Record ID: BM-BFEBF1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A late medieval silver pendant. The pendant is flat and oval with an integrally cast suspension loop which is D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface). Around the edge of the oval, on the front of the pendant, repeated incised oblique lines form a crimped edge. The design is formed of four letters interspersed at 90 degree angles and divided by pairs of slim incised radial lines which are crossed at the top by double horizontal lines. The letters are in Lombardic text and, beginning from the top in a clockwise direction, read ‘…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
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Record ID: BM-182986
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver pendant in the shape of a hammer, with a hexagonal head angled back from a shallow point in the centre, towards a tapering shaft. The shaft is hammered flat at the terminal, so is deeper than the flat section of the rest of the hammer, and pierced through the terminal for suspension. It is decorated on both the front and back of the head and just onto the shaft by small punch-marked annulets, in some cases grouped into a quatrefoil design, but in other cases less regularly. Analysis: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a precious me…
Created on: Friday 17th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: BM-C514EA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The find consists of 36 copper alloy, two of which refit to form a partial object (no 35 & 36 in the catalogue below, to form a partial axe). There is 6 full socketed axe , 2 fragmented double winged-axe, 2 fragmented winged-axe and 14 axe fragments, 8 ingots fragment , 1 possible cauldron handle/fitting  fragment, 2 casting jets and 1 possible copper alloy mould fragment. ID DESCRIPTION DIMENSION WEIGHT (g) 1 Full socketed axe, some green rust and corrosion, blade sharp with dent, casting seam along t…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: BM-32C110
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete, gilded silver early medieval pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard. The mount has been cast and takes the form of a pyramid with a flat top and a square base. The underside is hollow with an integral, rectangular bar running transversely across the base. The top is inlayed with a square, flat red gem, presumably a garnet, slightly cracked with a waffled gold foil beneath. Each of the four outer faces is decorated with a repeating zoomorphic motif comprising a stylised creature in profile, defined by a long, interlacing leg with a foot resting on the l…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: BM-97D003
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete but bent early Post-Medieval (circa 16th century) decorated silver-gilt pin. The pinhead is spherical, 9.6mm in diameter, 10.9mm high and probably hollow. It is decorated with silver wire filigree. This includes a circumferential rib separating the upper and lower hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with three large filigree circles. Within each circle there are a further three circles surrounding a pellet. Additional small filigree-mounted pellets are placed between each pair of these circles. Another larger pellet is placed at the apex of the pin head. …
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2022
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Record ID: BM-D2F8C4
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular gold and garnet setting. It comprises a circular gold sheet back-plate to which has been soldered a domed framework of cells, made from upright strips of gold sheet. The framework has a central circular cell, which connects to three outer semi-circular cells. Between two of these is a straight cell wall, two more of which are probably missing from between the other semi-circular cells. All are now empty. A filigree collar, made from two strands of worn beaded wire, masks the junction between the back-plate and the framework. The reverse is plain with a circular …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: BM-99E1B1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver strip with gilding, possibly a mount. One side of the strip is decorated with incised and punched ornament, comprising a ribbed border along the upper and possibly lower edges, and a central line of more curvilinear-style ornament – possibly annulets, ring-and-dot and/or scrolls, but now obscured by wear and poor condition. The back of the strip is plain and appears to bear the remains of some form of adhesive.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th March 2020
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Record ID: BM-1F56EE
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Coventry
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold pendant. A rectangular gold pendant with a suspension loop at the top and projecting pins at three of the corners. The fourth pin has been pushed inside the pendant. One side is crudely engraved with the head of Christ and the other with a half-length image of Christ as the Man of Sorrows. The pins are likely to have been designed to hold pearls, which have perished in the ground. Metal analysis conducted at the British Museum established the gold content to be 83% gold. Dimensions: 10mm x 12mm
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coundon', grid reference and parish protected.