Record ID: NLM-4AC9FA
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cosmetic set fragment. A cast D-section ring of diameter 23.1mm retains an implement which has been folded with a loop to attach it to the ring, the loop being decorated by a single central longitudinal groove on one side – apparently the reverse. The implement has a keeled rhomboid lightly concavo-convex blade with a pointed tip springing from one side of the loop, with a thinner and also lightly concavo-convex strip or tab as an apparent counterpart behind the better-preserved part. A further thin leaf of copper alloy may be clasped between these elements. What rem…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B832FC
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete set of a copper alloy toilet article group dating to the Roman to early medieval period (c.AD 200-500). The group consists of two objects found together that were likely once part of a toiletry set. The objects are a tweezers and a nail cleaner. Tweezers: The tweezers are incomplete and exists as one half only. They are formed from a single rectangular sectioned band of copper alloy which has been bent in half, creating a sprung loop one end. It consists of a single arm that extends from the loop, the other arm has broken off. The surviving arm gradually curves outw…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A25B2B
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy cosmetic set, one half of a pair of tweezers, a strip with very small fragments of the other half, an earscoop and a toothpick attached by a rivet at the top end, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1755-6. The internal face is covered in solder for a distance of 22mm from the top. The strip widens slightly towards the lower end. Weight 2.71g. Length 61.6mm. Width 5 - 6.4mm. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A09A7E
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted medieval sheet copper alloy cosmetic set in a very peculiar arrangement and without a pair of tweezers. A flat earscoop, similar to Egan and Pritchard 1991 no. 1756, has been reused or converted as the base on the two ends of which two other implements swivel and are held by a rivet. The end of another rivet is fixed at the mid point of the base but is without any apparent function. An identical earscoop is attached to the proximal end and the two are separated by a triangular washer. This functioning earscoop has the same arrangement of thr…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NLM-F8575B
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cosmetic implement. Cast object with an oval suspension loop with drilled aperture, enlarged by wear, a moulded bulbous handle of D-section, of thicker upper and thinner lower profile and hollowed behind, and a flat straight-sided projecting blade, now bent and broken. The loop suggests this is part of a cosmetic set, and these might be encountered in either a Roman or early medieval setting. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-700 Length (as found): 29.2mm, Width: 5.7mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 3.51gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E3B205
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible cosmetic implement. Cast square section shank of width 3mm with an angled point at one end, and expanded to form a flat round suspension loop at the other. This might form part of a cosmetic or grooming kit, items which are known from both Roman and early medieval contexts. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 43-700 Length: 51.3mm, Width: 9.7mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 2.54gms
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-EBC181
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A probably complete copper-alloy cosmetic set of Roman date, c.AD 43 - 100. The cosmetic set comprises a pair of tweezers, a toilet spoon and a nail cleaner joined by a wire attachment loop. The loop is formed from a length of wire of sub-circular section 23.17mm in diameter (widest point) and 2.14mm thick, which flattens at each end where both flat ends would join against each other to form a complete circular loop. This join has come apart, with the loop now slightly D shaped in plan. The overall object weighs 9.0g. The whole object has a dark green, glossy patina with pale gre…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2021
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Record ID: GLO-30E7D3
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Later Post-Medieval (1700-1800) two-armed silver cosmetic set consisting of arms that are surmounted by a loop. Both arms have a semi-circular cross-section that when held together form an evenly and equally decorated a circular rod consisting of a double rectangular collar with stepped interior below the loop, then emanating from the base of the collar on each side is an oval leaf with hatched detailing. The remaining part of the shaft has a circular cross-section with an expanded double grooved collar at the base. These would have formed the handles for the cosmetic it…
Created on: Friday 24th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest of Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-029FD0
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cometic/toilet set of Roman (or possibly early medieval) date. The item consists of a wire suspension loop with a simple nail cleaner and ear scoop attached to it. The suspension loop is made from circular cross-sectioned wire, each end of which is wrapped around itself twice in a slip knot. The suspension loop of both cosmetic implements has been formed in a similar way from folding a long section of circular cross-sectioned wire in two and wrapping the free end around the centre of the implement several times, creating the loop within the outer fold. The l…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Sunday 17th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7BC171
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Abraded fragment of a medieval sheet copper alloy cosmetic set the upper ends of a pair of tweezers sandwiched between those of an earscoop and toothpick, all secured by a rivet. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1755 and 1756. Extant length 22.7mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: SUR-B0B48C
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nail cleaner with a bent cylindrical shaft with circumferential ridges in three groups with a diagonal lattice between.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F37064
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval tweezers, perhaps from a cosmetic set, two bent and broken blades (width 5mm) pierced by copper alloy rivet with two external roves. Extant length 46mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard (2002), fig.251, nos.1755-6. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-34C43D
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Finely cast and engraved Roman copper alloy centre-looped cosmetic set: mortar with moulded zoomorphic terminals with incised detail, a trefoil loop with three perforations, and the broad groove bordered on both faces by a deep groove above a line of fine oblique cross-hatching. The terminal is probably bovid, Jackson 2010, Type E. Length 57mm. Height 26mm. Thickness 9mm. Weight 20.41g; centre-loop pestle of triangular 'rocking-horse' type with struts supporting a loop, projecting C-shapes forming shoulders at the junction between struts and loop. The keel is rounded. Length 37mm. Hei…
Created on: Friday 27th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-F23346
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper-alloy cosmetic set of Roman date, c.AD 200 - 410. The cosmetic set comprises a pair of tweezers, a toilet spoon and a nail cleaner joined by a loop 10.7mm in diameter, 2.8mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The overall object weighs 7.5g. Tweezers: The tweezers are comprised of a single piece of metal folded in half to create two parallel plates with a loop for attachment at the apex. The tweezers are rectangular in section and expand in width from the apex to form triangular plates with curved ends. The tweezers appear to be undecorated. Incised decoration is pr…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2017
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Record ID: ESS-4C0D26
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
​Cast copper-alloy complete cosmetic mortar and pestle (also known as a cosmetic set). The item is of late Iron Age/Early Roman age, c. 100 BC to AD 300. The artefact is zoomophic in form, featuring a bovine head at one end of the mortar. The remains of an end-loop can be seen positioned below the terminal of the mortar. The length of this item is unusually short. The bull-shaped head is made from a broadly pyramidal form, with a slight curving underside. There are curving horns emerging from the top. One of the horns is broken. The bow is seemingly undecorated, though ther…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: SF-FF89F6
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast silver fragment originating from a four-part cosmetic set dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. The object consists a 'U' shaped strip of metal with decorative 'toothed' sides and a separate rivet through its base that secures both its ends together, thus forming a composite suspension loop. From this rivet are suspended the top portions of three uncertain implements (their mid and basal sections being broken away in old damage), the outermost of which demonstrates a moulded decorative neo-classical female head at is apex. The other two implements, howev…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-E85CAE
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy three-part cosmetic set. The comprises an ear scoop, tweezers and a nail cleaner. All three are pierced at the top with a circular hole through which thy are joined using a circular rivet with flared ends. The ear spoon has a rounded attachment end to accomodate the attachment hole. There is a slight transverse collar below, The sides are narrowed at the top before flaring out into the flat, round-ended scoop. Te edges of the sides are chamfered from the front. The rear of he scoop is flat. The tweezers are in two pieces with a break at the attachment end and both appea…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
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Record ID: NLM-E6C080
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible cosmetic implement fragment. Cast segment from a loop with a sub-rectangular collar separating it from a thickened and slightly tapered stem with a barley-sugar twist, broken at one end. The incised lines defining the collar appear on both sides, suggesting an object to be used in its own right rather than as a fixture to another. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length: 38.4mm, Width: 12.8mm, Thickness (at stem): 3.6mm, Weight: 2.27gms
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A41F1E
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy fragment, possibly from a cosmetic set and of Roman origin c. 50 - 350 AD. The fragment appears to have been cast and then 'beaten' to form the drilled semi-circular top/suspension point. The item has a dark green patina but further ID remains speculative.
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 28th October 2016
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Record ID: KENT-8B3022
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small 18th to early 20th century silver etui containting a set of silver cosmetic/toiletry implements. Description: The set consists of the cylindrical container formed from sheet silver and has a screw lid. It undecorated with no visible makers mark. It contains two 'dabbers'. Both dabbers are identical pointed strips of silver hammered into shape, at the wide head one has a small concave bowl and the other has been bent into a right angle. The set remains in good condition. Measurements: Container: 60.21mm long, 7.69mm in diameter, 5.28g in weight. Dabber Spoon: 5…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.