Record ID: WAW-9A16D1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap: the copper alloy knife cap is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the long edge being slightly bevelled on the side faces. The side face also has a slight triangular section. The long edge, in profile, has a wide vertical rectangular slot and the opposite edge has a smaller, vertical, rectangular slot. The surface of the knife cap has a shiny dark brown/green patina. In length the knife cap is 10.95mm, 15.9mm wide and 9.1mm thick. It weighs 5.6g. End-caps such as this example are dated to the 16th century (Geake, 2001). Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recor…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-9A07C0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or early Post Medieval (14th to 16th centuries) open thimble or 'sewing ring': This thimble is circular in cross-section and the side tapers inwards from the base towards the top. The outer face has a columns of six or seven circular indentations. There are no manufacturing marks. This thimble is a dark green/brown colour. The upper edge is slightly abraded. It measures 17.66mm diameters, 14.37mm tall, the wall is 1.12mm thick and weighs 4.9g. The sewing ring dates to the Medieval to post-Medieval, 14th to 16th centuries.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: WAW-99A014
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (13th to 14th century) possible strap end: The copper alloy strap end is formed by two separate crescentic plates, each has rivet hole in each corner. The plates are joined with a copper alloy rivet. The upper plate has traces of a downturned lip at the apex of the exterior edge, forming a void between the two plates. The upper surface of the plate is engraved with a black letter 'R' within a linear border. The lower plate is undecorated. The surface of the strap end has a dark orange/brown patina. It measures 30.71 wide, 43.57mm long and weighs 12.7g. A similar strap end…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-995E40
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (14th to 15th century) vessel leg, probably an ewer: The copper alloy leg is an elongated inverted trapezoid when view from the front face, whose foot is then splayed outwards forming a triangular foot. In profile, the leg is obliquely angled and is semi-circular in section, with the rounded edge forming the outer face. The upper edge of the leg is broken, but not recently. The surface of the leg has a dark grey/green surface. The leg measures 42.08mm from the base of the toe to the upper surface and 24.68mm wide across the foot. It weighs 53.8g. It is uncertain what type …
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-990FA4
Object type: CASKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (mid 12th to 13th century) casket mount: The copper alloy mount is formed by a moulded, slender, sub-rectangle which has a slender elongated knop at one terminal which surmounts a circular rivet hole. The rectangular body of the mount is triangular in section with the exception of three rectangular blocks as decoration. One of these blocks has a central rivet hole and it towards the opposite terminal. This terminal has a rectangular slot forming an 'n' shaped terminal which appears to be a broken edge. The break is probably recent. In profile this end of the mount is bent dow…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2015
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Record ID: WAW-943E04
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (16th century) strap hook: The copper alloy hook has a inverted, elongated trapezoidal body with a rounded 'W' shaped upper edge and similar shaped lower side edges. The outer face of the body has a vertical, central, groove between circular rivet holes. Protruding, and integral, to the lower edge of the body is a sub-rectangular sectioned hook which forms a 'U' in profile and terminated with a blunt point. In profile the reverse of the body and hook of the fitting forms a concave face. The surface of the fitting has a mid brown/green patina. The strap fitting measures 5…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-93CA61
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age (-1,000 to -801) axe fragment: The remaining portion of the copper alloy axe is the blade which has a broken edge traversing the body of the axe. The blade cutting edge is almost symmetrical and is rounded and blunt. In plan the blade tips/sides flare outwards markedly. In section, from the break to the blade the section is an elongated triangle. The break, which is a short rectangle in plan, is not recent as the patina on the break matches that on the surface of the axe. The surface of the axe has patches of a well developed dark brown patina. It weighs 62.3g. From the cutt…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-920BF2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early-Medieval (late 8th and 10th centuries) copper-alloy strap end: in plan the strap end is an elongated oval with moulded terminal edges. In profile the body of the strap end is straight, but bent to form a wide asymmetrical 'V'. One terminal, in profile, is split forming a slender V shape. In this 'V' there is one incomplete copper alloy rivet, remaining in one of the two corner rivet holes in the upper and lower plate. The upper surface of the strap end is decorated. The rivet end terminal has an incised oval as decoration. The opposite terminal to the rivet holes has a feint mou…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-91B3A4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman (-200 to 100) mount: The copper alloy mount is sub-square in plan with the edges being slightly concave. On the upper face the mount has a domed 'X'. In the field there is a pair of fine curved low-relief lines so that it appears to be each arm of the 'X' is a pointed oval. On the reverse the mount is hollow which has traces of a dark grey substance which may have been originally a form of solder. The surface of the mount is abraded, but has patches of a well developed mid grey/green patina. The mount measures 24.36mm long, 23.87mm wide, 8.39mm thick and weighs 13.4…
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-9165D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy radiate of unknown Emperor, probably dating to the period AD 260 to 275 (Reece Period 13). Reverse type not known. Mint unknown.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Record ID: WAW-90B227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: penny of Henry V (1413-1422) minted in York between 1413 and 1422. Class F; North No. 1403.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2014
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