Record ID: WILT-F788D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval pendent loop dating to the period AD 1300 - 1500. The loop is quatrefoil in shape with an external knop on three of the four arches. The fourth arch is furrowed where the strap suspending the pendant would have rested. The pendent is 22.21 mm at it widest point and weighs 2.57 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F6AA87
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of an incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy badge with remains of gold gilding, dating to the period AD 1500-1700. The badge is in the form of a dog, or possibly wolf, facing left. The dog sports shaggy forequarters and stands on a base, possibly an heraldic cushion, decorated with diagonal grooves. On the slightly concave reverse, evidence of four attachment points remains, one on the head, one on the animal's back and one either end of the base. The badge is broken in two and there are fragments missing of the animal's trunk and the base. At its tallest point, the t…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F6499D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval coin weight, dating to the period AD 1400-1600. The coin weight is unifaced, circular in plan and was used for weighing the ryal. The obverse is stamped with a king holding a sword and shield, standing aboard a ship, possibly with a rose. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is grey/green in colour. Diameter: 16.35 mm, Thickness: 4.13 mm, Weight: 6.91 g. Cf Withers, P and BR, 2011, Lions Ships and Angels: Identifying Coin-Weights found in Britain, Galata 2011, p 24.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F4DA81
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval copper-alloy medal or token, probably dating to the period AD 1600 - 1800. The obverse shows a bare-headed male bust, the reverse is in a classical style showing a draped standing female figure holding a tall cross in her left hand. She is leaning with her right elbow on an altar. The altar is supporting an urn. The token is 32.34 mm in diameter and weighs 9.27 g. The legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F419D9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper-alloy circular buckle dating to c AD 1250 - 1450. The buckle has an external diameter of 40.99 mm and internal of 32.66 mm. The thickness of the frame is 3.54 mm. The pin is 44.39 mm long and is wrapped around the ring of the buckle, moving freely around the frame. It is 4.08 mm thick at the loop, narrowing to 2.58 mm at its blunt end. The pin has a lateral ridge near the top of the shaft with three transverse grooves. The buckle has a smooth surface with a green patina. It weighs 16.96 g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-F2C31C
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver clay pipe collar, probably dating to c 1800 -1900. A few millimetres of the clay pipe stem remain in situ at the wider end of the collar, snapped off at an angle. The collar consists of a sheet of silver wrapped around the stem. There is some nicking of the top edge of the collar in one site. A vertical join is visible along the length of the collar where the two edges of the sheet meet; the area around this join shows more corrosion than the rest of the collar. The metal is decorated with eight transverse ridges of various widths and textures: at the top is a s…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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