Record ID: HESH-327EDE
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval enamelled and gilt heraldic mount or applique / plaque (1200-1350). The plaque is poorly preserved with the upper surface being heavily eroded and corroded. In shape the plaque is sub-triangular / shield shaped with the upper surface being slightly domed and edges faceted. The reverse is flat and undecorated and there is no evidence for any pierced or applied fixing points or suspension fittings. With this in mind it seems most likely that the plaque was either soldered or inlaid onto another artefact. The front face would originally have been enamelled an…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Bryan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-6F90B0
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Limoges style enamelled plaque or mount of medieval date (AD 1150 - 1400). The plaque is a lozenge (diamond) shape in plan and is rectangular in cross section; the profile is slightly distorted by movement in the soil. The upper face of the plaque is decorated with a champlevé style enamel surface comprising a central light blue vertical cross with small pellets of red enamel on the four axis arms of the cross, at the centre of the cross is a small hollow - most likely filled with a red coloured enamel now lost. The arms of the cross are each lentoid in shape and the p…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wye Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-E88D47
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead bi-faced plaque of modern date (1857-1870). The plaque is one of a number which are known commonly as ‘Billy and Charley’s’ or the ‘Shadwell Forgeries.’ They were produced as a series of fake antiquities in direct response to the growth of the antiquities market in the Victorian period. This example is bi-faced. On one side is a radiate crowned bust facing right. The bust has an elaborate brooch formed from pellets, on either side of the figure are the letters CS. This image is contained within a circle. On the outer edge of the circle are a series of letters and…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.