Record ID: WILT-874CDE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of glass, part (about half) of the circular base of a vessel, probably a wine or brandy bottle, of Post Medieval date, perhaps c AD 1600 -1800. The glass was perhaps originally dark green or blue, now translucent, and all surfaces, including the broken edges are now coated with pearlescence. The outer surface, however is more cloudy. The lower/underside of the fragment is a domed punt ('push-up' or 'kick-up') from the base. A jagged low section of the wall of the bottle is part of the fragment. There are no seam or mould marks on the extant fragment, so probably free-blown,…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
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Record ID: DOR-198F97
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass vessel base. The glass is pale green and has many bubbles, large and small. The base of a hand blown bottle or flask with and central indentation on the exterior with a ridged scar. Date: Possibly Roman. c. AD 43 - 410 Diameter: 51.91 mm Thickness: 5.56 mm Weight: 18.52 g
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-5B3682
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bottle seal. The seal is decorated with an embossed shield. The heraldry is unclear but comprises several horizontal bands. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1650 - 1750 Diameter: 36.37 mm. Thickness: 8.86 mm. Weight: 16.44 g.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-5B21FE
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass bottle seal. It is decorated with an embossed oval shield with elaborated garniture. The heraldry has not been determined. It is elaborately quartered with several bars of vertical stripes (possibly indicating the colour red (gules) ) with rows of ermine between in one half and several bars, alternately with horizontal stripes (possibly indication the colour blue (azure). There is no detail visible on the other bars of this half of the coat of arms, but it has been suggested that these are the quartered arms of the Hussey and Burdett families for whom a marriage is recorde…
Created on: Monday 21st January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-7D1FE7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of glass vessel. A part of a handle. A drawn handle with a rounded, smoothed terminal where it is joined to the vessel body and a rounded projection below. The opposite end is broken. The surface of the glass is weathered making it appear dark, but when held to the light the colour is a pale blueish-green. Date: Post Medieval Dimensions: Weight: g
Created on: Sunday 23rd September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SOM-7FE35B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of clear, uncoloured glass dating from either the Roman period or Post-medieval. The fragment is very roughly triangular in shape measuring 41.5mm by 39.4mm by 29.7mm. It is of uneven thickness to a maximum of 2.3mm. The piece is curved, the degree of curvature (i.e. distance from the central part of the convex area to a line joining the furthest extremities) being c7mm. Very small air bubbles can be seen within the glass as well as specks of other material that are mostly very small though one irregular piece measures c6 x 3mm. There are faint striations created during its…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 2nd September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9CC225
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy oval setting containing an opaque blue glass intaglio, with a trace of a red border around the edge of intaglio and a bevelled edge to the copper alloy frame. The red material is probably setters wax, made of shellac and turpentine or resin, which was used to hold the glass intaglio within the frame. There is a trace of white substance on the edges of the frame of the intaglio, perhaps lead solder. The intaglio depicts a bust of a head facing right. The image appears to be a male head wearing a wig with layers of curls, that is tied at the back of the head, and wit…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: DOR-205CB2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass vessel. The base of a blown glass phial or flask. The base is rounded at the edges and flatter with a recess on the underside. The sides taper upwards to the break. The inside of the glass is iridescent through the decay of the surface, the exterior is pitted . The glass is grey-ish in colour with abundant small air bubbles visible. Date: uncertain - Roman to Post Medieval Dimensions: 27.13 mm x 18.83 mm x 2.37 mm Weight: 8.45 g
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 8th July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-7225FB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass (vitrified) bead probably dating to the early early-medieval period (6th to 8th century AD). It is bi-conical with flattened ends. The glass is dark grey to brown and is decorated with six to seven off-white horizontal, combed, trailed and marvered lines circling it. Around the central area there are three shapes trailed out in a bright yellow colour, spaced at regular intervals, the first is a circle, the second a back to front number 6 (or if viewed upside-down a lower case e) then another circle, all crudely applied then marvered. The central circular piercing is fairly cen…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Saturday 8th July 2017
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Record ID: DOR-C6DD22
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A semi-translucent turquoisey cobalt blue coloured glass bead of an an uncertain date. It has a globular shape with a large off centre circular perforation measuring 3.89mm in diameter. The bead has a D-shaped cross section and the internal structure displays numerous small bubbles. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty without contextual evidence and the lack of clear diagnostic features on this example means that it is not possible to date this bead any more closely than Roman through to Medieval. Compare CORN-30641A which is very similar. Diameter: 8.98mm. Thi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BF9A91
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete glass bottle seal, probably part of an onion bottle.The seal is sub-triangular and still attached to a fragment of the bottle. The seal is stamped with a circular design of a flat-topped rounded shield in a framing circular band.The shield carries an heraldic design - barry of six ermine. The glass is green. Date: Post Medieval - 17th to 18th century Dimensions: 47.7 mm x 49.1 mm x 8.8 mm Weight: 22.6 g
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4451E7
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of hand made sheet window glass from the post-Medieval period, c.1590-c.1700. The glass is uneven in thickness, with air bubbles evident and the surface is very scratched. The glass has a greenish tint and has probably come from diamond leaded windows.It measures 38.05 in length, 31.50 mm in width and is 2.07 mm thick. It weighs 3.449 grams.
Created on: Sunday 6th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-CC8C4A
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A glass Roman intaglio dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The intaglio is oval in shape and features a design which Martin Henig has posited depicts a horse running or flying left with a human figure which may be swimming below (pers.comms.). The intaglio is made from blue glass and has a slightly matte surface and is shiny where there is more recent damage. Martin Henig (pers. comms.) has commented that the intaglio appears to be moulded rather than cut. The design of a horse running is not uncommon and is often accompanied by a human figure. The closest known parallel for this exa…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A242A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of glass vessel base. Pale green semi-opaque glass.The base has a deep, domed indentation and only small areas of the heel of the base remain. Around the centre of the indentation is a sharp raised edge where the glass of the lower part is thicker. The vessel is thin-walled and has a high density of bubbles visible. Date: Possibly Roman - 1st to 4th century Dimensions: 52.96 mm x 40.51 mm x 7.76 mm Weight: 5.87 g
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: DOR-619748
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a glass vessel. The piece is from the pointed base of a flask. Its original colour was a faint green, but the surface has now degraded to a yellowish iridescent flaky layer. There is a remnant of a separately applied strip with a wavy lower edge over one section of fragment, Date: Uncertain Weight: 6.29 g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-619174
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a glass vessel. The piece is from the pointed base of a flask. Its original colour was a faint green, but the surface has now degraded to a yellowish iridescent flaky layer. There is a remnant of a separately applied strip with a wavy lower edge over one section of fragment. Date: Uncertain Weight: 3.12 g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FBD5E0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a glass vessel. The oval footring or folded rim of a flask with a narrow stem or neck The glass is pale yellow-green. The surface is iridescent as a result of decay. A thin-walled blown vessel. Date: Possibly Roman Dimensions: 31.23 mm x 29.74 mm x 11.29 mm Weight: 6.28 g
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-23C926
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small clear and blue glass drop-shaped bottle. Handblown. The rim is broken and there is a rounded a collar at the top of the neck. The body flares out at the sides into a rounded drop-shape, but it is flattened front and back. At the base is an applied flat foot which is uneven so that the bottle will not stand on it. The bottle is crudely decorated with two applied blue glass sub-circular discs one each face. These have an impressed design of criss-crossing lines. There are applied trails of clear glass along each side of the bottle, forming double loops at the neck and stuck to th…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SOMDOR-20B086
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman blue glass intaglio. The intaglio is oval in plan and sub-hemispherical in profile with a flat undecorated reverse. It measures 11.46mm in length, 9.54mm in width, it is 2.02mm thick and weighs 0.33g. The glass is a dark blue on the reverse with a lighter blue face, probably in imitation of nicolo. The intaglio depicts a kneeling warrior with spear and shield. Martin Henig has dated this intaglio to the first century BC or 1st century AD and believes that it may have originally come from an early Roman fort.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-054F37
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A piece from the base of a wine or spirits bottle. Thick dark green glass with an iridescent decaying surface.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.