Record ID: CORN-111F2C
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A jetton, of probable post-Medieval origin. It appears to be decorated with a lamb and flag. It has a mid grey-green patina (90%), and a light grey-green patina (10%). It has later been given two holes, which would suggest it was re-used as a button. However, as these two holes are not central to the jetton, it would suggest that it is incomplete, and the original full-sized jetton would have been much bigger. Dimensions: Remaining diameter (max): 22mm. Thickness, 1mm. The holes: Diameter (larger), 4mm. Diameter (smaller), 3mm. Weight: 1.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-FA3DF8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast markedly concavo-convex hollow mask in the form of a maned lion’s head. The nose and jowls are naturalistically rendered, the eyes are represented by protruding oval panels and an oval aperture – whether arising from mis-casting, damage or design – is an open oval hole. The former option is perhaps most likely as another gap appears at the top of the head. An outwardly bevelled rim represents the mane. Possibly from furniture or from a container used to contain a cremation. The lion was persistently linked with death in the Mediterranean world…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: BH-93786E
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy figurine of a bird of Post Medieval date, c. AD 1700-1900. The bird is depicted with outstretched wings and a curved neck so that the head faces to one side. The tail is fan-shaped with a scalloped edge representing feathers. The wings are decorated with thick irregular ridges and circular mouldings as down feathers. The decoration on the body and neck is indiscernible. On the underside of the body is an irregular base representing legs and feet, though this is crude and depicts little detail. The surface patina across the object is patchy dark-grey-green in co…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-8F4601
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper-alloy strap end, of Thomas Class B, type 4, dating c. AD 900-1100. The strap end comprises broken, open-eneded attachment plates with circular perforations. There is no decoration on this part. The plates are rectangular in shape and in cross-section. They extend into a sub-cylindrical body that tapers to a rounded zoomorphic head. The front has moulded decoration of raised bands, while the head features two oval lobes and a pointed snout with angled grooves. The reverse of the body is relatively flat and undecorated. The patina across…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-7E695B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy enamelled harness pendant dating c.AD 1300-1400. The pendant is shield shape with a square upper edge and tapering sides rounding to a point. Top centre of the square edge is a circular attachment loop set at an angle. The face of the pendant is decorated with rampant lion facing left with a forked tail in raised relief. A small amount of red enamel on the outline survives. The rest of the object has a dark brown patina with patches of dark green on mainly the supper portion of the shield and loop. The …
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-7D436E
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern copper-alloy harness fitting, dating to c.AD 1900 - 2000. The object comprises of a circular body with openwork decoration, it is D-shaped in section. In the centre is a horse standing, an almond shaped eye is present on its head, the mane has been kept short and muscles are defined in its legs. The tail is curved back. The horse is stood on a rectangular bar which is decorated with diagonal lines.  Length: 52.4 mm Width: 40.9 mm Thickness: 6.8 mm Weight: 25.29 g Other examples can be found here: https://www.nationalhorsebrasssociety.org.uk/Core/Horse-Brass/Pages/te…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-7CDCE6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable buckle. Cast asymmetrical sub-rectangular double looped buckle frame with an ornately moulded and expanded outer loop bearing complex zoomorphic or vegetal motifs, with small fronds extending to overlap the smaller rectangular inner loop. The flat underside of the outer edge bears multiple drilled pits of which only one or two are carried through the object, the others being shallow and blind, as if an openwork scheme had been attempted but abandoned. Initially a post-medieval date was considered on the basis of the form, but the reddish tint of metal and the deco…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-79AB9A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast vessel foot in the form of a three-padded paw, probably leonine. The base of the foot is uneven, its back edge is angled towards the body of the vessel to which it was attached, and it is broken raggedly at the ankle. The zoomorphic design may suggest an earlier part of the available medieval date range while the size and mass suggest this to be from a large imposing and valuable vessel. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300 Height (in use): 26mm, Width: 52mm, Thickness: 49mm, Weight: 199.66gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-68A6B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic (insect) trumpet-headed plate brooch dating c. AD 160-230. The brooch survives in tact except for the spring and pin, which are missing. The head is a sub-conical trumpet variety with an apex chain loop decorated with a shallow rim around the edges and two stepped transverse ridges between the loop and head plate. On the reverse of the head, two flat semi-circular lugs projects at a 90 degree angle from the head. Both have a circular perforation through their centre to hold an axis bar that would have extended through the spring coil…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-6682E0
Object type: LATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy object, possibly from a door or window latch dating to circa AD 1600-1800. The object is in the form of a bird with a long curved beak. The plate is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The top of the head has two lobes for eyes and a long rectangular neck, below which are two circular recessions. A straight horizontal groove defines the mouth. The reverse is flat and features the mouth groove and two circular recessions. The patina is mottled light green and brown in colour. The object measures 55.1mm long, 41mm…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-6661DB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Early Medieval date, likely the 11th century AD. The mount is sub-triangular and D-shape in cross-section, with tapering sides and decoration of elaborate zoomorphic interlace in high relief with small, mostly circular, openwork fields. This is surmounted by a flat rectangular-sectioned loop with circular perforation. The exact nature of the decoration is difficult to identify but appears to be some sort of animal whose head is below the apex loop and faces upwards with a circular eye depicted by a crescentic groove. The head has a sl…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-65A7BE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval gilded, copper alloy saucer brooch dating to the 4th or 5th centuries AD.  Part of the brooch is missing. There are three grooves running around the edge of the display face, before the brooch turns upward to form a lip.  The face has a zoomorphic design around the edge, possibly of two beasts or more chasing each other. Each appears to have 3-4 legs. The central design is of a reverse reuleaux triangle surrounded by three pointed oval shapes. The object has a dark green and brown patina, but sections of the gilding are visib…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-E7C742
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy urn handle, c. AD 1500-1700. The artefact is comprised of two twisted strands which meet at one terminal which is the moulded in the shape of a beast head which protruding attachment lug. This terminal is partly severed beneath the head. The opposing terminal has been lost and the handle is broken at its widest point. The artefact has an even brown patina with an impressed triangular pattern resembling scales.  Two other similar and complete examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (BH-930DA2; DUR-227…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-6B0453
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late medieval zoomorphic copper-alloy ewer spout probably dating c. AD 1400-1550. The object is curved, hollow and tubular in form. One terminal is in the shape of a dog's head with an open mouth and a projecting circular pouring spout. The dog's moulded head has a squared brow and a slightly raised square-shaped snout. Either side of the head are upstanding, slightly concave, sub-rectangular shaped ears with rounded upper and lower edges. At the top of the head is a central  rectangular band running from the brows to the back of the head. The …
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-68330C
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of early-medieval cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian cheek piece dating to the 11th century AD. Approximately half of the cheek piece remains, consisting of a single intact cheek strap loop connecting to a portion of the bit link loop with a single projecting arm also surviving. The cheek strap loop is oval in shape measuring 10.95mm in length. The arm of the loop is D-shaped in cross section, expanding in the middle to form a thick collar. Beyond this collar, the body of the cheek piece widens, ending in a worn break to one side. The other s…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-540D46
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, extremely worn copper alloy object, possibly a strap end of Early Medieval date (c. AD 700-900). The object is roughly sub-triangular in plan with a D-shaped cross section. The object starts off at 6.67mm wide and 3.25mm thick, tapering to 3.01mm wide and 2.28mm thick just before the rounded terminal. The top of the object is slightly domed, and is decorated with a raised lozenge that is slightly off-centre and has a raised, stylised shape on it that looks akin to a reversed "S". The rounded terminal appears to be decorated with moulded features that resemble …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: BUC-40A442
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy, Late Iron Age - Roman, vessel mount in the form of a water fowl (duck), 100 BC - AD150. The object comprises a stylised water fowl with angular beak and triangular cross sectioned body. A short projection from the underside of the water fowl's body forms the rivet that would have attached the mount to the vessel. Water fowl mounts were common across Late Iron Age and Early Roman Britain and Europe and a number of examples can be found on the PAS database e.g. HAMP-552E30, WILT-F259A4 see also  Crummy, N. (2020) The Small Finds in: Fulfor…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambleden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-180AF3
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic key handle depicting a male lion's head dating to c. AD 43-410.  The hollow handle is incomplete with only the head surviving and much of the original surface detail is worn and damaged. It is cast in the form of a lions head with an open sub-circular socket at one end with fairly fresh breaks around all edges. The head is narrow in width and on the underside is a sub-rectangular recess. It is cast in high relief with a pronounced brow and projecting cheeks; a mane of thick locks flo…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-8685B6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the early medieval period (c.AD 1000-1100). The object consists of a solid sub-triangular foot from which protrudes an elongated semi-cylindrical socket that is C-shaped in section. The socket has a moulded zoomorphic decoration that consists of raised bulbous eyes at the top of the head that look down on snub-nosed socketed. The tip of the nose is defined by an insided line at the tip and the eyes are emphasised by an incised line that encircles the eyes and joins together to travel over the head to the sub-trianular foot.…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darnhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-733E5A
Object type: HARNESS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1200- 1400). The mount is sub circular in plan and decorated with a moulded lions head.  The lion's head is in high relief and facing forward within a pelleted concentric border and is stylised, with sunken eyes and nostrils, flat snout, small round ears and a ridged mane. At the apex of the pendant there is a broken suspension loop attached. The reverse is flat and undecorated.  The pendant measures: 31.4mm in length, 23.3mm in width, thickness 5.5mm and weight 10.5 grams. T…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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