Record ID: NLM-DB02F1
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate brooch. Cast circular enamelled plate brooch with a lug on the back retaining a four coil spring and its chord with the stub of pin remaining, and with the ridged stub of a catch plate at the opposite edge, Mackreth type British Plate 2.b. A central dot and six radial lobes retain mid blue enamel, with a star-shaped field of brick red enamel in the intervening zone. An outer field is partly filled with dark cobalt blue enamel, with a reserved [i.e. uncoloured] border. Suggested date: Roman, 175-300 Diameter: 20.6mm, Thickness (plate, clear of fastening gear): 1.2…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B14607
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast hinged plate brooch, Mackreth type British Plate 6a. A concavo-convex boss has two ones of small triangular cells, some retaining enamel which suggests an original scheme of alternating red and blue. A pair of U shaped lugs on the back retain the stub of a hinged pin on a short axis bar; the stub of a catch plate projects from the opposite side. Fiercely abraded and lightly squashed, leaving it uncertain whether the original form was oval or circular. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-175. Length: 27.2mm, Width: 14.1mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Height (of boss, clear…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B13950
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast plate brooch, Mackreth type British Plate 2.g1. An oval plate, perhaps abraded from an originally circular form, with a separate conical central boss within an annulus, and surrounded by six subsidiary bosses. A spring of four coils is retained on a bar passing through a loop projecting from the back; opposite there is the stub of a catch plate. Suggested date: Roman, 150-300. Length: 18.5mm, Width (as found): 14.4mm, Thickness (plate clear of bosses and pin gear): 1mm, Weight: 2.07gms
Created on: Friday 27th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetwang', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-83EA87
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with white metal plating brooch fragment. Cast plate brooch, Mackreth type British Plate 2.b. Cast discoid plate with a central annulus and six projecting lobes against a bordered field retaining (now) dark green enamel. Traces of plating appear on the outer rim of the display face, on the central annulus, and at the bulbous ends of the lobes which radiate from it. The stub of a folded catch plate and paired lugs retaining two coils of a spring remain at the back of the brooch. Suggested date: Roman, mainly Later Roman, 175-300. Diameter: 20.4mm, Thickness (clear of …
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fridaythorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7B1964
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and red and blue enamel brooch. Zoomorphic plate brooch, representing a swimming duck, Mackreth type OBJECT 4.a2. . A sub-rectangular oval ended plate bears a medial ridge flanked by sub-triangular gutters retaining traces of red colorant. Outside these are sub-triangular fields of mid blue enamel applied directly to the surface of the brooch; the wider end of the fields being towards the head of the duck. An arched neck and long slightly upturned beak rise at right angles to the plate. The stub of a catch plate is discernible below the head end of the plate, and a tiny t…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.