Record ID: WAW-120D45
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a probable C16 knife end-stop.  The object has one rounded end and one rectilinear, and is 21.2 mm high and 13.3 mm wide at the base, narrowing to 11.6 mm wide at the rounded top.  The base is straight, but with indications of projections at each end.  In cross-section, the object is slightly rounded on one face, and apparently flat on the other, although the flat surface is obscured by attached corrosion products.  The weight of the object, including the corrosion products, is 8.2 g. The rounded side shows a surface layer which has been…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-032AAC
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (c. 43 - 410 AD) copper alloy nail; The head of the nail is flat and roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The shank is integral and is square-sectioned, tapering to a blunt point. The nail is slightly bent from the lower third of the shank. It has a mid green patina and measures 46.36mm long, 7.55 mm wide across the head and weighs 3.32g. The PAS record KENT-0004BD writes 'Nails are difficult to date without archaeological context. Nails of this form are frequently assigned a Roman date and examples have been excavated. However, nails were manufacture…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-031DD4
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman (AD c. 100-350) cast copper-alloy stud or mount: The stud has a circular head which is decorated on the outer face with an undecorated bone setting which is slightly domed in profile. On the reverse of the stud there is an integral circular section shank which does not taper, but termintes with a flattened expanded edge which was probably flattened with a hammer. The surface of the stud has a mottled mid to dark green patina. It measures 34.65mm diameter 18.42mm thick and weighs 30.19g Crummy (1983) illustrates similar studs, but not decorated with bone, such…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-02FCDB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (mid 16th to 18th centuries) strap mount: The copper alloy strap mount is an incomplete sub-drop shape. Towards the lower edge of the mount there is an obliquely angled break. The break is not recent. The outer face has a moulded design which appears to be the helmet from a Post Medieval suit of armour with two swords folding a saltire behind. The reverse is undecorated and has an incomplete, integral spike which is oval in section and is bent forwards. The surface of the mount has traces of red copper corrosion and traces of a mid-dark grey patina. It measures …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-7F7889
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy mount of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1550-1700). The object has a composite design in the overall form of an arrow that consists of a lozengiform plate with a pointed, triangular moulded terminal. The moulded decoration on the triangular terminal consists of a central vertical rib with three pairs of moulded horizontal ribs branching off from it, potentially to resemble a leaf or a flame. The moulded decoration on the lozengiform plate is unclear. Around the edge of the lozengiform plate is a moulded border. Inside of the central area there is a moulded trian…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: GLO-7EB603
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish silver medieval groat of David II (1329-71) third coinage, type C, Edinburgh mint, date is 1367-71. Obverse: Profile bust facing left, crowned and holding sceptre in front. A star at the base of the sceptre handle. DAVID DEI GRA REX SCOTORVM Reverse: Long cross with mullets in the inner angles. The mullets have cinquefoils at the centres. DNS PTECTOR MS ET LIBATOR / VILLA EDINBURGh
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FF6C2E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman brooch, potentially of a Trumpet brooch and dating c. AD 75-200. The fragment consists of only part of the catch plate, the foot, and part of the bow. The bow has a D-shaped cross section and tapers from a maximum of 5.84mm wide near the top to 4.23mm wide just before the foot knop. At the top of the bow section, there is the remains of a raised, moulded decoration, probably a knob, with a roughly V-shaped moulding at the bottom and a possible second V-shaped moulding nearer the top. Toward the bottom of the bow there is a raised disc, …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FF072D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy strap fitting, of C17 date. The object is lozenge-shaped, with the remains of two lugs at the reverse. The front appears to be decorated, with a central circular moulding in light relief.  Due to wear, the detailed design is uncertain. There are traces of gilding on the front surface.  The object has developed a green surface patina. The object measures 18.6mm long, by 13.3mm wide, is 2.9mm thick, and weighs 2.3g. Ref: Read, B (2016) Identifying Metal Artefacts Vol 1, Witham, Greenlight Publishing
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FE131D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating AD 75-200. Only part of the head remains. The head is D-shaped with a stub of an integral chain loop that has stepped moulding. The reverse of the head is slightly concave with the remnants of two integral pierced lugs on the left-hand and right-hand sides of the head. The bow emerges from the back of the head near the top and has a D-shaped cross section and tapers from 4.78mm wide and 3.62mm thick at the start to a rounded point at the worn and abraded break. There is no extant decoration on the head. Dimensions. Length: …
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FDF035
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Medieval buckle plate and rivet dating c. AD 1200-1400. The buckle plate is roughly sub-rectangular in plan with two rounded, sub-triangular projections on the one side. The top right corner is folded forwards upwards. The sub-triangular projections are bent downwards towards the end and show signs of having been broken in antiquity, and these would have been the attachment loops that attached the buckle plate to the buckle. There is a sub-square gap between the two sub-triangular remnants of the attachment loops, which would have been where the pin was loc…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-FDA06B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double looped oval 'spectacle' buckle of Medieval to Post Medieval dating, circa AD 1350 -1650. The frame consists of two oval loops, a recess strap bar. and is slightly convex. The edges of the frame flare outwards. No decoration is present on the obverse. The reverse is concave and undecorated. The pin has been fused to the edge of buckle frame.  The buckle is very worn and has a brown and green coloured patina.  Measurements: length 48.2mm, width 51.4mm, thickness 3.4mm, weight 10.2 grams Whitehead…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-FCC0D5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post Medieval copper alloy book clasp, dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The clasp is broadly rectangular in plan and formed from a flat sheet of copper alloy. It has become distorted in shape and is bent inwards at the centre. The book clasp extends with parallel sides to a terminal with a flat edge with a narrowed central integral hook that has been folded towards the reverse of the clasp. The opposing edge slightly flares out to a flat edge that is slightly damaged. There is a circular rivet hole at the short edge with the flared terminal. Surrou…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E91469
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative type, dating to circa AD 43-120. The brooch is incomplete and missing the wings. It is likely the brooch would have had a spring that would have been placed in the concave slot at the reverse of the head. At the reverse of the head is a small protrusion, probably the small remains of a now missing rearward facing hook. The bow is hump like in profile similar to the Polden Hill varieties. The bow is broader where it extends from the head and narrows to a now damaged terminal.  The lower bow, f…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E73C3A
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy book or strap fitting, of probable medieval dating (AD 1100 to 1500). The fitting consists of a strip of copper alloy, it is sub rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. The fitting has a hook at one end. The hook extends centrally from the end of the plate. The opposing end is without a hook. At either end of fitting The strip broadens into a rectangular protrusion either side of the plate. The object is undecorated. The remains of a rivet are present, located centrally at the hook end of the plate. The fitting has a green coloured su…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-E6D0C7
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead pencil dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval period circa AD (1200-1900). The pencil is in the form of a cylindrical rod with one end that tapers to a point. It is circular in section and has a light-cream to grey coloured patina. A similar pencil is recorded under HAMP-C8365B which notes: ​Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th or 14th-century contexts, and it was thought some years ago that when graphite was discovered i…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-D5C907
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy "beehive" closed thimble of later Medieval to Early Post Medieval date, circa (AD 1350-1550). The thimble has suffered some damage on the rim. The thimble is broadly circular in plan with a domed top. The walls of the thimble flare slightly to a bordered rim. The indentations start from the crown and appear broadly in spirals of unevenly placed circular indentations until approximately half way down the height of the thimble. Hereafter the indentations are placed in vertically placed lines. The base of the rim has a band around the circumferen…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-D4D3EC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap distributor dating to the early medieval period (c. AD 1000-1200). The remains of the object consist of a lozenge-shaped terminal with oval aperture and rounded corners at each angle. The remains of the arm is broadly D-shaped in section and is rectangular in form. The arm then broadens to a damaged end terminal. The upper face is convex and the reverse side is flat. The object has a well developed green coloured surface patina and the surfaces are abraded.  Read (2016) illustrates similar examples nos 474-476. All are dated to 11th-13t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-D46A97
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy spindle whorl of Roman to Post Medieval dating circa (AD 43 - AD 1650). The spindle whorl is sub circular in form with rounded curved edges. The central hole is sub circular in shape. The internal diameter of the hole measures 6.6 mm wide. Both upper and lower faces bear no trace of decoration. The whorl has a diameter of 20.6 mm and is 12.4 mm thick. It weighs 24.7 The whorl is of a light cream to grey colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, …
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-D42590
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Modern copper alloy one penny token dating to AD 1811. Issued at Birmingham and Swansea for the Rose Copper Company.  Obverse inscription: ROSE COPPER COMPANY.  Centre: TOKEN // 1811 Reverse inscription: BIRMINGHAM AND SWANSEA.  Centre: ONE // PENNY other examples have been recorded on the PAS database including; DEV-14B146 discovered in Devon. The token is worn.  The token measures 35.28 mm in diameter, 3.15 mm in thickness and 24.6 grams in weight. 
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-AC8BDD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval jetton of uncertain date (c. AD 1550-1700). Uncertain type and issue. The jetton has been folded in half, with the inside being full of compacted soil. Obverse description: Uncertain. Obverse inscription: Illegible. Reverse description: Orb within a three-arched tressure with a pair of annulets outside each cusp. Around the outside edge, there is a rosette at 12 o'clock with chevron-shaped pairs of leaves leading towards it. Length: 21.19mm. Width: 10.81mm. Thickness: 0.25mm. Weight: 0.84g. Die axis: Uncertain.
Created on: Sunday 7th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 7th January 2024
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