Record ID: YORYM-491258
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T172. Description:  An incomplete gold and garnet gold button, stud or jewellery element of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 550 - 650. The object is circular in shape, consisting of a sheet gold back-plate which displays a worn break in the form of a jagged edged sub-rectangular perforation. A small piece of gold backing foil sheet stamped with cross-hatched ridges is visible within the perforation. The front of the plate has a domed sheet gold plate with a central rectangular cell flanked on each edge by semi-circular cells. These are now distorted due to depo…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-729DF7
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver looped fitting or gem surround of probable late Post Medieval dating (AD 1722 onwards). The looped fitting has a D shaped cross section, probably originally oval in shape but now bent out of shape. At the top of the fitting is a circular attachment, one on each end, secured together with a silver rivet. No inscription on either the interior or exterior. It measures 16.2 mm in length, 8.1 mm wide and 2.9 mm thick. It weighs 0.6 g. The fitting is a dark grey colour, with an even surface patina. The looped fitting is less than 300 years old and is considered to …
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7182E4
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern gold fitting, probably from a bracelet or strap, dating from AD 1850 - 2000. The object is a loop, decorated on one face and plan on the other. There are three lines of applied filigree running along the decorated face. The two outer lines are twisted giving a rope effect, and the inner line comprises a chain. The underside is flat and undecorated. It has a bright dark gold colour. The object is 23.0mm long, 4.8mm wide and 7.75mm thick.  It weighs 1.13g. The item is probably the strap loop from a modern bracelet or belt strap. It is not old enough to need …
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: BM-14638B
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of jewellery, perhaps from a mount or pendant, incorporating motifs of a cross with flowers. From the photograph, this appears to be made from silver.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-13B513
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
The frame of a gold ornament of around 1830, possibly a brooch but there are no traces of any fitting so it may be the lower part of an earring. It has lost its central element.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-243DED
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper alloy jewellery fitting probably of Post-Medieval to Modern date, AD 1750 - 1950. It appears to be part of a box clasp from a necklace or bracelet. The object is a circular decorated terminal soldered to a strip of copper alloy. The terminal is cylindrical and hollow, and there is a T shaped hole in one side. The upper surface of the fitting carries a moulded design of a flower with a central, small pellet and eight equidistantly spaced, radiating oval petals, surrounded by a raised rim. The fragment has a rough, light brown patina. There are traces of gilding…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Sunday 12th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorp Arch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-831423
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete Medieval silver barrel-shaped link, or swivel, probably from a chain, dating to the period AD 1200-1500. The body of the link is cylindrical in shape and is comprised of four aligned interlocking discs held in place either side by external supports. Two discs are attached to each support. These are equally spaced to accommodate the two corresponding plates of the opposing support to create an interlocking mechanism that turns freely but does not separate when doing so. Each plate is smoothly finished with no decoration. The supports are sub-trian…
Created on: Friday 8th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-D0ED85
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A modern silver jewellery item, probably a head- or chest-ornament and dating to the nineteenth century. The ornament is circular with one projecting knop at the top and three projecting loops at the bottom. The projecting hooks are integral. Their rivet heads are circular with a single raised dome in the centre, surrounded by a concentric ring, the shafts project downwards and curve to the underside of the chatelaine where they reattach at the rear. The upper knop is much thicker than the lower loops, its rivet head replicates the lower hooks decoration. T…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2022
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Record ID: WILT-BD809E
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver gilt jewellery fitting or devotional object, comprising of two gilded and modified half-groats of Henry VIII, dating to c. 1533-1544. The edges of the two coins are folded together to create a hollow, lozengiform bead, with the angles of the fold creating a longitudinal perforation through the bead. In both cases, the reverse of the coin faces outward. The coins used are as follows: A halfgroat of Henry VIII, dating to 1509-1533. First or second coinage, uncertain initial mark. Episcopal issue of Archbishop William Warham, minted in Canterbury.…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wingfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-67F53E
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, probably Post Medieval to Modern bar link or catch from a chain or necklace dating from about AD 1700 - 1950. The fitting has a circular sectioned barrel like shaft, with an integral fixed loop at one end. The opposite end has a small metal knop alongside the loop that may be part of a spring loaded mechanism that would allow the knop and loop to be squeezed together and removed to release the catch. The shaft proper is decorated with incised, perhaps machined, crosshatched lines interrupted by three projecting collars which are worn. At each end is a more highly deco…
Created on: Friday 14th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: WAW-8F8254
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval to Modern silver and copper-alloy jewellery fitting (AD 1750-1950). The object is comprised only of the clasp and the remains of the chain. The chain is formed of three complete and one incomplete circular loops of silver (cable chain). The copper-alloy clasp is drop shaped, with a large open section that opens via a small hinged section like a modern lobster clasp, below which is a moulded collar, beneath which the body tapers to a moulded knop. At the top of the knop is a worn break. Along the length of the clasp is a moulding seam. The object …
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-782154
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy jewellery fitting. Probably a half clasp from an item of jewellery. The fitting is rectangular comprising a front and back plate with a strip of copper alloy in between on three sides creating an open box. The front plate has rounded corners and is decorated with a series of ten applied copper alloy five point stars, within a simple raised border running around the edge of the object. Along the edge of the rear plate at the open side is a row of four small circular holes for attachment. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Date: Probably Late Post Medieval to Modern. …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: SUR-8142CC
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A square fragment of silt gilt sheet with four side panels and bevelled corners, hollow and open at the rear and measuring 9.9mm by 8.9mm by 3.7mm. The front is engraved with a monogram reading IHC in gothic letters on a simple cross-hatched background within a linear border. The reverse is hollow and undecorated with no fittings. One side panel of the object (to the right of the front) has been damaged; there is no evidence of fittings or attachments to the side panels.
Created on: Sunday 11th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-4DFF7F
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy box clasp, possibly from a multi-stranded necklace or other item of jewellery (c. 1800-c. 1900). The object is two machine pressed rectangular plates soldered to a central rectangular block which is probably solid. The back plate is larger than the front plate and is perforated along its two longer edges. Each circular perforation is about 0.8mm in diameter. The holes were for individual strands. The front plate is decorated and has a 'scrolled' border with a wavy edge. The border encloses a rectangular panel within which there is a line of ten pellets.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-D2F8C4
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular gold and garnet setting. It comprises a circular gold sheet back-plate to which has been soldered a domed framework of cells, made from upright strips of gold sheet. The framework has a central circular cell, which connects to three outer semi-circular cells. Between two of these is a straight cell wall, two more of which are probably missing from between the other semi-circular cells. All are now empty. A filigree collar, made from two strands of worn beaded wire, masks the junction between the back-plate and the framework. The reverse is plain with a circular …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: DUR-751A38
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object, possibly a box clasp, dating from the post-Medieval period, AD1500-1800. The object is a rectangular plate with a complete flange projecting from one long edge and a broken flange on the opposite side. The complete flange is perforated with six small circular holes. The other long edge, broken for approximately one-third of its length, has a remnant of a catch plate. The face of the clasp is decorated with a regular, possibly machine stamped design of raised dots, six straight lines of nineteen dots. The object measures 39.71mm in length, 21.03mm width and 4.…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-384706
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, possibly a box clasp from an item of jewellery, of post-medieval or modern date. The object is rectangular - 40.71mm x 20.8mm - with a flange projecting from one of the long edges.The other long edge shows evidence of where possibly a clip or clasp has been broken off. The flange is perforated with six circular holes. The front face of the object is decorated with a pressed or stamped relief design, comprising three raised circular annulets at equal distance; there are two lines of eight pellets on the inside edges separated by a partial line. The…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Record ID: WMID-58207C
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval gold fitting of possible 17th century dating. The object is possibly a jewellery fitting. The main body of the object is in the shape of an hourglass contained within a rectangular border. The hourglass and the uprights are roughly cylindrical in plan. The object is not decorated but the surface of the hourglass and uprights have been covered in tiny indentations giving the impression of a pitted surface. The uprights to the sides of the hourglass form along with the hourglass itself have raised collars at the midpoint; the collars on the uprights are bands of…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cookley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FA405E
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hooked fitting, probably from a necklace, dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. A rectangular, square-sectioned body with a polygonal lug with a circular perforation projecting from one end and a hook projecting from the opposite end. The hook tapers in thickness along its length, terminating in a pyramidal knob. Johns (1996, 94) discusses several gold necklace chains from the Thetford hoard which exhibit similar hooks. Similar examples in gold (KENT-0B2382) and silver (DOR-DB47E8) have been recorded on the PAS database.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Record ID: NARC-3AB566
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Jewellery clasp of Modern date (AD 1800-1900). The object is rectangular in plan and is composed of two plates and spacer. The upper terminal has four circular perforations which would have allowed a string to be attach the string, while the other end has a narrow, rectangular slot with a small notch at the centre; for where the folded metal plate would have been inserted to secure the fastening. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: ESS-713BD6 and ESS-D195D6. Length: 11.05mm, Width: 13.44mm, Thickness: 4.21mm, Weig…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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