Record ID: LVPL-D9A176
Object type: SWORD POMMEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cast leaded copper alloy sword pommel from the Late- Medieval/Post-Medieval period. It is broadly cylindrical with a central hole running through, which has a diameter of 13.24mm. It stands 29mm high.The top consists of a moulded disc. The main body is decorated with 4 sections which make it sub-square. Each section has a 2 pronged foliate design which curve out slightly at the base to form feet. The sections are divided by a raised triangle. This object is very heavy to be a sword pommel but no clearer parallels can be drawn.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-0DA0C5
Object type: SWORD POMMEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy knife or sword pommel. The object is hollow, with sub-rectangular perforations in the base and top. The pommel is in the form of a rounded cube. The surface is very worn.
Created on: Sunday 6th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-33E687
Object type: SWORD POMMEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age copper-alloy incomplete pommel/chape (300BC - AD100). The object is bulbous, with a waisted centre, rising up to two points, both missing. The surface is decorated with incised lines rising from the base up towards the two points; corrosion obscures the majority of the decoration. The waisted section is plain and undecorated. The object is perforated completely through the centre. The copper alloy has a pale green patina and there is much damage and corrosion to the surface. Stuart Needham identified similar objects in the Salisbury hoard that are more or less cont…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Storrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2189F3
Object type: SWORD POMMEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cast copper alloy pommel with iron inclusions. The object has a form resembling a miniature pick with a lozenge-shaped plan when viewed from the top. The top edges of the object have been filed down to an angle, leaving a trapezoidal section, wide at the middle of the head of the object, tapering at the two end points. At the centre of underside of the pick-shaped head is an integrally-cast, square-sectioned protrusion. Facets have been filed onto this; iron corrosion obscures the broken end of this area. A small amount of iron at the centre of the top face of the head im…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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