Record ID: SUR-F98205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plain silver annular buckle with intact pin. The frame is of low conical form with a hollow back.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
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Record ID: SUR-8507E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval or early post- medieval finger- ring, consisting of a flat hoop cast with the form of two clasped hands (a "fede" or friendship ring). Incised lines at the wrist of the hand probably indicate the drapery of a cuff. The hoop is decorated with lozenges alternating with rectangular panels and a central square panel engraved with a cross. The rectangular panels are cross-hatched. The finger-ring is silver-gilt and dates from the late fifteenth or sixteenth century. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: SUR-217AC4
Object type: LAMP HANGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A roughly cast copper alloy cast triangular hollow openwork 'pyramidal' object 32.56mm in length. The object has a rounded apex loop which sits above a short collar. On each side are three unequal openings. The base is also open and has a rounded loop in each angle, each also pierced with a round hole for attachment. While there are no clear parallels this object can with some confidence be identified as a lamp hanger in view of its similarity to the wide range of three-armed lamp hangers of medieval date.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: SUR-0ADBC5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the frame of a large cast copper alloy rectilinear buckle of probable medieval date. The bar is missing, as is one top or bottom edge, and part of the outside edge. The frame has a projecting pin rest on which there is a series of transverse ridges, two closely set flanking a central groove, and one to either end of the projecting area. To either side of the pin rest the frame tapers, and is decorated with a ring-and-dot stamp. There is another similar stamp at the surviving corner. This corner also has a tiny projection to either side of the external angle. The date …
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
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Record ID: SUR-A704D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval brooch, consisting of a hoop, triangular in section, set with a collett at the top accommodating a coloured stone and terminating in a pair of clasped hands. The hands were designed to hold a stone, probably a pearl, which has now perished. The two registers formed by the triangular sections are engraved with letters that read + PAR CEST PRESENT M VERWSRENTENS (By/with this present.....) The meaning of this (rhyming?) French inscription is unclear but it almost certainly signifies a gift between two lovers. The brooch is gold and dates from the thirteenth century. …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'chiddingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A6D001
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval or early post-medieval gilded silver pendant, with a suspension loop at the top, a cabled border and a claw setting, which contains a black stone. The black stone resembles jet and is very distressed, but appears to have been carved into the shape of a scallop shell. There may be a central figure of St James but the damage is too extensive to be certain of this. Jet souvenirs were avidly collected by pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela from the late Middle Ages. The scallop shell is the symbol of St James, who is venerated there. The pendant date…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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Record ID: SUR-A6A0F4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt finger ring of 'Fede' type. The ring is complete and its large diameter suggests it was for a male hand. The plain band is D-shaped in section and incorporates a pair of clasped hands. The separately-attached bezel is in the form of a quatrefoil which incorporates a heart against a field of crossing lines (both rather clumsily executed). Fede type rings are well known and a number of complete and fragmentary examples have been recorded under the Treasure Act (eg 2007T49, which has a crowned heart motif; 2007T107; 2007T342; and 2010 T158). This item is more than 300 ye…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Theale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A66C84
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver strap mount in the form of a sexfoil. The mount has a central hole for attachment and is slightly domed. The petal divisions are represented by grooves.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Record ID: SUR-54DB38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A half noble of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count and Lord of Flanders, a.d. 1384-1404. This type of coin copies English nobles and half nobles very closely so based on the reverse legend this is a half noble. Obv: PhS DEI G DVX BVRG COM Z DNS FLAND Duke in a ship, holding a sword and shield with the arms of Burgundy (note stripes rather than lions alternating with lis in quarters). Rev: DOMInE nE In fVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME Cross, etc., as on the English nobles, but with p in the centre. This coin could not have been issued until after a decree dated 1 Oct. 1388. I…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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