Record ID: WAW-DA3434
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of thin copper-alloy sheet, now roughly square (42 x 32.5 x 0.7 mm), with three of its four edges broken. The fragment is curved, and if the curve were extended, it would give a maximum diameter of 120 mm. The upper edge is the only original edge, and this is undecorated; below, the strip is decorated with repoussé dots arranged in pairs. There is a horizontal line of paired dots below the rim, and what is probably a lattice design below this. The dots are convex on the exterior and concave on the reverse. The surface has traces of a dark green patina. At first, the …
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wolfhamcote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E32932
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable copper alloy lid from an Anglo-Saxon workbox. The lid is circular thin sheet of copper alloy with a central hole, containing a suspension loop. The loop consists of a single oval strip of copper alloy looped over at the top, threaded through the hole and then splayed on the reverse to secure it to the lid. Attached to the suspension loop is another small strip of copper alloy looped through the suspension loop, perhaps forming the first link in a chain. There is a further hole to either side of the central hole although it is not certain whether these are areas of damage. …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL1644
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
So-called 'workbox'. Body formed from a folded cylinder of sheet copper alloy decorated with repousse dots of three bands of double rows around the body. The separate base has an internal flange and is held by rivets to the body. The base is decorated with repousse dot cross motif which is repeated on the lid. The cross is composed of triple rows of dots within a cordon of a double row of dots. The lid is hinged. The base and the lid are slightly domed. Diameter of lid 51mm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE ARNCLIFFE', grid reference and parish protected.