Record ID: SF-742999
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Bronze Age gold item of jewellery dating to circa 2,300-800 BC. Now flattened and squashed, the piece is comprised of a cylindrical piece of sheet metal folded in on itself multiple times. The join is overlapping rather than soldered. The external face of the object is decorated with incised horizontal grooves running around the circumference. They cover the entire length of the piece. Length: 15.7mm; Width: 5.6mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 0.60g. Discussion: The piece was likely used as an item of jewellery most likely a bead. It is similar to ot…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B370FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but folded, sheet gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, rolled into a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub-rectangular tang projecting from the centre of one long edge which appears to be truncated. In use, the object would have been a tube, but this example has been further folded. Both ends have been folded towards the middle, and the tube has been flattened, making the ornament now sub-rectangular. There is a crease visible about 2mm from the edge of the sheet all the way round, like a …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-1EF523
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman sheet gold leaf ornament, dating to c. AD 300-400. The object comprises a single thin sheet of gold cut into the form of a leaf with a midrib and the remains of six pairs of radiating veins. The veins are also incised though on alternating sides with the first pair being on the same side as the rib, the second pair on the opposite side, and so on. The gold sheet has been torn at the base, probably due to an old break. The gold sheet has been folded back on itself from the base on one side of the reverse. Dimensions:  Length: 12.2mm, width: 11.1mm; thick…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A834D7
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold fragment of jewellery of suspected Roman-Early Medieval date. The fragment has a leaf-shaped gold plate onto which is soldered twisted wire and pellet decoration in the form of seven teardrops with pellets at the tip; these run in two outward-facing rows up the tapering length of the plate, with a final apical teardrop positioned at the tip and facing the opposite way. The broken end of the object retains part of a framed field which has an incised letter A, most likely the end of an inscription. Around the outside edge of the plate is a soldered border of twisted wire, which ha…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E6ED94
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold element from jewellery, set with a blue cabochon gemstone. It is an irregular oval or sub-triangle, made to accommodate an uncut gem. It consists of a flat backplate with a central circular scar, and an upright plain collar which curves very slightly inwards to fit over the lower part of the gem, holding it in place. The polished, translucent stone is slightly domed in cross-section, curving to a flat top; it may be a sapphire. The overall cross-section is largely rectangular. Dimensions: Length 9.2mm, width 7.8mm, th…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-8613FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval to Modern possible boss from a brooch or other piece of jewellery, possibly dating to circa AD 1850 - 1950. The object is oval in form and consists of a gold fitting with central probable glass convex setting. The glass is a burgundy/purple colour. Surrounding the glass setting is a gold surround with a twisted rope like border, there is a further twisted rope like surround that is narrower at the external edge. The reverse is undercorated and has a concave centre. As the find can not be securely dated to pre-1714 it falls outside the provisions of the Treas…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-92912E
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and unfolded Copper Age basket ornament dated to 2500-2200BC. This item, possibly hair ornaments or ear rings, has been cut from thin gold sheet and would normally have been wrapped into a cylindrical 'basket' shape. This example has been flattened out and shows the full extent of the oval plate which is 38mm long and 16mm wide with semi-circular ends and long straight sides. The interior of the plate is decorated with two concentric lines that run around the outside, inside of this are four zones of about five to six vertical lines running perpendicular to the long edges. …
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-35ADE0
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold lunate object, either a pendant or possibly an ear-ring. The object is made of thin sheet metal and rather crudely shaped, although it has suffered a fair degree of post-depositional damage. There is a slight central ridge that runs across the piece. The lower edge is decorated with a series of dog-tooth incisions, rather unevenly spaced. In the centre of the lower side is a circular box setting for a stone or glass gem, now absent; the sides of the setting have been squashed inwards. Inside the setting are the remains of a possible fixing substance. Traces of an attachment loop, …
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chieveley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E909BA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold element, presumably an item of gold jewellery dating to the Roman period. The element comprises a circular-section bar. The terminals of the bar have been hammered slightly so that they are slightly wider than the body of the bar. The bar has a length of 17mm and a diameter of 2mm.
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-6E268C
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A slim gold band, flat in cross-section, bent into a U-shape with both ends broken. May have been a ring when complete, or part of some other item of jewellery. Since the broken ends don’t match it is likely that a part is missing. Part of the exterior is decorated with a double row of incised dots, which may have continued around the band but have been worn away since they are very shallow. Likely Early Medieval to Medieval in date. Dimensions: Diameter 24.1x19.7mm, width 4.5mm, thickness 0.9mm, stretched length c.60mm, weight 2.3g Discussion: Since the object is incomple…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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