Record ID: BM-4C0345
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy wrist clasp of Hines form B18c, dating to the sixth century AD. The clasp comprises a flat, rectangular bar, the upper surface of which is decorated with two grooves which run its length. Four openwork, flat circular plates with central indentations extend from the rear side of the bar; these have just broken through to the other side on both end discs. From the other, front edge, two fragmentary trapezoidal lugs are visible, the remains of a projecting catch. The clasp measures 36mm in length, 16mm in width and 2mm in thickness. It weighs 4.6g.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
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Record ID: BM-4C2F48
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century AD. The frame is oval in plan with an offset bar and ornate outer edge and separate sheet roller. It measures 20.4mm in length, 20mm in width and 6mm in thickness and weighs 4.9g. For parallels see examples from London published in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 72-74), particularly No. 298.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: BM-4C55C3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spoon dating to the Roman period. The spoon possesses a mandolin-shaped bowl which is dished. The bowl has a blackened inner surface suggesting it may originally have been tinned. The The bowl in profile is dished and the apex has holes due to damage. The stem extends from the underside of the bowl and turns through 90 degrees creating a reversed 'C' shape in profile. From there the stem extends. At first, it is sub-rectangular in section and then becomes circular in section. It then tapers to a point. The spoon measures 159mm in length. The bowl has a length of 41mm an…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: BM-4CB2AF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of an copper-alloy finger ring, with melted glass setting in imitation of an intaglio dating to the late second or third century . The fragments comprise most of the hoop, one shoulder and the bezel with its setting. The hoop is lentoidal in section and expands to form an exaggerated shoulder, before narrowing again to meet the bezel. The bezel is oval in plan and cylindrical in section, with a setting for a gem. This setting is filled with a melted glass bead in two shades of red on which is stamped a ?dancing figure advancing left. For similar 'Romano-British imitation…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-552C0D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring. The expanded flat-topped bezel is in the style of a signet ring with the very worn and corroded remnants of a design; possibly a cross pattee within a circle. The 'D' cross section hoop tapers to either side of the bezel before truncating at old breaks. Circa 16th-17th century AD.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-565C7C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted front part of a medieval gilt sheet copper alloy trapezoidal buckle plate broken at the fold, with a pin slot, frame recesses, four rivet holes, three with cylindrical headed rivets and, following both sides and both edges, lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles. Length 34.5mm. Width at the fold 15mm, at the inside edge c.11mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 20th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5675F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete front part of a medieval sheet copper alloy rectangular buckle plate broken across the fold, with a pin slot, frame recess(es), two rivets near the inside edge, a pair of engraved lines following the sides, and a single line along the inside edge. Length 32mm. Width 11.5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 20th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-56B908
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval rectangular buckle plate of gilt, thick copper alloy sheet with most of the round-section bar of the frame within the fold, with a pin slot and frame recesses. There are three convex-headed rivets in a transverse row surrounded by an engraved rectangle which lies within a pair of die-stamped concentric rectangular grooves, the largest of which covers the complete front face, and each of which is entirely filled with densely packed oblique grooves. A single engraved groove runs from the pin slot to the frame recesses. Gilding is restricted to the front. Length and width 19 and…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-56DACB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval tin-coated copper alloy spur buckle, with the pin and the inside edge of the integral plate missing. The frame is almost circular. The plate is of trapezoidal cross-section, i.e. it is thick, wider at the rear and with chamfered sides. Transverse ribs on the sides flank the pin hole. From here the plate tapers past an off-centre rivet hole to a transverse rib beyond which is a slight swelling and then another rib next to the break. Extant length 31mm. Width of frame 14.5mm. Width of plate 9 - 7mm. Thickness 2.3mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 20th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5739B6
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete very large decorated copper alloy bar from an Early Saxon wrist clasp of Hines 1993 Form B13, B14 or B17. All is missing from one side of a central rectangular (an ancient break). On the other side a D-sectioned length is interrupted by two transverse ribs, both with median groove, and ends in an apparently plain, square, rectangular-sectioned boss. The central boss carries a Style I motif in counter-relief. Most of the surfaces are covered in a dark material, which on the reverse and sides is quite uneven, almost lumpy, and perhaps the result of burning. There is no visibl…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th January 2021
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