Record ID: DENO-493EBB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to AD1350-1450. The buckle consists of an oval lipped frame with a notch for the pin to rest on. The buckle would have had a copper-alloy pin, now missing. Off set pin bar. Ref. Egan 1991: 74,nos.308,309. See similar examples at, NMS-09F043, IOW-432DD44 and ESS-F050441. Length,15.2mm,width 19.8mm, thickness 1.9mm, weight 1.22g.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4C538E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy repair patch or folded 'paperclip' type rivet from a Medieval to Post Medieval vessel. It is folded from a lozenge shaped copper alloy sheet and was used to repair small splits in copper alloy vessels. The patch has an even dark green patina. Egan gives a broad date range for this type of pot mend, dating from the Early Medieval to Post Medieval periods ( Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, page 101) but also suggests a central usage period from about the late 15th to the mid to late 16th Centuries. See NMS-44E086 for a parallel. Length; 28mm, width; …
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4D74C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment probably one half of a laterally folded Medieval composite buckle plate. The fragment consists of a thin trapezoidal sheet broken laterally across the narrow end. The corners of the unbroken end are rounded with a large rivet hole in each, One hole has the rivet and rove extant and suggests the original thickness, including strap and second side of the plate, was approximately 6mm. The front face is engraved with six equally spaced wavy transverse lines that go across the full width.There are substantial remains of gilding on the front face also. There is a simil…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-4B506A
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spur terminal of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1200 - 1700. All that remains is a short length of one D-sectioned arm with an integral figure of eight terminal. A pointed transverse collar is present at the junction of the terminal and arm. The metal has a mid-grey/green patina and is worn. The spur is 29.3mm long, 14.5mm wide at the terminal and 5.3mm wide at the arm, 2.5mm thick and weighs 3.2g. A spur with a similar terminal is recorded as BUC-1B8F8B which is dated to the 13th - 14th century based on examples in the London Museum Catalogue. T…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-4B015B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1350 - 1450. The buckle has a single looped oval frame with a projecting lip to the outer edge. From the opposite side of the loop an integral forked spacer extends, each arm flanking a narrowed pin bar. One arm tapers to a blunted point while the other terminates in a worn break. The metal has a dark brown/green patina and is worn. The buckle is 64mm long, 14.9mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 4.6g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.36-37 and are dated to circa AD 1350 - 1450. Ref: Whitehead, R. (1996). Bu…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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