Record ID: SWYOR-71145A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a Medieval copper-alloy swivel dating from AD 1066 - 1500. The piece would originally have been comprised of two linked, D-shaped frames. The surviving half is one of these loops. It is of D-shaped section, flaring at either end, terminating in a pair of inward-facing, devolved zoomorphic heads. Each beast holds in its jaws one side of the flat, lozenge shaped plate containing a circular aperture, into which the spigot of the opposing side of the swivel would have fitted. Part of the iron joining rivet survives in situ. The object is 25.4mm long, 25.8mm wide and 12.8mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5CFBD0
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead musket ball of Post-Medieval date, AD 1600 - 1800. At a mass of 10.15g, this was probably a pistol shot. The casting seam is visible, as is the casting sprue which has been trimmed with nippers. The ball has a dark grey patina. It is 11.9mm diameter and 10.15g. See Harding, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-348C09
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting, probably of Roman or Early Medieval date, about AD 43 - 1100, consisting of a plate shaped like three conjoined ovals, arranged in a line, each with a central, circular perforation. From either end of this linear arrangement, and from beneath the junctions between the oval plates are narrow backwards projections. These four projections are joined at their outer ends by another narrow bar, creating three openwork rectangles behind the plate. The strap fitting has a rough, dark green patina. It is 29.7mm long, 9.9mm wide and 9.9mm wide. It weighs 2.08gm. …
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-347570
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an enamelled dragonesque brooch of Roman date, AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the central, slightly domed oval body, together with the stubs of the two arms. The upper side retains parts of a geometric design in red, blue and yellow enamel. There is a central, transverse row of yellow lozenges, flanked by two inward facing rows of red triangles. Other sections of blue and red enamel are also visible. The underside of the brooch is flat. The remaining fragment is 21.3mm long, 11.9mm wide and 3.3mm thick. It weighs 2.11gm.
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
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