Record ID: CAM-218502
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold dog brooch of uncertain date, possibly early Post-Medieval. This three dimensional brooch seems to have been hollow or at least the body was hollow. The dog is positioned left with the head turned forwards. One ear is missing however the ear nearest the tail survives in good condition. All four legs are missing and there is a break across the chest area that is now filled with mud. The curled tail survives. The nose, mouth and eyes are very detailed and the dog wears a loose fitting collar that swivels around it's neck. On the reverse a hinged pin, now bent, and cat…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-31FDA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold disc, possibly a disc brooch or mount. This fragment weighs 3.33g but includes the weight of some adhering mud. No full diameter survives, however the radius measures 17.4mm which would suggest a diameter of 34.8mm if this was indeed a circular artefact. The edge is serrated, each projection having a width of c.1.6mm, some segments seem to be missing and others reduced in length or bent over suggesting partial damage to the edge. At the base of these a strand of wire forms a border on the upper surface. The wire has a width of 0.8mm. It is uncertain due to the adher…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E7D6B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold crossbow brooch with a sheath foot, crossbar and pin missing. The top of the trapezoidal-sectioned, highly arched bow broadens to a bifurcation, beyond which both arms are distorted and broken; they appear originally to have curved around the missing crossbar. On both sides of the split there is chip-carved decoration, with three V-sectioned notches on both edges, and between them an engraved saltire and single horizontal line. The base of the bow is decorated with several transverse engraved lines on the front face. There are three faintly engraved longit…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-F446B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gold and silver oval brooch, 21mm long, 19mm wide and weighing 6.37grams. The brooch consists of an oval plate which is coated in silver on the reverse. The upper surface is decorated with three concentric ovals of gold ropework. The outer one is wider and higher than the inner two. These have incised lines running at oblique angles in differing directions, which gives the effect of a herringbone pattern. In the centre is a raised border 1mm thick and 2mm high, this may have contained a precious stone, but is now filled with green corrosion or concrection of some sort. Teh back o…
Created on: Monday 10th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-42FE51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval brooch; cast gold brooch of possible 16th century date. The brooch is a miniature ring of twisted gold wire sandwiched between two further rings of plain gold wire. There is further twisted wire forming a cross through the centre of the brooch, adorned with a gold pellet at the end of each arm and with a tiny ring of twisted wire in the centre. The back of the brooch has a fitting formed of a flat strip of gold which extends across the centre of the ring and is then curled up on itself at both ends to form loops. The finder confirms that there was originally a gold pin at…
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-288E96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold; finder’s analysis suggests 22 carat. Brooch. Frame of a brooch of oval or rhomboid form. A thin cast moulded front of curvilinear floral design inhalf relief is attached to a flat back-plate, so the body of the brooch is actually hollow. Front and back are crimped together to provide a setting for an oval stone (now lost). The field of the display face has a slightly rough or stippled surface, so as to emphasise the decorative detail which it surrounds. A long strand of gold wires was wound about the central setting, and at least seven wires each terminating in a small pelle…
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-67FE04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold brooch. An elongated lentoid plate with reinforcing strips formed by the sharp double folding of its edges behind it, and with a pin seat formed by a vertically set cylinder textured to resemble a spring [pin lost]; at the other end a larger but similarly textured cylinder with an open side is set horizontally to serve as catch plate. The display face of the brooch bears remarkably fine floral decoration of twisted wires of two or three distinct gauges, and clustered pellets of at least two sizes, the largest along the outer edges being of 1.7mm diameter. These ornate elements ar…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fotherby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D2BDA7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is broadly circular at the back plate with a triangular setting at the front face. The brooch has been divided in to six segments on the back plate which is formed from gold. Each segment contains a rivet at its centre which is circular. The rivets are to hold the alternating elements which comprise the design at the front face of the brooch. These are alternating flowers with a central stone setting and a bow shape made of gold. In total there are three flower settings and three bows. The centre of the reverse also has a visible rivet which holds the central gem setting in…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brigstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-25CF08
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Post-Medieval to Modern gold brooch set with purple gem-stones. This incomplete artefact weighs 1.22g. It has an asymmetrical ovoid shape, having one wider rounded end and tapering to a point at the other end, that curves over to one side. The shape could also be described as an asymmetrical falling water-droplet (tear-drop) shape. Overall the brooch measures 17.3mm x 13.1mm with a thickness of 2.2mm. The brooch has an aperture at the centre that vaguely mimics the shape of the external edge of the artefact. The inner edge of the wider end has a semi-circu…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 12th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-7A4B0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold half-sovereign of Victoria, Jubilee coinage, dated 1887, which has been adapted for use as a brooch. Obverse: veiled and crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left. V[ICT]ORIA. DEI. [GRAT]IA. Reverse: crowned and garnished shield with date 1887 below. BRITANNIARVM REGINA FID: DEF: The initials J E B appear below the bust. These are for the designer Joseph Edgar Boehm, The die axis is 12 0'clock and the wear of the coin is very fine. Spink (2011) 3869 on page 446. A tubular pin hinge slotted to take the missing pin has been soldered onto the obverse of t…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.