Record ID: SWYOR-A8C736
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval horse harness pendant made from copper alloy. The harness pendant is a two-part pendant with a frame and inner pendant attached together with a hinge, the pendant would have then been attached to a mount to fit on a harness or strap. The inner pendant is cross shaped with a central circular perforation and circular terminals on each end of the cross. The outer frame is incomplete but would have fully enclosed the inner pendant originally. The frame attaches to the inner pendant with a pivoting hinge although this has corroded together. The remaining elements of the frame cons…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2004
Last updated: Sunday 24th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A89248
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy spoon, probably 15th century. The spoon has a deep fig-shaped bowl with a makers mark stamped at the top of the bowl near where the stem comes off, the makers mark appears to be a rose although it it slightly corroded so impossible to see clearly. The stem has a sub-ovoid section which may have actually been hexagonal at one time but the edges have corroded away. The spoon has broken into two pieces but was recovered as one. At the end of the spoon is a moulded cone shaped knop, possibly a maidenhead (See Brian Read, Metal artefacts of Antiquity, p.96, Fig.62 No.…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2004
Last updated: Sunday 24th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A70166
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval point from a prick-spur. The point itself is pyramid shaped and sits upon a diamond shaped double collar. The end of the point which would attach to the arms of the spur has a circular section, which measures 5.8mm. The point measures 32mm in length, 12mm in width and weighs 7.08g. A similar example (with a single collar) can be seen in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, page 95, Fig.28 point no.9.
Created on: Monday 12th April 2004
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-A662E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy 2nd century Roman Trumpet brooch of Collingwood Group Riib. The brooch has a sprung mechanism with a spring of six turns and an internal chord. It has a pierced central lug and the pin is intact. The head has a groove running around the outer edge. The headloop is intact and there is a headloop collar formed from a piece of flat copper alloy which is wrapped around the base of the loop. The collar has two transverse fluted grooves on its front surface. The bow has a circular section and is decorated at the waist with acanthus moulding, which is continuous around the back …
Created on: Monday 12th April 2004
Last updated: Sunday 24th February 2019
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