Record ID: LIN-55C019
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy or pewter flanged dish of probable late Roman date. Description The dish is fragmented but is nearly a complete vessel. The plate has a circular base with a short wall which runs vertical from the base at an angle of approximately 80 degrees. The rim is horizontal, flat, and is turned downwards and folded onto the underside thus forming a shallow facet around the perimeter. The form of rim suggests this belongs to Peal type 4b (Peal 1967). The central part of the base is made from a circular sheet of lead alloy. This was either soldered to the rest of…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: LIN-F16311
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded lead object in the form of the bust of a youthful male, possibly a cherub. The object is probably a livery badge, though no fittings are visible on the reverse. The badge is flat and shows the figure facing straight on. He has curly hair and a rounded face with a similing mouth. The figure wears a Roman-style tunic swept across one shoulder. Along the bottom edge is a rope-like border as commonly seen on livery badges. The badge probably dates to the eighteenth or nineteenth century. The reverse is undecorated and flat.
Created on: Friday 8th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2011
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Record ID: LIN-5A4A90
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible horse harness boss. The boss is made out of a lead alloy and is flat, circular and has a composite enamelled roundel in the centre. The roundel is circular and has an outer ring of degraded ?blue enamel, with an interior of degraded ?green enamel. The perimeter of the roundel is decorated with twelve triangular cells containing ?blue enamel. The triangles probably mimick the rays of the sun. There are two incomplete circular studs on the reverse. The date of this object is uncertain, but probably early Post-Medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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