Record ID: PUBLIC-75B36B
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon wrist clasp, probably of Hines form B11. The clasp is probably the hook plate of a paired hook and eye arrangment. The clasp survives as the central bar the begining of the hook and a . The central integral catch element projects from the centre of the outer edge of the bar although it only survives as the projecting tab and the catch itself is missing. Set at the centre of the bar is a projecting arm possibly with third attachment loop or decorative element. All the remaining arms have raised decoration consiting of raised bars, the long…
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-73BF5F
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval Plaque , inscribed with the name and address of the owner. The plaque is rectangular with bevelled edges and shaped with its corners removed. On its reverse, some of the retaining spikes (integral rivets) which held it to the leather are missing. The name and address on the plaque are as follows:- Ant. Crofts. at Saxham, Near St Edmonds Bury, Suffolk. There is much information about Anthony Crofts of that address, available on the Internet. Anthony Cross AD 1593 - 1657, was the 2nd son of Sir John Crofts. He attended Emmanuel Colleg…
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-72A625
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval double loop buckle. The second loop is missing from old breaks where it meets the narrowed strap bar. The bar itself is bent and broken to one side, just short of the frame. The triangular pin wraps around the central bar and survives complete. The extant loop is D-shaped and has a moulded interweaved leaf design on it's front face. Circa AD1550-1650.
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 5th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-721D2F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval single loop oval buckle with attached plate fragment. The end of the buckle loop is expanded into a rectangular-shaped lip with four axially aligned grooves on it's upper surface. The pin only survives as a loop around the narrowed bar. The rectangular single piece plate is extant although the majority of the reverse side is missing after it wraps around the bar. There is a central extant rivet just behind the pin and single rivet holes in each corner of the attachment end of the front plate. Circa AD1250-1400.
Created on: Sunday 5th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 5th August 2018
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