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-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-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: 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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