Record ID: SUR-81CAC9
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with moulded neck and shouldered blade,dating from the 1st to 2nd century AD. The blade is narrow and undecorated, tapering from round shoulders 6.8mm wide to a bifurcated tip 3.4mm wide (one point is missing). The neck has a lozengiform cross section with four flat sides, each decorated with deeply incised oblique lines creating a zig-zag effect. The neck widens slightly into a rounded suspension loop, 6.8mm in diameter,  set perpendicular to the plane of the blade.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-409CD7
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy nail-cleaner with rounded lugs of Roman date (AD 250-410). The object is composed of a central plate which is an elongated teardrop form with the stubs of a double loop at its broader end, and an incomplete central lug between. The opposing tapering end has an incomplete V shaped notched terminal. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with an outer border of repeating incised arches respecting the form of the plate, the centre of the expanded portion of the plate has four equidistant punched rings. The lower surface of the plate is undecorated. Leng…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: NARC-238749
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail-cleaner of Baldock Type ( 50-150). The blade of the object is 'leaf' shaped, widening just below the shoulders then narrowing to the tip. The blade is flat, and slightly curved in profile. The neck is narrowed and collard with two moulded transverse grooves and at the apex are two projecting spurs which would have formed a suspension loop. The retained portion of the loop is oriented at a 90 degree to the blade. At the opposing end the lower blade has a central V shaped notch. The object is dark green in colour with a predominantly smooth p…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: BUC-2CE5CB
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible copper-alloy nail cleaner of Baldock Type Variant 2, dating to the Roman period. Measurements - length: 21.32mm, maximum width: 7.85mm, width at terminal: 0.93mm, thickness: 0.75mm, weight: 0.93g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: BUC-56B469
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with decorated top of Grooved Collar Type, dating from the 3rd-4th century The nail cleaner is rectangular in cross section with rounded corners. At the blade possibly terminates in two prongs, however this is very worn. At the opposite end the cleaner has moulded decoration. From the blade side there are three raised collars, followed by two semi circular indentations with raised sides, and triangles within the borders. This is then repeated with a raised collar separating them. This last section is worn, and ends in a worn break. The ob…
Created on: Friday 10th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-F83FC9
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Nail Cleaner Strap End of late Roman date (AD 300-410). The object is an elongated leaf shape with a missing upper attachment and a partially retained bifurcated end. The upper face of the object is decorated with an incised design of linear, curvilinear and crosshatching which represents a griffin left, facing a peacock right. The animals have elongated bodies and the griffin has the legs of a quadruped while the peacock has two clawed feet and a rectangular tail bent over the back of the bird. Each animal is composed of a linear outline, the bodies…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
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Record ID: NARC-6DE2DC
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and worn copper alloy nail Cleaner of high shoulders (Group) of Roman date (AD 50 200). Crummy Type 2a. The blade of the cleaner is 'leaf' shaped, widening just below the shoulders then narrowing to a two-pronged tip. The upper portion of the object forms a broken, flat suspension loop in line with the plan of the body. The upper portion of the loop is missing creating a double spurred prong. One face of the blade is possibly decorated with repeating punched dots forming a curvilinear pattern. The metal is a dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. …
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: NARC-6CD1E3
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner of Baldock Type, Variant 2, of Roman date (AD 43-150). The object is composed of a partially retained, suspension loop which would have been circular in form but it is now composed of two spurs, set at 90 degrees to the body of the object. The suspension loop then joins the leaf-shaped body of the nail cleaner via a sub-rectangular shaft, which ends in a narrow bifurcate terminal with the two ends flaring slightly outwards. The object is decorated with a repeating incised circumferential linear pattern. The metal is a dark green in colour w…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-87B2F0
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy nail cleaner with mouldedn neck of Roman date (AD 43-200). The blade is leaf shaped, with rounded shoulders and a tapering blade which terminates in an old abraded transverse break. The suspension loop is separated from the blade by a narrow collard neck with three moulded transverse grooves. The loop is circular with a central perforation and situated in the same plane as the blade. Length: 38.36mm, Width: 13.06mm, Thickness: 3.10mm, Weight: 2.6g. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-A505B5
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Nail Cleaner with a moulded neck of Roman date (AD 43-200). The blade is leaf shaped, with rounded shoulders and a tapering blade which terminates in an old abraded transverse break. The suspension loop is separated from the blade by a narrow collard neck with three moulded transverse grooves. The loop is circular with a central perforation and situated in the same plane as the blade. Length: 35.83mm, Width: 17.64mm, Thickness: 3.61mm, Weight: 3.5g. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th December 2021
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Record ID: NARC-5F1719
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner with a swollen blade of Roman date (AD 50-150). The blade of the object is 'leaf' shaped, widening just below the shoulders then narrowing to the tip. The blade is flat, and slightly curved in profile. The neck and tip of cleaner narrow and terminate in old and abraded breaks. A small portion of the circular loop above the neck is retained oriented at a 90 degree to the blade. The object is light green in colour with a slightly pitted and corroded patina. Length: 35.93mm, Width: 8.60mm, Thickness: 1.29mm, Weight: 1.3g. Crummy 1995…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: BERK-8578BC
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy nail cleaner strap end of late Roman date, c. AD 300-409. The upper face of the nail cleaner is decorated with five circles each having a circle within a circle arranged 1:2:1 and 1. The bottom, nail cleaner end has an elongated "V" slit. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Record ID: NARC-7DEE07
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner with exuberant neck decoration of Roman date (AD 43-150). The object is composed of a partially retained, circular suspension loop, set at 90 degrees to the body of the object. The suspension loop then joins the leaf-shaped body of the nail cleaner via a sub-circular shaft, which ends in a narrow bifurcate terminal with the two ends flaring slightly outwards. The object is decorated with a repeating incised linear pattern, comprising a short, transverse chevron at either side of the shaft. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a predo…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Sunday 5th July 2020
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Record ID: SUR-393881
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Roman copper-alloy tapering tubular nail cleaner with a forked and grooved end and a looped terminal. The handle is circular in section and the terminal is square in section. The shaft has two bands of diagonal grid decoration between encircling multiple collars and there are extensive notches along both edges of the terminal.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 24th July 2020
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Record ID: WMID-F38A81
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy probable nail cleaner ovplain,straight-sided type of the Roman period, dating from c. AD 43 - AD 410. The object is rectangular in plan and rectangular in section at both ends and is circular in section in the centre. The object is long and thin and is twisted, flattening and narrowing to both ends, the ends are at a right angle to each other. In the centre of the object is a U shaped ridge where the object flattens. One end has an U shaped notch removed from it. The other end seems to have been broken, presumed in antiquity. The object is undecorated…
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: BUC-2804EC
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nail-cleaner of high shoulder (Group) of early Roman date. The upper portion of the flat-sectioned body is sub-oval in plan, its bottom end tapering into a parallel-sided arm. A longitudinal groove extends from the sub-oval area to the base of the arm, where there is a pair of points. At the top, a short arm links the body to the sub-crescentic remnant of the loop.There is a lightly incised perimeter groove on the surface of the sub-oval area of the body, and over this groove, a crudely incised saltire which is either decoration or the result of post-depositional damage.
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potterspury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5F5564
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy moulded neck and shouldered blade nail-cleaner of Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 121, fig. 59 of Roman date. The flat-sectioned body has rounded shoulders, beneath which the sides converge before becoming parallel. A tapering groove extends upwards from between the two forked points. A baluster-moulded neck separates the body from the apex loop. Grooved decoration is restricted to the upper third of the body and comprises a saltire flanked at the top and bottom by two pairs of parallel, transverse, grooves.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-AD2E81
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. 23mm in length, the main body of the nail cleaner is missing, leaving only the stem, decorated with incised grooves, and less than 50% of the suspension loop. The object has an even light green patina. Toilet instruments of this type, usually associated with full Chatelaine sets, are dateable to the wider Roman period only (43 - 410 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
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Record ID: NARC-ACBD60
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner with a moulded, long neck and shouldered blade of Roman date, . 43mm in length, the main body of the nail cleaner is tear-drop shaped, bifurcating at the point to create the functional, cleaning end. The tip is broken, but the object is otherwise complete. The tear-drop terminal is attached to a very large suspension loop by a narrow (3mm in diameter and 8mm long) collar decorated by a series of circumferential grooves. The suspension loop is 12mm in diameter with a frame 1.7mm wide with signs of use-wear at the upper edge. Toilet instrumen…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Sunday 5th July 2020
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Record ID: NARC-2B8CE5
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Late Roman flat-bladed nail-cleaner with varying decoration (Group). Broken at the suspension loop, which is set perpendicuar to the main body of the nail cleaner. Several collars seperate the suspension loop from the body of the implement. The nail cleaner has broad shoulders before tapering down to a blunt point, which is bifurcated by way of a deeply etched vertical line. The face of the nailcleaner is decorated with a border filled with short lines. The inner panel has floral motifs etched into it. The reverse of the nail cleaner is blank and plain.
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiffield', grid reference and parish protected.