Record ID: YORYM-3B4580
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass melon bead of uncertain date. The bead is sub-pentagonal in plan with a central circular perforation. Five longitudinal grooves in the side give the bead the appearance of a five-petaled flower. The grooves are regular. The glass is blue in colour. The bead is 9.0mm in diameter, 5.0mm thick and weighs 0.4g. The perforation is 2.8mm in diameter. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty. Similar beads have been recorded on the PAS database as NCL-4ABB77, FAKL-0FBFBA, ESS-E50B53, and KENT-0F91BC with Iron Age to Medieval dates. Glass beads, partic…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-3AE8D1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a slightly off-central circular perforation. The glass is a dark blue colour. There is a chip and scratch on the outer edge. The bead is 9.8mm in diameter, 4.6mm thick and weighs 0.5g. The perforation is 4.7mm in diameter. Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty. They are often thought to be Roman in date though blue glass beads were commonly used in spangles on lace making bobbins in the 19th century. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-3A6DE4
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete orange glass intaglio dating to the Post Medeival to Modern period (c. AD 1700-1900). The intaglio is oval in plan and on one face depicts the bust of a helmeted Mars facing right holding a shield. The intaglio is set within a cast silver frame. The frame has indications of attachment points at the top and bottom of the oval, suggesting the object may once have been from a watch fob or brooch insert. The reverse of the intaglio is undecorated. Similar examples recorded on the PAS database include: KENT-24ABF7; BERK-680E36; and CORN-6C911F, all of which have been date…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.