Record ID: WAW-A9CFEB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 14th to early 16th century) annular buckle pin: In plan, the copper alloy pin is a long slender rectangle with a rounded blunt tip. The opposite terminal has a fragment of a rounded penannular loop or annular loop which would be fixed around the bar of the frame. On the upper surface the pin is decorated with a transverse ridge. The surface of the pin is in fair condition and has an abraded mid-brown matte patina. The buckle pin measures 40.23mm long, 7.48mm wide at the loop and 4.1mm thick. It weighs 3.36g. Similar pins are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002), …
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: WAW-A9BFB7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (15th century) spur arms: A cast copper alloy spur fragment with a break which is not recent. The other terminal forms an obliquely angled '8' shape with perforations with a collar between it and the arm. The arm is a D-shape in section. The surface is corroded and abraded with traces of a mid green patina. It measures 35.47mm long, 15.46mm across the loops and weighs 4.28g. The Museum of London Catalogue illustrates similar examples with the '8' shaped terminals and describes these as coming from commonly rowel-spurs rather than prick spurs. These '8' shaped terminals…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: WAW-A9A999
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (c. 1350 to 1400) clasp plate: The clasp plate is an elongated rectangular sheet which has been folded across the narrow edge. Both plates have a rivet hole in the centre of the narrow edge opposite the folded edge. The surface of the plate has a shiny mid blue-green patina. The strap end measures 20.26mm long, 3.84mm wide, 3.14mm thick weighs 1.61g. The plate is a clasp plate rather than a buckle plate as there is not a slot for the pin. In Egan and Pritchard (2002) there are similar clasp plate, particularly Nos. 555 and 569 and probably dates to between c. 1350 to 14…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: WAW-A97711
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (12th to 15th centuries) spindle whorl: A cast lead or lead alloy spindle whorl which is sub-circular in plan and in profile is biconical. There is a central sub-circular perforation which is 9.26mm diameter. The surface of the spindle whorl is decorated on both faces with multiple high-relief pellets and fine ridges on one face and a irregular high-relief cross-hatching on the other. The surface is oxidised and is a cream colour. It measures 29.51mm diameter and is 8.89mm thick. It weighs 29.08g. Spindle whorls, as an artefact type, can be hard to date accurately as th…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: BUC-A3D697
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn Medieval silver soldino of uncertain Doge, dating from 1367 to 1486 AD. Uncertain mint. Obverse: [...] D.V.X; Doge standing left, holding banner. Reverse: +S.MARCVS [VENETI]; Winged and nimbate Lion of St. Mark holding book of Gospels, within circle. The soldino is 14.7mm in diamter and 0.30g in weight.
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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