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Record ID: CORN-06F051
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Roman finger ring with a hoop that is D-shaped in section and in profile, with a flat sub-rectangular bezel. The bezel is decorated with a raised figure of Mars, helmeted, with a spear in his right hand and resting on a shield to the right with his left hand, all within a raised oval border. The ring shows considerable corrosion with and overall brown-green patina and some loss of detail on the shoulder obscuring the figures head. The bezel is 12mm long and 6.6mm wide and 1.3 mm thick. The ring is approximately 18 mm in diameter, the hoop is 3 mm in width flaring to 5…
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'St Just', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-2B102F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Small discoid button of composite construction with a stamped front depicting Britannia seated left with a tree to the right within a circular band bearing an undeciphered legend. The back retains a drawn wire loop in a mass of encrustation. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900
Diameter: 15.2mm, Thickness (overall): 5mm, Weight: 1.50gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-B00EDB
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy seal matrix. Cast circular matrix with a tapered faceted handle with a collared trefoil suspension loop. The handle and loop are abraded but the engraved matrix remains crisp. It depicts [on the imprint] a stag running left, with the legend: *TIMET E DEVM [he fears God?] – this reporter would welcome a reading making better use of the middle E character. Malcolm Jones kindly comments: 'It's the common inscription TIMETE DEVM [fear God] -- a (plural) imperative -- the E between the stag;s legs belongs to the incomplete TIMET'. Suggested dat…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-ED3A69
Object type: CLIP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver clip probably part of a scabbard or sheath, dating to c AD 1740 - 1800. It is a tapering D section metal bar, with, at the wider upper end is an oval plate which includes, in relief, a laureate, draped Classical imperial bust, facing, The features are very detailed, but rather crudely executed. The field in the background has a pitted decoration. Below this, the bar tapers as an elegant concave curve, without any decoration, to a ball foot, surmounted by a semi-circumferential rectangular collar. The collar is decorate…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1B1275
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and silver furniture fitting. Head of a young adult male, wreath with ivy leaves, some trace of futher attachment on front, now lost. Eyes inlaid with silver, a fur is worn over the left shoulder only. Bust seems to be emerging from leaves which look decidedly like lotus petals. Belongs into the context of the oriental religions. Is there such a thing like a Bacchus -Nefertem??Groove on back, furniture fitting
Suggested date: Late Roman, 200-300
Height: 49.6mm, Width: 32.1mm, Thickness: 21.6mm, Weight: 111.79gms
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-2706DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Nummular Brooch of late Early-Medieval (AD 900-1050). Weetch's Type 2.Ai, imitating the obverse of a coin. The object is flat and circular with repeating protruding pallets around its circumference. The front of the object had a moulded decorative motif composed of a beaded outer boarder, within which is a crowned male bust facing.
The reverse retains a distorted, tapering, the catch plate is missing, between the pin and the missing catch plate is a shallow casting seam.
Diameter: 25.11mm, Thickness: 1.68mm, Weight: 3.5g
The metal is cream in colour…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-EF8659
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible toy fragment. Cast solid disc or wheel with a thin outer rim with faint fine radial lines and with a small central pit, possibly from a toy motor car with a tyred wheel or spare wheel represented. Patinated. The character Noddy, a creation of 1950s children’s author Enid Blyton, drove a yellow car which would be equipped with wheels like this. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1960
Diameter: 18.7mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 7.09gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-001ED3
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete white metal circular religious pendant of probable Post Medieval dating (AD 1950 to AD 2000).
The pendant is circular in shape. There is a semi-circular break at the top of the pendant, this is likely to be where the suspension loop was situated, it is now missing. One side depicts a male bishop, standing facing, holding a child in his arms on his right. The child is facing forwards. To either side are hanging incense burners. The other side depicts a crucification scene, with Christ positioned centrally on a long cross with trilobate terminals. Diagonal rays extend…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-9D2CDB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast circular spacer plate fragment from a strap end of composite construction with a collared acorn knop on its outer edge with the cup of the acorn textured by cross-cuts, with silvery traces of solder. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450
Length: 37.7mm, Width: 20.6mm, Thickness (at knop): 4.5mm, Weight: 3.89gms
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DENO-1C5BEC
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead figurine or tobacco box handle in the shape of a human head, dating from the post medieval to modern period, c. AD 1600 - 1900. The head is modelled in three dimensions and takes the form of a human male head and neck. It may represent a person of African ethnicity, with a distinctive band headdress which runs around the top of the forehead and around the back of the neck. By the ears there is what looks like dangling ornamentation.The figure has a rounded face, prominent eyebrows, a wide nose and full lips. The neck is enclos…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-5EA2B6
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy figurine; only the head survives, of suggested medieval date AD 1375-1500
The object is broadly triangular in plan and cross section, depicting a stylised human head. Approximately one half of the face is worn away, with the surviving portion being finely detailed. The face has small pursed lips, a prominent long protruding nose, a single surviving oval eye and single wedge shaped eyebrow. The opposing features are worn and indistinct. The top, back and sides of the object depict the thick hair, which is swept back over the…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-F5066A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Mount of Post-Medieval date (AD 1650-1800). The object has a convex upper and concave underside. The centre of the back of the object retains an integral, circular sectioned rivet. The anthropomorphic front of the mount consists of a bearded male face, with mid-length hair surmounted by a hat or crown.
Length: 18.78mm, Width: 15.82mm, Thickness: 1.04mm, Weight: 1.0g
The metal is green/brown with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-DBF192
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast oval single looped or D-shaped frame with an expanded and canted thin outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar. A slotted rectangular buckle plate [height 19.4mm near the frame and thickness 1.1mm], broader in front and narrower behind, clasps the frame with a cast pin looped around the latter. A pair of large [maximum head diameter 3mm] rivets attached the inner ends of the plate to each other and to the strap [now lost]. Traces of gilding appear on the display side of the plate. Curvilinear patterns here may include a bird resembling a peacock standing…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-6F8C05
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy, iron and lead steelyard weight in the form of human bust, probably a deity.
This example is similar to NMS-FE90E,
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-76A987
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy Pilgrim Badge of Medieval date (AD 1450-1550). The badge would probably have originally formed a circular disc, with raised decoration on the face. The decoration probably depicted St George riding a horse to the left, lancing a dragon below the horse or the drapery of the Virgin and Child. Running round the edge of the disc is a triple border of pellets. No attachments are retained on the back of the fragment.
Length: 16.01mm, Width: 11.94mm, Thickness: 2.54mm, Weight: 1.5g
The metal is cream in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Similar Pilg…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-DF5CF3
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small Medieval (1400-1499) figure, possibly silver-gilt, of a Bishop or other christian religious figure wearing liturgical garments. He is gesturing with dexter hand raised as the sinister holds a staff.
The figure is formed of one piece of metal with a front in high relief and a concave reverse of much rougher quality, probably indicating it was mounted or that the back was obscured from view in some other way.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Washingborough', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NCL-6FB7D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring, c. 1750-1900 AD. Moulded in one piece, this ring has a circular hoop with integral sub-rectangular bezel featuring the incised image of a boat with two sails and bird, with a twisted rope design on the shoulders of the ring. The ring is composed of a light-weight copper-alloy with a glossy grey coating the whole ring which has chipped off in places, possibly through wear or post-depositional factors.
The unusual alloy together with its light weight suggest this was a cheap ring or toy ring, machine made in modern industrial proces…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: ESS-0544C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Thurrock
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but damaged, silver-gilt Iconographic finger ring. The ring is bent out of shape and has one lateral crack across the hoop and damage to the edge of one shoulder.
The hoop is a flat inner face with a moulded ridge running circumferentially along the middle, creating a rounded triangular cross section. A transverse ridge separates the start of the hoop from the shoulders. The shoulders are broadly rectangular with narrowed sides. The bezel is rectangular and is separated from the shoulders by raised lateral ridges to either side. This creates a concave surface to the bezel.
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Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NARC1177
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt iconographic finger ring with a flattened sub-rectangular bezel, the corners of which are angled, the bezel is crudely engraved with an image - possibly of St Barbara with a tower on her shoulders, the shoulders of the ring are angled and have a raised decoration of moulded and incised rope-work design, a small amount of gilding remains, largely in the more heavily carved areas.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HACKLETON', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-B437FE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Pressed metal annular frame with four cabled and symmetrically distributed loops, each springing from a cabled band on the loop. The object appears to represent a life-saving ring. A pin seat and curled catch are brazed to the back. The introduction of flotation aids for fishermen was documented by photography in 19th-century Whitby, so a recent date may be inferred, and a possible seaside, maritime or humanitarian interest might be invoked. Bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925
Diameter: 25.4mm, Band Width: 4.8mm, Band Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight:…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
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