Record ID: IOW-CDAA35
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to post-Medieval leg/foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. AD 1250-c. 1650). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. The front of the leg has a central vertical rib which is flanked on either side by a vertical groove. The bulbous foot projects forwards. This leg/foot has an olive green patina. At the top there is a transverse break and at the side of the foot there is a small break. 46.58 x 21.23 x 11.47mm. Weight: 49.25g. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th cent…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 4th August 2012
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Record ID: IOW-CD57B7
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy ring of Unknown date and uncertain function. The undecorated ring is circular in plan, convex on the outside and slightly convex on the inside. There is a patchy and shiny green patina. Diameter: 21.41mm; width: 3.34mm; thickness: 2.69mm. Weight: 3.23g.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-CCB612
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early post-Medieval copper-alloy rivet (c. AD 1400-c. 1600). The rivet is made of sheet copper-alloy which has been rolled to form a long cone with a sharp point. Part of the point is missing due to a break. It has a mid-green patina overall. 42.84 x 8.31 x 6.62mm. Weight: 3.50g.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-C8C835
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic to Bronze Age flint implement (3500 BC-800 BC). This very large implement appears to be a discoidal knife or scraper. It is sub-circular in plan and pointed-oval in side view. One side is slightly more convex than the other side. It has been flaked on both faces and each face has a small area of cortex. The surfaces are generally coloured dark grey and light grey with some buff areas. The darker areas are shiny and the lighter areas are matt. Length: 124.20mm; width: 111.62mm; thickness: 31.82mm. Weight: c. 462.0g.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-C7AD72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy 'locking buckle' (c. AD 1350-c. 1450). In plan, the frame is rectangular with slightly rounded corners. The outer edge is 4.88mm in width and 3.24mm in thickness and is rabbeted throughout its width to accept and secure the U-shaped arm attached to the pin bar. The end of the bar is missing due to a break. There is a small notch on the upper face of the outer edge for a pin-rest. In side view the sides of the frame are expanded to accommodate the off-centred pin bar. The copper-alloy pin and chape are integral and the chape is cylindrica…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: IOW-C05BE5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting, probably related to a sword belt (c. AD 1500-c. 1700). This fitting comprises a flat oval body with the stub of a hook at one end and an incomplete loop at the opposite end. At the front it is decorated with two parallel horizontal grooves. There is a circular off-centre hole adjacent to the grooves. The rear surface is plain. This surface of this object is orangey brown and has traces of a light green patina on both faces. The breaks are abraded. 31.86 x 23.29 x 2.12mm. Weight: 6.08g. A similar object has been published…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-BFD2D7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged post-Medieval cast lead-alloy button (c. AD 1500-c. 1700). The button is domed at the front and flat at the back. At the front a raised pattern consists of a grid with a pellet in each square. The shank at the rear is incomplete and the end is smooth and appears to have been chopped or sawn off. A casting seam adjacent to the shank is barely visible. This button has a buff patina. Height: 9.26mm; width: 14.20mm; thickness: 12.76mm. Weight: 2.80g. No analogy found.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-B4C366
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame (c. AD 1570-c. 1700). The frame trapezoidal in plan and each loop is of similar size and shape, It is convex at the front and flat at the rear. There is slight bevelling on the inner sides of the loops at the front. The pin bar is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. There is a knoped protrusion at each end of the pin bar. Each loop is angled upwards from the bar at an angle of about 5°. This buckle is corroded and has a shiny mid-green patina. It is much shinier at the front than at the rear. 34.78 x …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Saturday 4th August 2012
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Record ID: IOW-B47783
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval cast lead-alloy knob in the form of a human male head (c. AD 1700-c. 1800). This knob is probably from the lid of a tobacco holder. The head appears to be tonsured and is tilted backwards slightly, as if looking upwards. The facial features are clear and prominent. The brow is heavy and large and the eyes are almond-shaped. The nose is relatively large and the mouth is formed by a simple groove. There is a short, integral shaft in the centre of the base, probably to attach the head on the centre of the lid. The object is grey with traces of a buff patina. Heigh…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-B31241
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. AD 1350-c. 1650). The pin is missing. The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is oval in plan and similar in size. Each loop is bevelled internally at the front. The narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section. This frame has a shiny mid-green patina overall. Several file marks are present. 30.81 x 27.03 x 2.56mm. Weight: 6.68g. Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-1650 (Whitehead 1996: 53).
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-A152B1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval to Modern cast copper-alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell (AD 1770-1813). The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is 14.96mm high, 16.03mm wide and 4.04.mm thick and has an inverted 'U'-shaped perforation. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, is a circular sound hole. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere were integral with a sound "slit". However, half of the lower hemisphere is missing due to…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-A0E361
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval cast copper-alloy (latten) spoon knop (AD 1500-1600). The knop belongs to a seal top type. It has a flat top under which it has several mouldings in the following order: flattened rounded ball/baluster/collar/baluster/collar/collar. Below the collar is the stub of the stem which is possibly hexagonal in cross-section. The knop is corroded and appears to be undecorated. Height: 28.88mm; diameter: 13.46mm. Weight: 5.49g. A similar example is illustrated by Homer 1975: 38 who categorises it as a Seal Top, type B dating to the 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-A02461
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast-copper leg/foot from a ewer (water jug), c. AD 1300-c. 1500. This leg is one of three that would have been integral with the base of the vessel. The inside face of the leg is flat and the outside face is faceted to form an irregular pentagonal shape in cross-section. Immediately above the foot there is a prominent horizontal ridge. This does not extend around to the rear face. The foot has four facets at the front and is slightly hollow on the underside. The break at the top is old. It has a shiny dark green patina overall. 59.99 x 23.46 x 20.06mm. Weight: 90.53g. …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-9F90F7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval hooked strap fitting for a sword belt (c. AD 1500-c. 1650). The mount consists of a domed oval plate, 22.61mm in length with a maximum width of 23.77mm. The plate is concave on the reverse. It has a flat sub-circular terminal at one end and the stub of a hook at the opposite end. The terminal is pierced and the hole contains the remains of an iron rivet. At each end of the domed plate, between the terminal and stub of the hook, there are two horizontal ridges. On the rear face, between the plate and the ridges adjacent to the stub of the h…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-9EF468
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy purse frame (c. AD 1450-c. 1525). This small portion of frame is 'L'-shaped in cross-section and curved in side profile. One outer face is decorated with double zigzag grooves. These grooves were probably filled with niello. However, none has survived. The other outer face is plain and has three circular holes at one end (a break has occurred across one of the holes). There is a similar hole further towards the other end. The outer faces have a shiny mid to dark green patina and the inner face has a matt green patina with o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-9E7D46
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and misshapen Medieval cast copper-alloy bar mount probably from a casket or box (c. AD 1200-c. 1450). About one half of the mount is missing due to a transverse break. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear and is bent inwards through an angle of 90°. It has a central bar and the surviving end is cusped at each side, has a sub-circular rivet hole and terminates with a pointed knop. Between the bar and the cusps there is a transverse ridge. The metal is a drab matt brown colour with traces of a light green patina. There is a single fleck of gilding …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2012
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Record ID: IOW-99C322
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pair of post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mathematical or surveyor's dividers (AD 1600-1700). This instrument has a globular knopped handle at the hinge. The knop is faceted and broadly octagonal in cross section. Within a slot are the broken remnants of the thinner arm. The main arm, octagonal in cross-section, continues downwards and then arches outwards. This arched part is trapezoidal cross-section. The lower part, beyond the arch, is triangular in cross-section and terminates with a recent break. This part has a small transverse ridge just below the arch on the oute…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-990DC3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rectangular double-looped buckle (c. AD 1450-c. 1600). The pin and the majority of one loop are missing. The surviving rectangular loop has an outer edge which is circular in cross-section with a baluster moulding that serves as a pin rest. Both sides are rectangular in cross-section and the bar is square in cross-section. This buckle frame is corroded and has traces of a green patina. The bar is slightly bent. 30.11 x 40.60 x 6.44mm. Weight: 11.83g. A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1450-1600 (Whitehea…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-985358
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy rectangular double-looped buckle (c. AD 1570-c. 1700). Each loop is similar and rectangular in plan. The outer edges and sides are circular in cross-section with some minor linear chamfering. At each corner of the frame there is a semi-circular 'cut-out'. On the front of one outer edge there is a small notch for a pin-rest. The central bar is pentagonal in cross-section due to similar chamfering. The tapering copper-alloy pin has a length of 21.08mm and the width at the loop is 4.62mm. It is partially hollow on the underside. This buckle …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: IOW-8786B6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of probable late post-Medieval to Modern date (c. 1750-c. 1900 AD). This sheet copper-alloy object is sub-rectangular in plan, domed at the front and concave at the rear. At the front, it has an incomplete border that has raised pellets as decoration. Around the base of the central part, adjacent to the border, there are evenly spaced oblique grooves. However, these are barely visible. The object is corroded and in poor condition. 17.58 x 16.74 x 6.07mm. Weight: 0.53g.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012
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