Record ID: WAW-588A85
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, extremely worn, Medieval copper alloy seal matrix dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The seal is a pointed oval or vessica shape and the seal is generally flat. On the reverse, there are the remains of a central raised rib and part of the suspension loop. Due to ancient breakages and damage, the image on the seal is unknown and parts of the legend are missing, such as from 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock and from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock. The inscription seems to be illegible due to this damage.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-55E620
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, extremely worn, copper alloy strap end that is probably of early Medieval date (c. AD 800-950). The strap end is roughly triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section, with a transverse attachment end that has curved sides that flair slightly. The strap end tapers from 10.06mm wide across the curved sides of the attachment end to 6.88mm wide just beneath it over a distance of 8.87mm, before tapering more gradually to 3.95mm near the terminal over a distance of 25.67mm. The terminal of the strap end is heavily worn, with an incised groove behind it running acro…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-555009
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy dress pin, likely Middle Bronze Age in date (c. 1400-1250 BC) and known as a Picardy pin. The head of the pin is globular with a hollow terminal that could have held a stone. The edge of the hollow appears to possibly have been crimped so as to enable it to be compressed and thus hold the stone in place. The head has a diameter of 8.49mm, whilst the diameter of the shaft immediately beneath it is 5.15mm. This increases to 5.67mm over a distance of 10.63mm, after which there is a central swelling decorated with alternating grooves and ridges (11 grooves, 10 r…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-54DE66
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1300-1400). The object is circular in plan, though there seems to be a sections missing from the rim from 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock, from half-past-five to 7 o'clock, and from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock. The outer face of the harness pendant is decorated with an extremely worn moulded lion's head. Most of the features of the lion's head have been worn away, leaving only a general shape and remnants of the ridged mane. There are the remnants of a raised rim around the edge of the circular plate. T…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-5351E5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, worn copper alloy square coin weight of late Medieval to early post Medieval date (c. AD 1454-1658). The coin weight is for a Lion and made in Antwerp. Obverse description: Lion seated left with its tail curled up over its haunches, flanked by pillars with three arches above and a floor below, all within a beaded circle. Reverse description: A building of some kind at the top with the Hand of Antwerp below it and flanked by 'C' on the left and 'G' on the right. All within a double border. "The Lion was issued from 1454-60 in Burgundy by Philip the Go…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-4282C9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy pot leg of Medieval to post Medieval date (c. AD 1200-1700). The remaining fragment is roughly sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. There is a semicircular raised rib running down the centre of the object.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-425107
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Medieval or post Medieval pot leg from a cauldron or skillet dating c. AD 1400-1700. It has a roughly sub-triangular cross section, with a rectangular back and a protruding fillet to the front. It is wider at the base, gently narrowing upwards from 39.22mm to 22.17mm at the top. There are is part of a moulded collar, though this has been worn away largely at the sides. The surface is rough and has a largely Verdigris patina.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-4121D6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy pot leg from a cauldron or skillet and dating from the Medieval to post Medieval period (c. AD 1400-1800). The fragment has a semicircular cross section with a domed outer face and a flat reverse. It is roughly sub-rectangular in plan. The pot leg is initially 27.76mm wide at the top near the break, narrows to 27.04mm wide nefore expanding to 30.47mm wide at a raised disc that is roughly one quarter of the way down the fragment. Beneath that, the width tapers to 27.12mm wide before expanding again to 30.48mm wide at the base. There appears to be the rem…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-40655E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy pot leg from a cauldron or skillet and dating from the Medieval to post Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1700). The fragment is roughly trapezoidal in plan, starting at 18.44mm wide at the top and expanding to 22.08mm wide just before the rounded bottom. It has a sub-rectangular cross section. The object has a largely Verdigris patina, though there are some sections that are reddish brown in colour on the front and reverse of the object.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-3FA2DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman plate brooch dating c. AD 80-250. The spring, pin, and part of the catch plate are missing, and the plate is damaged. With regards to the plate, there is a small section missing from around half-past-one to half-past-two and a much larger section missing from 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock. The rest of the external face is heavily worn. There seems to be the remains of a raised rim around the edge. Inside of the central recess, it appears as if there are the remains of five raised pellets around the outside and perhaps a central raised pellet. T…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-3E2604
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch dating c. AD 50-175. The right wing, pin, spring, part of the bow, the foot, the catch plate, the central pierced crest, and part of the left wing are missing. The remaining part of the head is 9.49mm thick at its apex and 21.15mm wide across the remaining section of the wings. Most of the right wing is missing whilst part of the very end of the left wing is missing. The wings are at an oblique angle to the rest of the head. On the left wing, there does not appear to be any remaining section of an end cap, which, when…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-3D93AE
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy cruciform harness pendant of Medieval date (c. AD 1200-1400). The object is in the form of a cross pommee, with rounded knops at the end of each of the arms. The arms differ in width and thickness, as do the terminals. Right arm: 3.72mm wide, 3.33mm thick. Right knop: 7.06mm wide, 6.49mm thick. Bottom arm: 3.15mm wide, 3.32mm thick. Bottom knop: 5.98mm wide, 5.17mm thick. Left arm: 3.25mm wide, 3.02mm thick. Left knop: 6.11mm wide, 5.34mm thick. Top arm: 4.03mm wide, 3.55mm thick. Top knop: 6.75mm wide, 6.13mm thick. There is the remains of a potential…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: WAW-57178B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch dating c. AD 40-70. A Colchester derivative potentially of the Rearhook type. The spring, pin, most of the bow, foot, catch plate, and rearhook are missing. The head is 21.47mm wide and 10.31mm thick at its apex. There appears to be the remnants of a rearwards facing hook, and the wings do not have the wing caps of a Polden Hill type of Colchester derivative brooch, thus suggesting that this is a Rearhook brooch. The bow emerges from the back of the head, curves to a total height of 11.78mm and then starts to curve downwards. The bow&n…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: WAW-563DE9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy Roman brooch dating c. AD 75-200. It is a Mackreth (2011) Headstud brooch, potentially 2c-5a - see Mackreth (2011) vol.II Plate 72 pg.75 for potentially comparable examples. The pin is missing, along with potentially an attachment loop that could have been formed from the axis bar - this is a possibility due to the axis bars being broken and there not being an integral attachment loop. The head is 16.69mm wide across the wings (17.18mm if including the axis bar remnants), rectangular in plan and is comprised of rectangular, sloping wings that are…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: WAW-54CB52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, copper alloy Roman brooch dating c. AD 80-250. It is a Mackreth (2011) British Plate type 2b. The main body of the brooch is a circular disc that is 2.33mm thick and has a diameter of 21.39mm. Around the edge of the outer face is a raised rim c. 1.3mm wide. Inside of this is a central recess. Within the central recess there are six raised pellets connected by raised arcing concave lines that are centred around a central raised pellet. The recesses between the external pellets were filled with a red enamel, with as seen by the remnants from 12 o'clock to 2 o'…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2022
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Record ID: WAW-47A00D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, gilded copper alloy strip brooch of early Medieval date (c. AD 700-950). The bow is lozengiform in shape and is formed from a single piece consisting of a central wide, flattened, lozenge-shaped plate (1.58mm thick). One end was elongated to form a hooked catch-plate which is now missing. Instead one finds a slightly curved, oblique break that occurred in antiquity given the greenish brown patina of the site of the break. The opposite end of the brooch was elongated to form what is now an incomplete spring and pin (1.99mm thick) - it has broken before completing a single…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: WMID-43D954
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Complete copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of Sompting type and of Early Iron Age dating (c. 800-600 BC) The axehead is complete (with an overall length of 123.3 mm and a weight of 386.4 g). The mouth is sub-rectangular (45.0 mm long and 41.9 mm wide). The socket is rectangular (29.2 mm wide, 28.0 mm long and 95.8 mm deep).  The mouth moulding has a well-defined rectangular step (9.7 mm long) with a prominent step to the face. The oval sectioned loop springs from the moulding (13.4 mm wide, 4.9 mm thick and 26.6 mm long). The sides are straight before widening to a m…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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Record ID: WMID-4355BF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead or lead alloy bi convex decorated spindle whorl, of probably the Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1100 to AD 1450. The spindle whorl is sub circular in shape, and lentoid in section. A notch has been removed from one side. Neither upper or lower faces display decoration. The central hole is circular in shape and has been cast / set roughly centrally. It has a internal diameter of 9.9 mm. The whorl measures 29.5 mm in diameter and 12.3 mm thick. It weighs 33.9 g (1.20 oz). The whorl is of a light to mid grey in colour, with…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WMID-427F61
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy chafing dish handle of Post Medieval dating (c. AD 1500 - 1600). The handle is sub-rectangular in plan with a square projection along the upper long side. The handle is undecorated and the edges of the handle are bevelled. Filemarks are present on both the front and the back It measures 51.4 mm in length, 67.7 mm wide and 3.3 mm thick. It weighs 32.3 g. The handle is a mid brown colour with an even surface patina. Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible m…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WMID-4196AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy crescent-type Aesica brooch of 1st Century AD dating. (Refs: Mackreth 2011, p.46 & Plates 27 & 28; Hattat 2000 Fig 170.) Around 25% of the brooch is present, consisting of the head and bow and part of the back. The foot, pin, spring and catch plate are missing. The pin is hinged, the axis bar is present enclosed in a cylindrical tube, running the width of the wings. The ends are incomplete. The front of the brooch has a central wide vertical ridge, decorated with vertical lines. Grooves are present to either side. The bow expand outwards into a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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