Record ID: HAMP-46B8F1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One complete half of a Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy two-part toggle clasp (hook-section) of Read Type 1, from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. It measures 42.87x17.38x(max)4.65mm and weighs 5.86g. It is curving in profile. 

This part of the toggle clasp is the section with a bar which would have fitted through an eye on the corresponding section. The object is largely flat in cross-section, though with slightly chamfered edges, and has a thickness of 1.79mm (although the transverse bar at one end has a thickness of 4.65mm). The plate has a large central hole …
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
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Record ID: HAMP-468F11
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval (1400-1650) copper alloy double oval buckle frame, missing its pin. It measures 25.06x19.70x2.77mm (internal surviving loops c.7x13mm) and weighs 3.54g. The loops are angled outwards and the central bar is triangular in cross-section (being flat to the underside). Examples of this type of buckle frame from London (Egan and Pritchard 1991 nos.331 to 342) date from the second half of the fourteenth to the second half of the fifteenth century, but as the form persists a later date cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-467439
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1250-1350) copper alloy single-loop oval buckle frame of Meols Type 11, with outside 'roller' edge on the frame. It is missing part of the pin and apparently part of the roller edge, and possibly a buckle plate too. The buckle measures 19.69x20.26mm (internal 9.90x15.38mm) and weighs 4.08g. The outside edge is offset with a roller composed of a sheet of copper alloy metal wrapped around it. The rounded sides have expanded oval terminals flanking the roller. The axis bar is offset and narrowed. 

The roller is 17.45mm long and 7.18x5.55mm in cross-section. …
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-4620EC
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman (300 BC - 200 AD) copper alloy button-and-loop fastener (toggle) probably of Wild's Class I with double annular-loop head and offset attachment loop, all cast as one. The underside of the attachment loop is tear-drop shaped (19.45x16.20mm, internal 7.70x9.30mm) with a decorative groove on the inside surface below the point. Each annular loop measures c.15mm in diameter (internal 6.5mm), with a groove delineating them where they join. The patina is an olive green in colour an smooth, with a pitted area of probable corrosion on the upper edge of the an…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-45CD0B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval (1200-1400) copper-alloy horse harness pendant with all traces of its probably original gilt and enamel decoration now lost. It is the form of a sexfoil with a second sexfoil at the centre around a circular depression. The outer petals are recessed (with rib-like walls) while the inner petals are raised. The loop is turned through 90 degrees. 
Measures 27.59mm in length, 18.12mm in width, 5.77mm in max.depth and the sexfoil itself 2.31mm thick. It weighs 3.55g.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-458821
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and a little damaged copper alloy Middle/ Late Early-Medieval (800-1000) strap-end of Thomas class A type 2 (A2; Patterned), with a transverse crack across the middle of the strap-end and two worn-through rivet holes (c.2.5mm diameter) at the open end. It is slightly bent. The strap-end measures 35.91mm in length, weighing 2.61g. The strap-end has a split end (8.89x1.96mm) and convex sides (max.11.16mm narrowing to 4.2mm at the zoomorphic terminal). Rather worn now, the only visible features of the zoomorphic terminal are the rectangular grooves defining the ears. Th…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-44B614
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy gilded oval plate brooch (AD 200-350) of Hattatt's gilded glass 'Centre-boss' type, consisting of the area for the missing boss and part of the area directly around, and the possibly filed-down remains of the lug and catchplate to the reverse. It measures 23.76x15.97x5.17mm and weighs 4.33g. The wall around the missing centre is missing its height and is possibly filed down - all original patina is missing and a brown/ purple metal is visible (the patina of the rest of the brooch, where not gilded, is green). Flanking the outside of the wall is a groo…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-43576E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval two-part lead cloth seal displaying the arms of England and the arms of London, missing disc two and the connecting strip. Part of the edge is bent backwards. To the reverse, the squashed rivet is apparent and the design of disc two impressed upon it. Also visible to the reverse is the imprint of a heavy weave. Measures 24.5mm in diameter and 27.55mm in max.length, inclusive of the squashed rivet which extends slightly to one side. It weighs 8.12g. S'VLLI'PAO'VIALLE'LON around a crowned shield bearing the arms of England and flanked by the initials ER //…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-428008
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Roman (AD 300-410) copper alloy probable strap-end, of Eckhardt and Crummy's 'nail-cleaner strap-end' zoomorphic type. It is broken at the attachment end, and the bifurcated end is possibly a little damaged too. The strap end has a flat rectangular cross-section and is max.2.44mm thick. The attachment end is trapezoidal in plan tapering from 5.53mm at the worn break (where the bottom of the socket is just discernable) to 5.01mm, and is split for the strap. Just below this point and above the curved shoulders are two animal heads projecting outwards from the edges, …
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-41D451
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable Preshitoric (probably Neolithic - Bronze Age, c.4000-800 BC) flint flake with no retouch, measuring 48.45x18.49x(max)6.01mm and weighing 5.68g. The flint is opaque and a white/ grey in colour.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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