Record ID: BH-01EC33
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hawking ring, or 'vervel'. Several examples of similar type are in The British Museum, and others have been reported through the Treasure Act. All the evidence - including the script on the ring - suggest an early 17th Century date. Similar rings are illustrated in hawking treatises of 1619 and 1658 (see A.Dillon, "Six silver vervels", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2nd series, IV, pp. 355-7). Compare the 17th Century ring drawn in DRG Gaimster and Sue Margeson, "A post-medieval silver hawking vervel", Norfolk Archaeology, XL, 1989, pp. 326-7. The ring has a plain…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-01C693
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver dress hook or hooked tag of 16th century AD date. A classic 16th-century type as often reported through the Treasure Act. The head has a triangular pinked backplate and trefoil ornament. Three lobes with applied filigree knops and spiral decoration. At the centre a dome-headed pin attached with butterfly clip to the backplate, holding a small silver petal-shaped element at the centre front. On the back, recurving hook and rectangular bar attachment soldered on.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bluntisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-01CC42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A halfgroat of Henry VII. mm. tun (1498-9).
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-01BC53
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorative leather mount with two spikes on the back bent in opposite directions; one retains a fragment of leather. The tapering mount comprises a pointed and a round end with lateral extensions at two points.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-019D84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT A Roman silver finger ring of 3rd century AD date. Description of Find Has a circular-section hoop and expanding profile. Two lines of raised mouldings on the lower outer surface, and further decorative mouldings on the shoulder, with incised decorative hatching. The ring has an oval setting, with traces of a white fixing paste and a reddish stone, which is now missing. The ring is rather battered and bent. Measurement Measures 22.7mm wide (not original dimension as distorted), 14mm deep, 12.8mm high at bezel. Weight is 6.69g. Treasure number 2007 T22.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-01A1B1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain animal bell with a rectangular loop. Half of the lower hemisphere is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-019634
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A five-point rowel from a spur. The rowel has a white metal surface coating and iron corrosion in the central hole.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
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Record ID: SUR-018B91
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain broken plate from a medieval strap end of composite form. The plate is slightly concave.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-0174E0
Object type: CLOTHING FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver loop fastener of 16th century AD date. A similar loop fastening from Ipswich was reported through the Treasure Act (Treasure Annual Report 2001; fig. 151). Silver loop formed into one large loop and two smaller ones for attachment to textile. On the front at the centre is an applied disc with knop and filigree ornament. Measures 18.4mm long, 10.7mm wide and 2.7mm thick. The weight is 1.04g. Treasure number 2006 T584.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingford Grey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-017BA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A broken plain buckle frame of double oval form. The original length was c30mm.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-015A62
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken buckle frame of double oval form with cast decoration of foliate motifs and scrolls. The original length was c 55mm.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-013852
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tamper for a clay tobacco pipe. The tamper is of composite construction in the form of a hammer. The flat oval (14.18mm x 11.38mm) tamper sits into a hole in the top of the hammer and has a long narrow pointed shaft which penetrated the missing wooden or bone handle which sat inside the socket. The neck of the handle is rilled circumferentially and the block between the hammer head and the fork is decorated with concentric ring-and dot impressions.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-0118E5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age arrowhead struck from red/brown flint.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-011831
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver double-oval buckle of medieval date. A similar example was excavated in London, dated by ceramic context to 1350-1400. This example may be slightly later but probably can be dated to the 15th Century. The buckle has a central transverse bar, pin and part of plate with rivet. The frame has angled outer edges. There are remains of etched foliate decoration on one side of plate and on front edges of frame. Measures 17.5mm long, 15.7mm wide and 8.4mm thick. The weight is 3.76g. Treasure case 2006 T276.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-00F737
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments, possibly from the same spur, though the side and terminal could be earlier. 1. Side and arm with a figure eight terminal. 2. The junction of the arms and neck. Plain.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-00E682
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crushed silver rumbler bell of medieval date. Comparable examples in base metal have been found in dated London contexts (see G. Egan and F. Pritchard; 1991; pp. 339, no. 1666). This example is probably 15th century in date. Similar bells were fashionable dress accessories in the 14th and 15th Centuries. The bell has been made in two sections from silver sheet and soldered together. It measures 16.5mm wide, 6.5mm thick and weighs 2.89g. Treasure case 2006 T439.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Graveley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-00EDC7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman pottery vessel sherd, comprised of part of the base and body wall. The fabric has been tempered with sparse, large rounded iron stone pellets. The sherd is sub-triangular in cross section where the base joins the body wall. The breaks are old and worn. The sherd is 68.74mm long, 35.80mm wide, 14.58mm thick across the body wall and 7.86mm thick across the base. It weighs 35.89 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-00C1F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy foot from a vessel. The foot is in the form of a four-toed lion's paw. Most similar examples have a steep or vertical incline up the leg, but this object has a shallow angle. This indicates that the vessel would have been held a short distance above the ground, and suggests an early date for the piece.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-00DCE2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of find Copper-alloy fragments and 27 + 1 nummi to AD 351 found with the aid of a metal detector. The findspot was described as sixty meters in area with twenty of the coins found within five meters. 1. Fragment of small copper-alloy two-piece bow brooch of dolphin type (Colchester derivative). Spring pin and catchplate missing. Surviving l.: 30.2mm W.: 16.8mm Wt.: 5.6g Hull type T94 Date: late 1st century AD. 2. Copper-alloy bead, circular, with large central piercing. D.: 13.2mm Wt.: 3.9g. Date: Roman. 3. Copper-alloy knob, originally with iron attachment, now …
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-00D933
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age grog tempered pottery vessel sherd, comprised of part of the base and body wall. The sherd is sub-triangular in cross section where the base joins the body wall. The breaks are old and worn. The sherd is 49.69mm long, 46.84mm wide, 10.29mm thick across the body wall and 18.81mm thick across the base. It weighs 34.19 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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