Record ID: SF7458
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Squarish fragment of window glass, just under 2 mm thick. The surface is lost and the glass is iridescent on both faces. Although the glass is not post-medieval, it is hard to put a precise date on it; it is probably either Roman or medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COCKFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6940
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Button made from pale yellow glass, plano-convex in shape, 16 mm in diameter and 9 mm thick. The spiral marks on the back and, less obviously, on the front show that it was made by winding molten glass into a blob. In the centre of the back are two stubs of copper-alloy wire - the remains of a loop around which the glass was wound. Glass buttons are known from medieval contexts, but tend to be a good deal smaller than this one (see, for example, the Winchester finds - Biddle 1990). The buttons from 18th- and 19th-century contexts in America do not include glass buttons of this form…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK HARTEST', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6628
Object type: BEAD
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bright blue bead made of wound semi-translucent glass, 7 mm in diameter and 6 mm long (measured along the perforation). The perforation is 3 mm in diameter. The bead is slightly irregular with its widest point being closer to one end than the other. The surface has a lustrous appearance which may be iridescence (caused by the decay of the glass) or which may have been deliberately made. The lustre continues over a small chip near one end of the perforation. Dating a small monochrome bead is very difficult; it could be Roman or Anglo-Saxon, or could be relatively modern.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ORFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6306
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Glass bead, 22 mm long (parallel to perforation) and 12 mm in diameter, with a perforation tapering from 5 mm in diameter at one end to 2.5 mm in diameter at the other. This polychrome bead is made from red-brown, greenish yellow and dark green opaque glass, with tiny flecks of bright acid yellow. The core of the bead is red-brown, and two red-brown bands divide it transversely into three; the overlapping ends of these bands can clearly be seen. In the three zones is a marbled abstract pattern predominantly of greenish yellow, with thin stripes of dark green and dots and stripes of…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6275
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pale blue semi-translucent glass bead, made by winding the molten glass around a core. The bead is 7.5 mm long (parallel to the perforation) and 10.5 mm in diameter; the sides are unevenly curved to make a barrel shape. The perforation is 4 mm in diameter. Small monochrome glass beads are difficult to date; this one is unlikely to be medieval but may be Roman or Anglo-Saxon, and perhaps is most likely to be 7th or early 8th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CLOPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One fragment of green post-medieval bottle glass with iridescence. 16th to 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SIBTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5105
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of rim from a shallow dish made from tubes of dark green glass with a yellow coating, set into a background of similar dark green glass. The green glass is translucent and the yellow glass more opaque. The rim is slightly turned out and the grinding lines show that the dish was cast, not blown. This is a rare kind of glass and probably an import from Italy.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5106
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of 'prismatic' glass storage jar. These are square or rectangular in cross-section rather than round, and a tiny part of the angle survives on this fragment. It is made of good clear glass, a very pale blue/green in colour, with a few tiny air bubbles showing that the vessel was blown.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5107
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very tiny fragment of 'prismatic' glass storage jar (a jar which is square or rectangular in cross-section rather than round). It is made of good clear turquoise glass 3 mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5108
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from a blown glass vessel, perhaps ribbed, perhaps a conical jug. The glass is clear and a mid turquoise colour.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5109
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast window glass. Clear glass with many small air bubbles, it has a matt finish on one surface due to a blown cylinder being laid on sand and then cut and unrolled to form a flat pane. The other face is smoother with many fine scratches. Two edges are original and two are broken.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5110
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast window glass. Translucent glass, it has a matt finish on one surface due to a blown cylinder being laid on sand and then cut and unrolled to form a flat pane. One edge is perhaps original.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5111
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Heads from two glass pins, both identical; slightly flattened spheres 9 mm diameter. Each has a small stub of shaft making them 9 mm long. Each one weighs 1.86g. The glass is translucent and pale green with a tiny hint of blue. Three complete glass pins with globular heads and twisted shafts were found in a fourth-century grave at Colchester (Crummy 1983, nos. 461-3, fig. 25).
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5112
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular plano-convex gaming piece made from translucent green/blue glass. There are many small air bubbles and the surface is matt; there is a chip out of the convex face.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4884
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just under half of a large bead made from translucent deep blue glass with a rather carelessly inlaid trail of twisted cable. The cable appears to have been made from white, dark blue and a slightly lighter blue, and is 3 mm wide. The surviving inlay makes one complete and half of a second swag, with the cable being stretched out and crumpled at the bottom of the complete swag. Original diameter c. 25 mm, diameter of perforation c. 4 mm. Twist-decorated beads are known from the late Iron Age/early Roman period and the early Anglo-Saxon period (7th century). There are good parallel…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK EDWARDSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4739
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cylindrical glass bead with rounded ends, made of semi-translucent pale aquamarine or turquoise glass. It is 14 mm long and 11 mm in diameter, with a 4 mm perforation. Dating this bead has proved difficult. Cylindrical shapes are not found among pre-Roman beads. No parallel can be found in M. Guido's Prehistoric and Romano-British Glass Beads (1978). Catherine Johns of the British Museum thinks it is not Roman. This leaves early Anglo-Saxon as the most likely option, but it is an unusual colour. Leslie Webster of the British Museum has seen it and has suggested that the unusual …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CULPHO', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4559
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman glass vessel. The glass is pale blue and perfectly translucent, with some small bubbles resulting from the blowing process. The fragment is 3 mm thick and straight, not curved, indicating that it comes from a 'prismatic' (square or rectangular) vessel. All the edges are broken.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK OTLEY', grid reference and parish protected.