Record ID: PAS-925F06
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of grave goods, comprising: A copper alloy annular brooch, in two joining fragments (SFAAB) A copper alloy, silver, gold and garnet composite buckle (SFAAC) Two small finds which together form a complete iron knife (SFAAD/AAE) (1) Copper alloy annular brooch A copper alloy annular brooch, discovered in two pieces but subsequently joined during conservation. The brooch is complete except for the pin, which is missing save for a small amount of iron corrosion attached to the ring. The ring is circular to D-shaped in cross-section and may have been decorated…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: PAS-11C218
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold mourning (or memorial) ring. It is circular in plan, though now distorted out of shape, and slightly D-shaped in section. The curved outer face is plain, and the inner face is inscribed in a mixture of capital letters and italics: I L ob .23 Nouem 1710. Dimensions: Exterior Diameter: 19.77mm Height: 2.48mm Thickness: 0.81mm Weight: 1.6g Discussion: The inscription refers to the date of death of 'I L'. Mourning rings were popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, with people sometimes leaving money in their wills for the production of such rings to hand out …
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: PAS-10F734
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring is circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The rounded exterior face is plain, and the interior is iscribed in lower case script Feare god and loue mee. The stem of the F is filled in with diagonal engraved lines. A maker's mark CW appears in a rectangular punch before the inscription. Discussion: This inscription is a well-known posy, appearing in multiple forms in Joan Evans' English Posies and Posy Rings (1931:35). It is also found on several posy rings that have been reported under the Treasure Act and recorded with the Portable Anti…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: PAS-95F07B
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt silver dress tag, of openwork construction, cast in one plane with trapezoidal bar developing from central floral garland enclosing a heart (?). Gilt. Hook previously soldered onto reverse at lower edge now missing. 16mm long. 15th-16th Century. Similar in type to the dress tag from Martyr Worthy, Hampshire, for which see David Gaimster et al, "Tudor silver-gilt dress hooks", Antiquaries Journal 2003, p.168, fog.11.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
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Record ID: PAS-4EA424
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but distorted gold finger ring set with a carnelian in an oval bezel. The hoop is 1.2mm wide and ovoid in section, widening to flat triangular terminals where it is joined to the bezel. This join is strengthened by a strip of gold wrapped round the ends of the hoops. The back of the bezel is an applied flat plate, with a central circular pierced hole. The raised oval setting is formed from another sheet of gold folded and pinched at the top of the oval. Around it at the base is a border of twisted gold wire, with filigree beaded wire above this. The carnelian is oval with a …
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: PAS-D9D45E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold memorial ring. The inner inscription, preceded by a hand symbol, reads 'absens is grif' (absence is grief) with five-pointed star between the words and followed by a floral sprig. The symbols on the outer surface appear to be S type capitals, one either side of what could be interpreted as two joined XXs with a horizontal line in their centre (or a 'VA' monogram) repeated on the other side of the ring, plus 2 x intertwined capital C's backing onto each other, one set of these either side of the ring between the S and XX scheme. The outer engravings may be the intertwined lovers…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: PAS-03D086
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver small keeled finger-ring with narrow D-shaped hoop. The simply-engraved triangular shoulders have damaged notched edges and frame a flat circular bezel, which is neatly engraved with the letters ToT. Rings with this inscription on their bezel are distinctive to Roman Britain and have been found in some numbers in Lincolnshire. The inscription is regarded as an abbreviation of the name of the Celtic god Toutatis (or Totatis), who was often identified with the Roman god Mars. The ring is Henig's Type VIII. A near-identical ring was found in archaeological excavations i…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: PAS-F1A729
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A folded fragment from a gold strip dating to the Bronze Age c.1500-800 BCE. A flat gold sheet that has been folded flat against itself over 180 degrees. One original terminal survives which ends in a curved convex edge. The opposite terminal of the fragment ends in a clean transverse break. The outer surface of the sheet has incised decoration consisting of 10 parallel lines that run the length of the object taking up its entire width. This creates a ridged design. The reverse is plain although traces of the upper design’s creation are faintly visible. The objec…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: PAS-EEFF9E
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver quatrefoil dress hook. The front plate is divided into four quadrants by a central cross, the arms of which are 45 degrees from vertical. At the centre of the cross protrudes a small hollow annulet. Each quadrant contains a slightly larger annulet. The border of the plate broadly follows their circumferences, and then pinches in towards the centre at the apex of each arm of the cross. The overall effect, when viewed from above, is of a stylised four-petal flower. The front place is covered in gilding, which has worn away in a few places. A separate, circular-sectioned si…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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Record ID: PAS-011055
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold-plated Late Bronze Age penannular ring with a copper alloy core, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. The gold penannular ring is decorated with thin stripes of a contrasting silvery-coloured metal. A small patch of (copper alloy) corrosion inside the terminal of the ring suggests that this ring is gold-plated rather than solid gold. Dimensions: Width: 18.5mm; Height: 17mm; Thickness: 7mm; Diameter of central perforation: 5mm; Length of gap between terminals: 2mm; Weight: 11.69g Discussion: The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hai…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flint Cross area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-52F9D9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A circular gold ring, almost flat in cross-section. The exterior is decorated by two bands of beading, one along either edge. The beaded dots or pellets are mostly square in shape but irregular, and do not appear machine made; they seem to result from the use of a rectangular punch which made two pellets at a time. The beaded lines are separated from the centre of the hoop by a narrow ridge, and the centre is undecorated and slightly sunken. There is no decoration on the inner surface. Dimensions: Diameter: 17mm. Height: 5.5mm. Thickness: 0.5mm. Weight: 2…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2D3218
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold band with a narrow tang/fastening hook at one end and blunt rounded terminal at one end (with a roughly pierced hole to receive the fastening hook). Both sides of the ornament are folded over to create an overall [ shape (similar to other objects of this date and style, cf. the Binstead 'rings', discussed below). The object has been distorted and crumpled. It is not clear whether the damage occurred before or after deposition, but the latter is probable given the lack of clear or intentional breakage. Dimensions: In its current state the object has dimensions of 30mm …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: PAS-2CEBA4
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt dress hook belonging to Read's (2008: 55-56) Early Post-Medieval Class C Type 4. The body is of hollow-box construction, trapezoidal in section, with a sheeting front-plate of three longitudinal rectangular panels each containing three domed bosses, circled by filigree wire, in a vertical row. Each panel is delineated by a filigree wire border and in the two side panels four smaller granules frame the central boss. Below the central panel is a fleur-de-lys projection. The back-plate is slightly cracked along the top edge of a sub-rectangular aperture, and the top edge is…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: PAS-28CDBE
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt composite dress hook belonging to Read's (2008: 75-81) Early Post-Medieval class D type 6. It consists of a backplate, sub-traingular in plan, approximately 1mm thick, with saw-toothed edges. From each of the three corners of the backplate project three hemispherical domes. Along the centre of each side of the backplate, in the space between the domes, the edge forms the point of a triangle, so that when viewed in plan the overall effect is of another triangle sitting below, and orientated in the opposite direction to, the backplate itself. Each dome is decorated wi…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: PAS-03B034
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver signet finger-ring. The hoop expands to form a heart-shaped bezel. The face of the bezel is lightly etched with the initials "WRC" in faux-Gothic characters running from the upper-left to the lower right; the letters are made from minute hatches. Small flourishes of hatching lend a decorative, floral effect. Opposite the bezel, the hoop is flattened, perhaps intentionally. Dimensions: Length: 20.62mm Thickness: 2.05mm Width of bezel: 15.48mm Weight: 8.52g
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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