Record ID: LON-409133
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman jet flat elliptical armlet bead dating from 3rd-4th century AD. The  Dimensions: length:17.76mm; width: 11.15mm; thickness: 5.43mm; weight 0.79g Allason-Jones (1996:28) writes "The most common beaded armlet at York and elsewhere is made up of flat elliptical beads with one edge more markedly curved than the other and decorated with a deeply cut motif. The beads divide into two types: those with a series of raised ovals(cf. Colchester: Crummy 1983, fig. 37, no 1498; Wroxeter: unpubl.), and those with either S on Z motif beads are more co…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LON-E04B53
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 50 - 200. The bead is light blue in colour and has eighteen vertical grooves on the outer surface. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 9.13mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 21.09mm; height: 13.77mm; weight: 4.47g Crummy (1995:30) writes "These beads are found in 1st- and 2nd-century contexts (Guido 1978, 100) and seem, on the evidence from our catalogue, to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. There is some slight indica…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LON-B87A99
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman orange glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 1mm in diameter. The bead is slightly sub-spherical. Dimensions: diameter: 5.07mm; height: 5.97mm; weight: 0.43g. A similar beads on the database are LON-0381A3 and LON-E416F5 found in the same area and may have belonged to the same object.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-806576
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-Medieval bone rosary bead dating from AD 1450-1550. The bead is a memento mori type with a forward facing male head and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The male figure is bearded and probably depicts the Head of Christ. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosary. After Queen Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) was formally excommunicated by Pope Pius V legislation was passed in 1571 to finally outlaw rosaries in Eng…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: LON-7030E4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 50 - 200. The bead is light blue in colour and has seventeen vertical grooves on the outer surface. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 6.29mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 16.45mm; height: 14.82mm; weight: 3.82g Crummy (1995:30) writes "These beads are found in 1st- and 2nd-century contexts (Guido 1978, 100) and seem, on the evidence from our catalogue, to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. There is some slight indic…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: LON-206CC7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to Post Medieval black glass globular bead dating from AD 50-1800. The bead is circular in plan with a perforation 4.19mm in diameter.  Dimensions: diameter: 10.64mm; weight: 0.78g
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: LON-A24619
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is buff/grey core but retains some blue on the interior wall of the perforation. The bead has twenty one vertical grooves. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 10.08mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Dimensions: diameter: 24.47mm; height: 16.23mm; weight: 8.73g Worrell (2015) states that faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-0381A3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman orange glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 1.76mm in diameter. The bead is slightly sub-spherical, decorated with a plain band running around the circumference and several longitudinal ridges.  Dimensions: diameter: 8.15mm; height: 7.33mm; weight: 1.23g. A similar bead on the database is LON-E416F5 found in the same area and may have belonged to the same object.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: LON-420673
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman faience melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is blue grey with buff/grey core. The remaining bead has six vertical grooves.  Dimensions: height: 19.18mm; width: 17.94mm; weight: 22.80g Worrell (2015) states that faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, types 21 and 22) and also in Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1).&qu…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: LON-CC4366
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, approximately half a Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. The bead is a buff/grey in colour with no blue remaining. The bead has nine parallel sloping grooves. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 10.24mm. Dimensions: diameter: 23.30g; height: 16.74mm; weight: 4.92g Worrell (2015) states that faiance melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, …
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: LON-78B66F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval to early post-medieval bone rosary bead dating from AD 1450-1550. The bead is a memento mori type with a forward facing young female bust on one side probably depicting Maria (Mary) and on the other side a skull to ‘remember thy mortality’. The female figure is wearing late Medieval fashion consisting of a wimple, the cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and the sides of the face. The bead is pierced vertically with a central perforation for suspension on a rosery. After Queen Elizabeth I (…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: LON-8F32C9
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. Bright blue with buff/grey core. The bead has eighteen vertical grooves. The bead has a perforation with a diameter of 7.83mm. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves. Worrell (2015) states that faience melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, types 21 and 22) and also in Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1)." See:…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Sunday 3rd July 2022
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Record ID: LON-0335F7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A faceted octagonal biconical garnet bead of uncertain date. The bead is drilled and faceted on the outside. Dimensions: length: 3.36mm; weight: 0.6g
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2020
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Record ID: LON-B9DC69
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval production tube for bead manufacture dating from the 17th century. The fragment is tubular in form with a barn red exterior with eight black stripes and a red-brown core. Similar tubes where found during the excavation of Sir Nicholas Crisp's (AD 1598-1666), bead manufacturing factory at Hammersmith Embankment. Dimensions: length: 79.84mm; diameter: 18.33mm; weight: 39.38g Karklins, Dussubieux & Hancock (2015) write "A number of European nations are known to have manufactured glass beads during the post-medieval period but until recently, England was …
Created on: Monday 25th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: LON-8AB9EC
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval production tube for bead manufacture dating from the 17th century. The fragment is tubular in form with a barn red exterior with five white stripes and a brown core. Similar tubes where found during the excavation of Sir Nicholas Crisp's (AD 1598-1666),bead manufacturing factory at Hammersmith Embankment. Dimensions: length: 18.41mm; diameter: 14.62mm; weight: 2.43g Karklins, Dussubieux & Hancock (2015) write "A number of European nations are known to have manufactured glass beads during the post-medieval period but until recently, England was not amo…
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th September 2019
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Record ID: LON-00CE9C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman blue glass globular bead dating from AD 50-410. The bead has a perforation 3.02mm in diameter. Dimensions: diameter: 11.48mm; weight: 1.71g
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LON-C8AF58
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly spherical bead made from what appear to be natural chalk fossils, perhaps similar to coral. The bead has a roughly centrally drilled hole. Similar beads from the same site are SUR-D40483. Dimensions: diameter: 17.80mm; height: 15.88mm; weight: 5.61g In view of the proximity of an early medieval burial these may well be of Saxon origin. They were found scattered separately across a field.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-43CB8C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval to Modern spherical tri-colour glass bead. The bead is red with four wavy vertical lines of white and blue glass spaced equidistant round the circumference. Dimensions: diameter: 33.35mm; height: 13.35mm; weight: 3.05g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6825C3
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman "melon" bead made from glass dating from 1st to 2nd centuryAD. The glass is heavily degraded and relains none of original colour. The bead is sub-spherical with raised ribs running along the length of the bead. The central aperture has an internal diameter of 4.22mm. Melon beads form just under half of the total number of beads found in Castleford. Examples of faience are much more common than those of translucent blue glass. They were used in Britain from the conquest until a decline in use in the later 2nd century. Johns (1996, 101-102) suggests that glass melon …
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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