Record ID: LIN-11FAAF
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Anglo-Saxon lead model, used for manufacturing Cruciform brooches. The fragment comes from the top of the zoomorphic foot. At the top is a transverse collar. Below the collar are two prominant raised eyes, each set within a deep crescentric panel. A raised rib separates the panels. The underside is smooth and appears finished. On the reverse is a hollow cylinder set vertically. The function of this cylinder is unclear though it could have been used to contain a pin which connected the various sections of the brooch. Several fragments of lead cruciform brooches hav…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5B44D7
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead possible model or trial-piece or a patron for a harness pendant. Small, shield-shaped with a vertical unpierced lug springing from upper edge of the shield-shaped body. The shield has a chamfered outside edge and bears in relief: A Latin cross between four pellets. A similar but slightly larger find is illustrated in Ashley 2002, 4, Fig.3. Neither of these two finds relates to typical harness pendants of the period and the identification of both as a patrix for harness pendants is open to question. Alternatively they may be models or weights.…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-E96296
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy object in the form of a Medieval shield-shaped harness pendant. The upper surface of the shield bears what is probably a pseudo-heraldic device comprising four horizontal bars, each defined by an upper and lower ridge and containing three pellets, or 'bezants'. An indented saltire near the bottom of the design is probably a casting flaw. The right-angled loop extends from the centre of the flat top side. There is a circular depression on either side of this loop, but the two do not join up to create an aperture. The underside of the pendant is flat and plain, and the s…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AC1A07
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon lead model for a strap-end, tongue-shaped with a transverse break at the upper edge which is recessed on the reverse, the surviving stump above a transverse band, symmetrical decoration in low relief comprises a central calix flanked by bifurcated foliate tendrils and the remains of two possibly addorsed bodies of birds (heads missing) at a transverse break where the lower end is missing. The reverse is undecorated. Surviving length 23mm. Width 23mm. 3mm thick. Weighs 9.19g. 9th-10th century.
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-725AC5
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon lead object, either a strap-end or model for a trefoil brooch. Slightly asymetrical tongue-shape with a transverse break at the upper edge, plain rasied border around cast asymetrical decoration in low relief consisithng of double-ribbed foliate tendrils with the body of a bird or beast within them.One tendril may extend over the border, but wear and damage make this uncertain. Apart from slight damage, the reverse is plain. Length 34.5mm. Width 31mm. Maximum thickness 4mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2017
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Record ID: LON-E9ACE2
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern stoneware ceramic egg from May 2012. The egg is hollow and has been stamped "2664 London", it appears to be empty. The surface of the egg has been smoothed in a spiral pattern. This is one (no. 2664) of 5000 eggs which were fired in a wood-fired kiln and then laid out in the shape of the River Thames on the South Downs, Sussex, as a work of art, photo here: http://riveregg.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/p1020100/. There is a photo of the largest egg placed in the British Museum on the 29th April 2012 http://riveregg.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/egg-at-the-british-museum/. The eggs …
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2012
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Record ID: NARC-704320
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plaque of a bird made out of pipeclay. Geoff Egan writes: "one of a very varied series of figurines (mostly of humans and some of animals) and models of objects (fire bellows, even an early steam-train engine). The last is an indicator of how long they went on, with the series in this country starting off with saints in the late C15th"..."It is very rough indeed, though it could have been painted (possibly it would only satisfy a child). Certainly folk art - was it something like a fairing?...I suspect late C17th/C18th is most probable (as a date)". Fairings first made an appear…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2010
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Record ID: CORN-9BEB03
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead model for a gem or cameo, depicting a male bust facing right wearing a patterned jacket with ruffled collar and a close-fitting narrow-brimmed hat with a fringe of hair visible below, and a tassle descending down the back, perhaps in the manner of an Italian Renaissance portrait. If the original was of very fine quality then this lead copy may have been cast as a curio from a mould taken from a gem. It could perhaps have been made for a seller or collector somewhat later, giving a cheap, robust version to show around for approval, and to give an accurate idea of what was on o…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-442274
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead possible Roman brooch model. It consists of a strip of lead now bent at 90° in two places and weighs 5.1g. It is 19.5mm in bent length. The object is flat to the reverse and slightly rounded to the front, with grooved decoration in the form of lines running the length of the object. One end of the object is flat and rounded (4.8mm wide, 1.4mm thick) while the other end is broken (7.4mm wide, 3.4mm thick and D-shaped in section). The object would have measured c.47mm pre-bending. 1st-2nd century.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-AF19A7
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern limestone model of an Egyptian scarab (19th – early 20th century). The model has been carved to form a three-dimensional scarab beetle and the flat under-side is carved with a cartouche and hieroglyphics. Dr Stephen Quirke notes that this is an interesting example and similar examples were usually discarded from collections as not ancient. The cartouche (name-ring) containing the hieroglyphs is an often-copied motif – the signs themselves are accurate enough and read Menmaatra, which is the throne-name of king Sety I, about 1290 BC, father of king Ramses II – the h…
Created on: Wednesday 14th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-400C17
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic/ Bronze Age arrowhead rough-out (probably), measuring 44.9x28.1x8mm. It weighs 8.60g. The dorsal face has 80% cortex except around the edges where working has removed it. In addition is 15% heavy patination. The ventral face is brown flint with a little edge damage. At the proximal end is a slight projection, which is probably too thin and twisted (from the line of the flint) to be made into a barb. The right dorsal edge has abrupt working whereas the left dorsal edge looks rather more damaged.
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-862E16
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Teardrop-shaped lead (alloy?) object, with flat top and rounded underside. The shape is similar to that of a spoon bowl, suggesting that perhaps this object was a model for the moulding of spoon bowls.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-1CDC66
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Votive model wheel with four spokes around pierced “hub”. Diameter 20mm. One side slightly convex, the other concave, so that 1.2mm thick at rim and 2.8mm at centre.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Bendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-246A13
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of cut copper alloy measuring 31.5x25x(max)5mm (min 4.5mm). It weighs 23.09g (0.815 oz). It is octagonal in shape, the sides of similar length (longest 13mm, shortest 9mm) though rather crudely done, suggesting it has not been shaped to be a decorative fitting, for example. On one face is one faint and one clear design, apparantly similar, of an oval outline created by tiny punch marks and approximately 11.5x9mm (clear) and 12x10mm (less clear) in size. The clearer design shows a pair of clasped hands inside the border, by a series of diagonal grooves. The less clear design i…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-F3E494
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete rectangular lead object, probably a model for an Early Saxon wrist clasp, with a break at one narrow end, comprises three conjoined circular mouldings, each with a central dot, and a flanking rib decorated with transverse grooves. On the reverse a squashed projection towards the broken end is set at right angles to the long axis. If a wrist clasp was the intended product then it would have been of Hines 1993 Form B18 c. However, there are no attachment holes (nor a spigot nor lug as used for attachment to the sleeve in Form 18 b), and there is no hook or eye for junction wi…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wells Next the sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-98EFC8
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman lead model of a foot (AD43-410). The model has been made from a mould created from an impression of a foot. The model comprises the sole of the foot in three-dimensions. The lower surface is rough and uneven. Possibly a votive object associated with a healing shrine. Dimensions: length 275mm; width 113mm; thickness 15mm
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-025BF7
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy toy model cannon with the trunnions intact. It has a 5.63mm bore
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slapton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-FBDC03
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy female head and shoulders. The facial features have been modelled slightly crookedly. The downturned almond shaped eyes are deeply incised and the slit for the mouth is not symmetricaslly under the rather fleshy nose. The hair is pulled back into a bun at the nape of the neck. The hairline is delineated by a row of incised S shapes. There are no ears shown. The front of the figure's chest has a small irregular mark which looks like s rivet hole but this does not go through to the inner surface. The figure is hollow and unfinished inside and could have fitted onto somethi…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5505C5
Object type: MODEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat, copper alloy model, votive? axe with a perforation for suspension. Neither face appears to have any features.
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS1019
Object type: MODEL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
U Lead ?model for pendant or clapper for ?bell, circular-sectioned shank (dia.4mm) with one end flattened and partly perforated on both sides, the other end has broad collar before terminal, length 44mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.