls 'bell-shaped'. The iron shank is now a large mass of corrosion, and protrudes from the narrower end of a slightly flaring cylinder originally 16-18 mm in diameter. There is a wide groove halfway along the cylinder dividing it into two discs. Both discs have at some time been squashed to give two straight edges and two curved edges to the cylinder. At the opposite end to the iron shank, the end of the cylinder is dished and in the centre is a large conical boss with a flat top…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4545
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Solid copper-alloy knob, perhaps from furniture, now very worn and corroded. It has a short cylindrical base, 18 mm in diameter and c. 9 mm tall, with the remains of two grooves around the outside and a dimple filled with corrosion on the underside. It then curves to a waisted area before swelling slightly to a cylinder 10 mm in diameter and c. 15 mm tall, which is decorated with two further grooves. The top may originally have been rounded, and has a central dimple. The two dimples may represent the remains of a hole through the centre of the knob; there is no trace of the usual …
Created on: Monday 29th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BARKING', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF4411
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Upholstery tack with tapering square-section shaft and circular hollow-domed head. The head is fairly flat on the top, perhaps as a result of hammering. Length 14 mm, maximum diameter of head 13 mm. Upholstery tacks were used in the Roman and post-medieval periods and the two can be impossible to tell apart. This example is very corroded and came from an area with many Roman finds, so may be Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STONHAM ASPAL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF4412
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Upholstery tack with tapering square-section shaft, now a little bent, and circular hollow-domed head. Length 11 mm, maximum diameter of head 13 mm. Upholstery tacks were used in the Roman and post-medieval periods and the two can be impossible to tell apart. This example is fairly corroded and came from an area with many Roman finds, so may be Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STONHAM ASPAL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF4413
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Upholstery tack with a tapering square-section shaft, now broken off short, and a hollow-domed head of pointed-oval shape. Length from top of head to bottom of broken shaft 7 mm, dimensions of head 21.5 x 12 mm. Upholstery tacks of this shape were used in the Roman and post-medieval periods and the two can be impossible to tell apart. This example is thick and well-made, and came from an area with many Roman finds, so may possibly be Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STONHAM ASPAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3552
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small cast copper-alloy knob, perhaps decorative and perhaps functional. It is basically onion-shaped, with a disc at the more rounded end decorated with a groove around the edge. On the reverse of the disc are the remains of a corroded iron shank. At the pointed end of the onion is a substantial boss with a groove around the edge. Diameter 14 mm, height 17 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2000
Last updated: Friday 27th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3495
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy knob handle. It has a very short sub-square attachment shank, then a cylindrical part 14 mm in diameter decorated with three deep grooves. Beyond this is a rounded knob swelling to 19 mm diameter, with a flat top decorated with a bold ring-and-dot. The metal is smoothly worn to a mid green colour which looks old, perhaps Roman. Length 20 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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