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Record ID: BH-7D4735
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy pipe tamper dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1700-1850). The tamper, which would have been freestanding, consists of a roughly shield-shaped panel with two circular perforations adjacent from one another, part of a wider rectangular plate at one end and part of the broken cylindrical stem at the other. The panel depicts a scene in moulded relief. In the bottom right corner, an apparently nude figure with a relatively large head and bent outstretched arms, kneels forward over a low rectangular object as if engaged in oral sex. In the top left co…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-7C985D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast cooper-alloy mount, probably a sword belt fitting, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1600). The mount is asymmetrical and flat, with a foliate outline and decoration. At one end there is a trefoil terminal with a narrowed collar underneath and a circular attachment perforation in the centre. This extends to a central triangular-shaped plate with rounded shoulders that taper inwards towards a globular terminal at the opposite end. The underside of the mount is plain and flat. The mount measures 27mm in length, 17mmin maximum width and 2mm in thickness. The …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-7C0D5E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast cooper-alloy hooked asymmetrical strap mount dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD. 1600-1700). The mount has a sub-cordate plate which is D-shaped in section, with a concave upper-edge. This extends to a slightly wider collar before the D-sectioned hook with a squared-off terminal. The plate has two in situ circular-sectioned iron rivets, located centrally, one above the other, extending to the reverse. The strap fitting measures 27mm in length, has a maximum width of 12mm and a maximum thickness of 2mm. The strap fitting weighs 2.39 grams. See Read (2001, p. 30, …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-7BF7B2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast cooper-alloy hooked asymmetrical strap fitting dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD. 1600-1700). The mount has a sub-cordate plate which is D-shaped in section. This extends to a slightly wider collar before the rearwood hook. The plate has two in situ circular-sectioned iron rivets, located centrally, one above the other, extending to the reverse. The hook is D-sectioned and tapers to a squared-off terminal. The strap fitting measures 29mm in length, has a maximum width of 13.5mm and a maximum thickness of 3mm. The strap fitting weighs 3.35 grams. See Read (2001,…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-7BA446
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). The frame, which is D-shape in section, has a moulded boarder line around the outer edge of each loop and moulded pin rests with engraved opposing oblique lines. There are carolled knops each side of the spindle holes. The spindle itself is missing but there are the remains of the iron pins that held in place inside the holes. The buckle measures 15.5mm in length, a maximum width of 18.1mm and a maximum thickness of 17mm. It weighs 6.7 grams. Whitehead 1996, Buckles 12…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-795F54
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy button dating from the Late-Medieval to Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1450-1600). The head is roughly hemispherical in form with an integral sub-rectangular in section attachment loop that extends centrally from the underside of the head. The button measures 15 mm in length and 10mm in diameter. The button weighs 3.2 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-791A1D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy decorated plate, probably the lower section of a strap end with a split attachment, dating from the Early Medieval to the Medieval period (c. AD. 750-1100). The flat plate takes the shape of an elongated triangle in plan, and is rectangular in cross-section, tapering from one end to the other, and is bent approximately half way down at an angle of c. 45 degrees. One corner of the wider end, where the plate probably split in two, is broken, while the pointed terminal at the opposite end has a raised foot. The upper-surface of the plate is decorated with …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-77E425
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1800). The spindle whorl is bi-conical in shape with a circular perforation (still filled with deposition residue) extending vertically through the centre. The exterior surface of the spindle whorl is very worn and pitted but appears to be decorated with regularly spaced vertical lines. The spindle whorl measures 14mm in length and a maximum of 20mm in diameter. The central perforation is 6mm in diameter. The spindle whorl weighs 23.35 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-77C267
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a greyware ceramic vessel dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43 - 410). The fragment consists of a section of rim and part of the vessel body wall comprised of a mid-grey coloured fabric with occasional white inclusions throughout. The texture is hard, fine and sandy. The sherd measures 36mm in length, 13mm in width, is 8mm thick and weighs 11.3 grams.
'Greyware' describes various types of locally produced pottery that were made in many different areas of Britain. They are one of the most common types of Roman pottery in the province.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-779FEA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy vessel foot, probably from a cauldron or skillet, dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1700). The vessel foot is roughly trapezoidal in plan and D-shaped in cross section, and is unevenly broken at the upper-end. The upper-surface of the pot foot has moulded decoration in the form of a raised horizontal rib surmounting five wide, vertically aligned, flutes, possibly representing a cat paw. The reverse surface is slightly concaved in the centre but otherwise plain and undecorated, as is the angled underside. The pot foot measures …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-777206
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead or lead-alloy lion headed mount, probably dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1750). The mount is sub-circular in plan and sub-oval in cross-section. The very worn upper surface depicts a lion's head surrounded by a flowing mane. Many of the lion's features are abraded but its eyes, nose and mouth are distinguishable. The underside of the mount is undecorated, with the remains of 14mm long piece of iron wire in the centre. The mount measures 36mm in length, 35mm in width and is a maximum of 11mm thick. It weighs 48.2 grams.
A number of similar mou…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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Record ID: BH-77355D
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy lace tag or chape dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1800). The object consists of a single sheet of copper-alloy rolled into a tube which tapers from a circular open end to a point with a trefoil perforation. A seam runs the full length of the tag on one side where the plate overlaps itself. Sections of the surface are covered with a thin layer of white metal coating. The whole object has a patchy dark green and brown patina. The object measures 26mm in length and 12.5mm in diameter at the widest end. It weighs 3.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
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