Record ID: NCL-65DEC7
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy cosmetic article of probable Medieval date, c. 1200-1500. The implement has a small spoon/scoop terminal on a circular-sectioned shaft, with a flaring socketed terminal at the opposite end. In its present condition, the socket is triangular in plan, but it may have been flattened and originally conical in shape. In function, it may have attached to a further wooden shaft, or perhaps held a cosmetic brush. A similar find has been found from Sherburn parish, North Yorkshire (YORYM-1AC294).
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-D966B1
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman (AD 43-410) copper alloy cosmetic article with a flat spoon at one end and a loop at the other, measuring 93.89mm in length and weighing 7.3g. The implement is formed from a single piece of thick wire (c.3.5mm in diameter), twisted. One end is bent round to form a circle (the loop) the other is flattened to form a double-sided flat spoon, 4.61mm wide. The loop measures 9.33mm in diameter and has a central gap 2.67mm in diameter. Crummy comments (1981, p.59) that spoons had a variety of purposes. A flat spoon such as this one may have been the equivalent of the modern 'ho…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B3A9F3
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nail cleaner probably of Crummy type 2a dating from the mid 1st to early 2nd century AD. The cleaner is almost complete with a circular suspension loop at the top, below which is an oval neck. The body of the object is leaf shaped and tapers gently towards the double pronged terminal. Two narrow linear grooves decorate one surface beginning below the loop and terminating between the prongs. On the other surface the decoration is similar starting at the loop and ending at the terminal. On this side there are two linear ridges on either side of which there is a gro…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walesby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BC7F31
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy object possibly ligula dating between the 1st-4th century AD. The object is bent over to a point before tapering, flattening and terminating in a small, inverted triangular scoop. Possibly used by a surgeon or for mixing paint or cosmetics. The object could as an alternative be a later Medieval brooch pin. The length is 55mm, the width is 4mm and the weight is 1.74g.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'POTTERNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1AC294
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, which appears to be a toilet implement – namely an ear scoop. The object has a conical terminal, decorated with two sets of parallel incised rings. This cone would presumably once have held a wooden shaft. Extending out from the apex of the cone is a circular section strip, which terminated with the shallow, but wide ear scoop-like fitting. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. This object appears to be medieval, but an earlier date can not be ruled out.
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-396C71
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy set of nail-cleaners of the early Roman period. The cleaners have a circular suspension loop at one end, attached to a broad rounded terminal. The body narrows from this terminal toward the opposite end, which has the grooved end typical of nail cleaners.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-720D42
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a cast cu-alloy nail cleaner/small fork of a cosmetic set dating from the early Roman period, i.e. AD43-150. The shaft is flat-rectangular in cross-section and while one end terminates in a suspension loop, the other one terminates in two small prongs which are now broken/damaged. If this is a set of nail cleaners, it is probably a Crummy Type 1a or 1b with a simple thickish shaft and a suspension loop rising directly from the shaft, being on the same plane. Crummy dates these types to the late 1st and very early 2nd century.
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-20F002
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British incomplete toilet implement, rectangular-sectioned body with narrowed broken projection at one end with transverse concave moulding between four obliquely notched ribs immediately below shoulders, the other end is bent and flares slightly towards break. >9 x (unbent) >47mm. cf. Crummy (1983), fig.62.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Andrew Ilketshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-B9FDA0
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Roman object, which could either be a cosmetic article or it could be a bracelet/armlet. The object has a circular section, which flattens off at one terminal. The object is bent roughly in half. Both terminals are damaged. The terminal with the circular section has a slighthly flattened tip and it has been pierced. The opposite terminal (with the flattened section) has been decorated with incised rings and linear markings. The terminal has broken off and the break is very damaged. The metal surface has a mid brownish-green patina and it is pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buttercrambe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8C0BE4
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman probable double ended suspension loop probably associated with a cosmetic or toilet set. Consisting of one piece of copper-alloy wire both ends are folded over to form loops, one of which is larger than the other and has a break in it, this larger loop also has a flattened section. The smaller loop has traces of iron staining adhering to it. The terminals of the wire are wrapped around its shaft. This object could have possibly worked by being suspended from a belt with a cosmetic set suspended from its other end. The object measures 55.78mm in length and 13.0…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Bumpstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8BE944
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman probable suspension loop probably associated with a cosmetic or toilet set. The loop is formed from one piece of copper-alloy wire, bent in its center, forming a loop with both terminals bent upwardss and over at their tips, which taper to a point. There is a copper-alloy fragment of a possible cosmetic implement suspended from the loop, it is flat with a circular hole, through which the loop passes and appears to have been rectangular in shape. The hook measures 30.52mm in length and 6.97mm in width at the loop end and 18.50mm in width at the open end. This h…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Bumpstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8EA104
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman? copper alloy Cosmetic or surgical implement fragment? 28mm long and 13mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition woth a green patina and weighs 11.69grams. The object begins with a rectangular protrusion which has snapped off at an angle. below this is a sub-spherical section which sits above a protruding collar. The object then becomes trapezoidal in form while remaining cricular in section. This has a circular sectioned shaft base in the centre of its base. The object is most likely a Roman cosmetic or surgical implement.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-D41DA2
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman cosmetic article. The twisted, flat sheet metal strip handle has a small, hemispherical spoon bowl at one end with a diameter of 4.8mm. At the other end is a curved blade like tool with blunt edges. The projected length is 65.0mm, the width of the blade is 4.0mm, the thickness is 1.6mm and the weight is 1.77g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FB0FA1
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy cosmetic spoon dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises the bowl and a small portion of the stem. The bowl is leaf shaped and convex in section. It extends to a collared wrythen stem. The fragment has a length of 45mm and the bowl a width of 13mm.
Created on: Friday 13th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-21F1D7
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Romano-British cosmetic probe. Only the probe end is intact, but it is likely that the object is probably part of a double-ended spoon-probe. It is 18mm long and has a diameter of 6mm and dates from the late 1st – 2nd century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-7EF831
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nail Cleaner.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wragby Rally', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7D70F2
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible terminal of a Roman cosmetic implement, an incomplete rectangular shaft with a circular suspension lobe on the same plane survives. It measures 27.03mm in surviving length and the suspension loop is 7.56mm in width, the shaft flares towards its missing terminal and is 5.56mm in width. There are decorative transverse grooves where the loop meets the shaft on the front face.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CF6BB5
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy handle, probably Roman. The main body of the handle is formed from a circular sectioned shaft that swells noticeably at the centre. The shaft is decorated with a pair of double incised lines, set 9.06mm apart, essentially bordering the ‘swelling’. At one end of the shaft is a decorative bifoliate terminal which takes the form of two divergent curls, which curl down towards the shaft. Each curl is decorated with a small, circular depression at the end of the curl and is mirrored on the reverse side. There may once have been some incised decoration. At the opposite…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-4D4D54
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a probable Roman toilet spoon. The spoon consists of a shallow bowl, at the end of a broken and bent shaft. The bowl measures 11.3 mm long and 9.5 mm wide. Similar spoons have variously been seen as ear picks or scoops and spoons with which to extract cosmetics from flasks, boxes and small pots (Crummy 1983, 59). Given the relatively large size of the bowl of the spoon on this example it seems probable that it was used for the latter purpose. It is possible that this article formed part of a more general cosmetic set, and that it was hung, together with oth…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WILT-91E364
Object type: COSMETIC ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Roman, copper alloy possibly cosmetic instrument, incomplete. The object is 58.5mm in length with one flattened 'spatula' end 5.5mm wide and 1.5mm thick (hammer marks are visible on one side), the other end being twisted and rectangular in section (3.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick). The twisting starts where the flattening stops, c. a third of the way from the spatula end, but this consists of a single twist only and the next third is plain rectangular section (3.5x2.5mm). The final third has two and a half twists, before the break. Weighs 4.33g. The spatula end suggests use i…
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.