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Record ID: SUR-3D236F
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval gilded copper alloy mount in the form of an angel, 42.6mm in length. The design comprises a stylised and crudely executed angel facing front, in chip carved relief. The angel is dressed in robes, the drapery of which conceals the legs. Depicted elements include wings, a halo and a collar; the left hand holds a harp or book whilst the right holds the hem of the robe.The left projecting wing is slightly bent, the right has lost the lower tip. The rear of the mount is flat and undecorated and has a single fixing lug around 2mm long and 3.9mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Worplesdon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-3F00F1
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy book mount of Howsam type B.1.4, dating to c.1150 - c.1200. The object is lozenge-shaped and has a C-shaped cross-section. There is a flat circular knop at each of the four points; these each have a circular perforation through them. The edge of each side flares out to meet its neighbour at the centre, forming a elongated V-shaped edge.
The front of the object has been decorated with a cross formed of three deeply incised grooves, forming two ridges that run from the knops to the centre. Overlying this is a cross consisting of two incised grooves with a central…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-404221
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a late c17th teardrop shaped furniture drop handle, 25.1mm in length. The object is pear shaped, with a bulbous mid section 15.9mm wide, tapering to a narrow neck 5.9mm wide with a worn break, presumably for a suspension loop or other attachment. The other end terminates in a small point knop with a moulded collar. There is also a worn moulded ridge at the base of the neck. The reverse of the object is hollow and no fittings are present.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-3ED86E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting. A purse hanger. The object comprises a large hook extending into a rectangular frame with one aperture. The hook has a backward projecting terminal at the top of the arm below which is a recessed section with a possible cross hatched decoration. The hook then widens into a D sectioned curve before expanding into the rectangular frame. The frame is set in the same alignment as the arm so that it extends backwards.
Date: Late Medieval - Early Post Medieval c. 1450 -1550
Dimensions: 41.5 mm x 29.5 mm x 8.4 mm
Weight: 12.51g
Identified by David W…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2022
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Record ID: NARC-437D75
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Horse Harness Pendant of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The object is a squared shield with an integral upper projecting spur, which would have formed a suspension loop. The upper portion of the loop is missing due to an old and abraded break. The front face of the object tis decorated with a moulded relief work in a heraldic design. The design is a checky or and azure covering the entire front of the object. The spaces between the raised areas form recessed square cells, the majority of which retains blue enamel. The back of the object is smooth and undecora…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: SUR-423128
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy quatrefoil harness pendant complete with hanger. The suspension loop is bent and the suspension lug is seized. The pendant is an elaborate quatrefoil, with four broad lobes interspersed with four small lozengiform pointed lobes.Traces of enamelling remain; the design has a square central motif, possibly a heraldic design in blue enamel, surrounded by a field, possibly once containing decorative elements, of red enamel.
The suspension mount is 17mm in length and 7.4mm wide, with a single upwardly curved fixing lug to the rear.
Similar to Read (2016), p61…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: NLM-43AA5B
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead musket ball. Cast ball, with a deep groove on one side, distorted by a penetrating impact into a material such as stony clay; patinated. The mass, at over an ounce, may suggest this to have been fired by a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 19.9mm, Weight: 30.12gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-43B49D
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead musket ball. Cast ball with a flattened patch at opposed ends, probably from its inclusion in a multiple load, while a flattened circumferential belt may arise from set up, an effect occurring at the instant of firing an unwadded projectile. The mass, at about one ounce, may suggest this to have been fired from a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification, perhaps a light musket, pistol or carbine. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.
Diameter: 17.5mm, Weight: 28.04gms
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th April 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-3F26F2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness or bridle fitting dating to c.1000-1100. It is a fragment of either a bit link or a harness link, but it is not possible to determine which as only one half is present. It comprises a lozengiform frame and a short bar leading to a central globular knop. The bar is D-shaped in section. At the end of the bar is a lozengiform frame with a knop at each of the three corners and a central sub-circular aperture. The fitting would have possibly had a decorative central boss which extended into the symmetrical other half which is now missing. The reverse is …
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: WMID-4132A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver radiate of Trajan Decius (AD 249-251) dating to AD 249-251 (Reece Period 12). GEN ILLVRICI reverse type depicting Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p. 124, no. 38a.
Overall dimensions: 21.38mm in diameter and 3.67g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: YORYM-439F76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman as of Domitian (AD 81-96), dating to c.AD 84-96 (Reece Period 4). [ ], S C, Unclear reverse type, probably Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-43FBE0
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Pressed metal cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment. A male Mark I tank driving left within a crowned laurel wreath; motto below on scroll reads FEAR NAUGHT. The detail of the badge appears reversed on the back, where a drawn wire attachment loop remains. The Regiment was formed in 1916 as the senior armoured formation of the British army. Peter Hart kindly comments as follows: 'This is the third pattern Tank Corps badge being approved in 1922. The first and second patterns showed the tank facing right but when it was discovered that on the coloured field service c…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-48621A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Robert Michell of Rochester, Kent. Williamson (1967, 380) Kent no. 472, dating to 1648-1672.
Obverse: Two compasses crossed. Legend reads: ROBERT . MICHELL
Reverse: R . M . N in a triad. Legend reads: OF . ROCHESTER
Dimensions: diameter: 15.87mm; weight: 1.08g
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 27th September 2020
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Record ID: SF-429349
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Medieval Scottish cut halfpenny of Alexander III (AD 1249-86), first coinage (long cross and stars), uncertain type (Spink S5040-5048) dating to AD 1250-86. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 16-17.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Bucklesham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-42FDBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Medieval Irish half penny of an uncertain King, dating to AD1279-1333. Reverse type depicting long cross with a rosette in the centre; three rosettes in angles. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Hemingstone', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-40C823
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Medieval penny of an uncertain king of England, dating to AD 1279-1333. Long cross, three pellets in angles, uncertain class. Mint of London.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Bucklesham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-3FE01C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver slip top spoon hallmarked with a lion passant left facing forward for London and a scrolled 'P' within a shield on the back of the stem, which dates the spoon to 1652. There is also a maker's mark S V in a cartouche on the back of the stem, which is the London spoon maker Stephen Venables (free 1640) who produced many spoons between 1645-1672. There is a stamped mark on the inside of the bowl which may be the crowned leopards head, even though it is not on the stem, and a heraldic shield within the Commonwealth wreath with the coat of arms consisting of three bezants (solid gol…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3E8DD8
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to Late Bronze Age incomplete gold-plated copper-alloy penannular ring. It consists of a copper-alloy core forming an incomplete loop which tapers slightly towards the terminals. One terminal has been damaged, exposing the core. The sheet gold plating exhibits banded decoration in the form of alternating stripes of gold and silvery-coloured metal, probably electrum.
Discussion: The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money'. "Their function remains uncertain, although it is likely that they were perso…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: NARC-43F063
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Mount of Medieval date (AD 1200-1600). The mount is circular with a central cross decorated with a row of pellets and larger central pellet. The circular border has moulded triangular motifs project inwards at each angle of the cross. All decoration is in deep relief which might have been to accommodate some coloured material in imitation of enamel. The reverse of the mount has a broken integral rivet in the centre. There are portions of outer border and one of the inner cells which are missing due to old abraded breaks.
The metal is a mid greyish-brown colo…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: SUR-3FA01B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post Medieval "dandy" button, 36.3mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick with gilded radial decoration in the form of alternating rays and florette or leaf forms. The reverse of the disc is undecorated and rough with a scar from a lost shank at the centre. Circa 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
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