Record ID: WAW-EFCA91
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval (17th century) dress hook: The dress hook is made from copper alloy. This dress hook is composed of three integral portions, a loop, the decorative body and the hook. The loop frame is rectangular in plan and is attached to a sub triangular shaped body. The loop is sited at the upper edge of the body. There are three rows of circular perforations as decoration. Protruding from the lower edge of the body is a hook which is integral to the body. The tip is curved backwards to form a 'j' shape in profile. It measures 37.01mm long, 13.48mm wide, 1.50mm thick, and weighs 1.…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: WAW-EF0824
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval (17th century) dress hook: The dress hook is made from copper alloy. This dress hook is composed of three integral portions, a loop, the decorative body and the hook. The loop frame is incomplete and folded over the outer face of the body. The loop is sited at the upper edge of the decorative body. In plan the body is rectangular and the edge is moulded with a beaded border. The outer face is decorated with a central circular hole in the centre with four perforations in each corner. The reverse of the body is undecorated except for the areas of openwork. Protruding fro…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
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Record ID: WAW-EE0C11
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval (17th century) dress hook: The dress hook is made from copper alloy. This dress hook is composed of two integral portions, a loop and the decorative body and the hook is missing. The loop frame is an inverted trapezoid in plan. The loop is sited at the upper edge of the decorative body. The body is circular in plan, and in profile slightly domed on the outer face and concave on the reverse. The outer face is decorated with a moulded rose design. The lower edge is broken where the hook is missing, this break is not recent. The dress hook is abraded and has a light mottl…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
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Record ID: WAW-CA65E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Polden Hill type Roman brooch dating to between c. AD 80 and 120: The wings are semi-cylindrical, terminating with incomplete wing caps. The axis bar is possibly iron with an spring whose coils are not visible due to corrosion. The pin is missing. The wings are undecorated. At the edge of the wings and bow head there is a small intregral hook which holds the chord in place. The bow head is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and tapers slightly to a broken edge just below the wings. This break and that of the wing are not recent. The surface of the br…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2016
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Record ID: WAW-CA4745
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (14th to 17th centuries) lace tag: a copper alloy lace tag which is formed by a sheet of copper alloy and has been curled forming a tapering tube with a vertical seam. The surface has traces of a green/brown coloured patina otherwise the surface is abraded. It measures 67.92mm long, 6.86mm wide and weighs 7.2g (note the tag is filled with soil). Margeson (1993) illustrates similar examples, 121-123 and dates them to the 14th to 17th century. Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. E…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-CA37F6
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ring of unknown function dating to Iron Age to Medieval period (c. 350 BC- AD c. 1500). The copper alloy ring is sub-circular in section with a sub-oval section. On pone portion of the ring there is severe wear which has caused the ring to narrow in depth and width. The opposite edge, on the interior, also shows signs of wear by the interior edge being slightly pointed. The surface of the ring has a well developed dark green patina. The ring measures 20.8mm long, 20.85mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 4.6g. The date of the ring is based primarily on the surface condition. As to funct…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-CA2147
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (mid 16th to mid 17th century) buckle: A copper alloy double looped oval framed buckle. In plan, the buckle is a sub-oval, with only one complete loop remaining, the second loop is only fragmentary. The breaks of the second loop are recent. The remaining loop is decorated on the upper face of the loops with possibly stamped crescents, but this is not clear due to corrosion. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The strap bar is narrowed, and is semi-circular in section. The pin is an elongated triangle which is curled around the strap bar. The surface is abraded and has t…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-CA01A5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (17th to 18th centuries) strap fitting (mount): A copper alloy strap fitting, decorative mount which in plan is a drop shape with a large oval knop at the base and a smaller knop at the tip. It is undecorated on the upper surface. The reverse is also undecorated and has traces of two integral spikes which are circular in section. They are positioned one on each droplet/knop join. The surface of the mount is a mottled mid green colour. It measures 39.21mm long, 20.19mm wide and 5.02mm thick, weighing 6.2g. Strap fittings have been in use from the late Medieval to Post …
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C9EDA1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (1550-1700) sword belt fitting: A copper alloy hooked mount which comprises of a sub-triangular plate with moulded curvilinear edges. In profile the plate is a wide 'V' shape. The plate has a small attachment hole in a rounded projection at the top and another lower down on the longitudinal axis (in the inverted V shape). There is a larger, oval hole in the top of the plate. The plate is decorated with raised lettering comprising three smaller letters (IHS -a Christogram orabbreviation of the name of Christ ) below an inverted V shaped device. A protrudes from the upper,…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C9D3C6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead or lead alloy spindle whorl dating to the Roman to Medieval Period (AD 43 - 1500). In plan it is sub-circular and in profile is sub semi-circular. There is a central circular perforation which is 9.62mm diameter. The upper surface of the spindle whorl is decorated with a feint radiate ridges. The base is flat and undecorated. The surface of the spindle whorl is oxidised and is a cream colour. It measures 31.08mm diameter and stands 10.56mm tall. It weighs 54.5g.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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Record ID: WAW-C9BB52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: halfpenny of Edward III (1327-1377) minted in London between 1344 and 1351. Withers Type 9. Florin coinage. North No. 1131.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C9AFC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin:penny of Edward IV, Second reign (1471-1483) minted in London between 1471 and 1483. North No. 1641.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C99CA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius dating to the first to third centuries AD. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably Mint of Rome.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C98E14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper alloy as of possibly Septimus Severus (AD 193-211) possibly dating to the period AD 193 and 211, but certainly between AD 193 and 222 (Reece Period 10), reverse depicts a seated figure but the legend is not visible, unknown mint.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-C915C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: A copper-alloy sesterius dating to the first to mid third centuries. Unknown Reece period. The reverse type is illegible. Probably Mint of Rome.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-0FB717
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An umbonate plate brooch, of Roman dating (100 - 250 AD). The brooch is sub circular in plan, with three incomplete projecting knops protruding from the edge. The body of the brooch is domed in profile and this is decorated with a central circular cell surrounded by two concentric rings of triangular cells which originally would have held enamel. The inner and outer rings circle consists of 14 triangular cells each. A thin rim is present around the edge of the outermost circle. It is to this rim that the projecting knops are attached at the cardinal points. Two of the projecting knops…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: WAW-0FABC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch (or Stutzarmfibel) dating to c. 420-c. 480 AD. The head is an inverted triangle with an obliquely angled reverse, which has perforated terminals which would have supported the axis, spring and pin. The top of the bow has two pairs of transverse linear groove as decoration before the bow arches and tapers to become rectangular in cross-section. Towards the base of the bow is a further pair of transverse grooves. The vertical foot is also decorated with a pair of transverse grooves, and on the reverse has a short, solid catchplate whi…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-0F9CA7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn glass bead of uncertain date (-200 to 1900). It is sub-spherical with a single central, ovate perforation, is opaque and mid-dark blue in colour. On the exterior surface there are horizontal striations. It measures 8.65mm diameter, 6.69mm long and weigh 0.6g. The internal perforation is 3.2mm diameter. The dating of glass beads found out of context is difficult. The reasons for this include that the method of manufacture has changed very little over time and also that when beads are plain, as in this case, there is little indication of date given by the object i…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: WAW-0E7A14
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman finger ring (1st to 4th century): Only the bezel and shoulders remain, the hoop is missing and the breaks are possibly recent. The bezel is oval in plan and has a large cell which contains a white paste. The edges of the cell are abraded and may have been deeper than it is now and the original setting is now missing. The upper and lower faces of the bezel are decorated with two clusters of three high-relief pellets. The shoulders are decorated with a cluster of six larger high-relief pellets. The finger ring is made from what appears to be possibly a heavily leaded copp…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: WAW-0B7EE5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a decorative mount or strap slide. In plan, the upper body of the mount is an elongated star with knops on each projection. The outer face is decorated with cross-hatching in the centre within a linear border. This face has areas of gilding remaining. The reverse is undecorated and has an integral sub-rectangular loop which is distorted in shape - this is thought to be recent damage. The mount has traces of a mid green patina. It measures 28.27mm long, 20.29mm wide and 16.55mm thick, weighing 5.5g. Strap fittings have been in use from the late Me…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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