Record ID: NLM-A87AD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast dragonesque brooch, Mackreth type DRAG 3.ax.Cast S shaped concavo-convex plate brooch with a cast pin wrapped around the 'neck'. The 'head' has a prominent oval lug adjacent to a bowl shaped hollow which may have held a separate stud. The body has decoration comprising a longitudinally divided pair of pointed ended cells, and is overlain by a central quatrefoil; these features appear apt to retain enamel though no colorant now remains. The 'tail' end of the brooch, presumably a near-symetrical pair with the 'head', is lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 85-100…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-A86DC8
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible razor. Sub-triangular blade with a straight flat back and a blade now tapering to a point, possibly because of recurrent sharpening. Towards the other end of the blade it now narrows, though this is possibly the result of damage in antiquity; it has a straight and possibly original end here. This object appears to have been robustly cleaned by the finder. Suggested date: Possibly Roman, 43-410. Length: 56.7mm, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 4.17gms.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-A84697
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable razor. Cast U-shaped plate with a cutting edge which runs along one long edge and continuing along the short straight side; the other long side and the U shaped end are flattened. The section is of extremely flattened lentoid form, a point which is only apparent if it is viewed against a straight edge.This object was initially considered as a sword blade fragment, but it lacks any convincing strengthening of the middle part of the blade, and a single sided form would be unusual for a rapier. This object appears to have been robustly cleaned by the finder. Suggest…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-A7CD12
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness fitting or boss. Cast discoid plate with opposed lugs on the back retaining ferrous corrosion suggesting a pair of iron pins attached this object to leather. Probably from horse gear. Very worn, corroded, and distorted. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800. Width: 32.3mm, Height: 29.3mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 13.57gms.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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