Record ID: HAMP-C8CE59
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early post-medieval (c.1500-1600) silver gilt dress hook of Read's Class D, Type 7 (quatrefoil) with separately soldered hook and attachment loop. One end of the plate has been bent and it is missing two decorative bosses. The quatrefoil-shaped plate is decorated with five large rings of twisted wire, four occupying each 'foil' around a central fifth; not all the rings are complete, perhaps through damage. Each large ring encloses four small twisted wire rings arranged in a quatrefoil. At the centre of four of these is a solid silver boss; the fifth is missing. Additional bosses …
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-F71A6D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early post-medieval silver gilt dress hook of Read's Class D, Type 6 (trefoil), dating to c. 1500 - 1600; it is missing its separately soldered recurved hook and has damage to one of its bosses. The object comprises a gilded trefoil base-plate 0.5mm thick, the edges of which are notched, surmounted by three hemispherical gilded bosses flanked by a solid encircling rib around each base. One boss has been squashed. The two intact bosses are decorated with three double-strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets, an additional smaller single-strand filigree circlet between…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-90BA88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver annular brooch complete with pin, probably dating between 1200 and 1400. The frame has a sub-triangular cross-section, being flat to the underside with a convex outside edge, and a constriction for the pin. The tip of the pin turns upwards at c.90 degrees, away from the brooch. No decoration is present on either side of the frame, but there are tooling marks to the underside. The pin is flat and triangular in shape, curling around the frame's constriction at the wider end. It has a length of 18.9mm and a max.width of 2.8mm, decreasing to a width of 1.1mm at the tip…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melksham Without', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C7100B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval (Anglo Saxon) cloisonné enamelled copper-alloy disc brooch of 10th to 11th century date and Weetch type 20.B. It is missing its pin to the reverse. The circular brooch appears to be formed of several component parts, those visible with the brooch in its relatively complete state being a rim, a gilded backplate and apparently separate to this the cloisonné insert. The rim is stepped to the front with traces of gilding on is vertical wall and a narrower, angled and slightly convex ring to the reverse, also with traces of gilding, from which two lug…
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-F86F7D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman cast zoomorphic copper-alloy strap-fitting. A strap-distributor dating to the period 50 BC - AD 50. It is incomplete insofar as at least one of the two conjoined circular loops (D-shaped in cross-section) has broken off. There are worn projections which emerge beneath the horse's head, and it is from here that a possible third circular loop projected, now broken off. The remaining loop is circular, measuring 20.47mm in diameter, with the frame of the loop measuring 3.21mm in thickness. Inbetween the two (or possibly three) loops projects a …
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steventon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8E827E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman (AD 43-70) tinned or silvered copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, without side lugs. It is missing its lower bow and catchplate. The wingspan is 13.8mm, the wings curling forward to hold the (copper alloy) axis bar. At the centre the elongated rectangular head of the pin rotates around the axis bar. This then extends into the shank which termiantes in a worn break, 0.8mm in diameter. The pin survives to a length of 28mm and is of a different copper alloy to the body of the brooch (having a light, bright green coloured patina). Beyond the wings the head is Y-shaped, nar…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-8DF957
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper alloy non-heraldic personal seal matrix of pointed oval form which dates to the 14th century. The matrix depicts a pelican in her piety (feeding her young with blood dripping from her own breast) around which is the inscription + SVM PELICANVS DEI: ('I am the Pelican of God'), with reverse-barred 'N'. The reverse of the matrix (which has faceted and slightly rounded edges) has a slightly raised wide, flat central rib narrowing from the loop to the opposite point/ edge. The object has a dark green patina and is rather pitted to the reverse. It measures 31.1 mm in le…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-6C8007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early post-medieval gold finger-ring with a gemstone setting, dating to c. 1500-1600. The ring has a heptagonal bezel set with a clear/ grey gemstone, possibly rock crystal, cut in the shape of a tear-drop. From the base of the bezel, on the two opposing long sides, is a flat semi-circular projection which is decorated with carved decoration in the form of a fleur-de-lis-like motif with central bud and crescent-leaves on either side. The crescents are inlaid with white enamel with both green and white enamel traces on the bud. Behind the crescent a triangle joins it to the central …
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hurstbourne Priors', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D9EA6B
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Neolithic (4000 - 2100 BC) polished flint axehead wih damage to the butt end and missing the cutting edge, probably from around half the original length of the axehead. The axehead is pointed-oval in cross-section and has been bifacially worked with polishing apparent on both faces and sides. Flakes appears to have been removed both on top of and beneath the polishing. Iron staining is apparent on the edges of flake removals. The sides of the axehead are faceted and flat, surviving to a height of c.5-6mm. The flint is opaque and light grey/ cream in colour. The axehead…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-EF8DB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD 200-300) finger-ring of Henig Type VII, missing the back of the hoop and its oval setting. The bezel is pointed-oval in shape (20.0x11.4mm) set on a wider platform with 'wings' to either side (max.12.4mm wide) that extend the length of the triangular shoulders. The old breaks occur where the hoop extends, D-shaped in cross-section and measuring c.3.5x1.2mm. At the centre of the pointed oval moulding is an oval (internal measurements 10.9x8.6x1.5mm) with traces of a white-ish/ brown substance inside, presumably to hold the missing setting in place.…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Wallop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FEAC59
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of gilded silver late medieval finger ring, consisting of roughly half the bezel and a section of the hoop. This fragment joins with HAMP-FDC75C / 2016 T1036 (and completes the bezel). The break is relatively fresh and reveals the metal to be silver gilt rather than gold (the gilding is thickly-applied and covers the object). The surviving section of bezel is flat, semi-circular in shape and originally would have been oval. It is decorated at its base with an S-shaped grooved stalk, a short groove to one side and a curving groove to the other at the bottom. At the top ther…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-94CC61
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval penny of William I (the Conqueror, 1066-87), BMC viii, PAXS type (c.1083-6; North 848), struck by Aegelric at Wareham. The coin is cracked with a section missing between 12 and 2 o'clock on the obverse. Reference: North 1994: 192.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton and Shawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D59186
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy steelyard weight, probably dating to the Roman period (AD 43-410). The weight is biconical with two short projections extending at either apex, the remains of a circular iron suspension loop (at top and bottom). The object measures 36.1mm in length with a max.width and diameter at the centre of 27.5mm. It weighs 79.41g. The form is usually considered as Roman, and the beam balance is thought to have been lost in Britain between the end of the Roman period and the later medieval period when it was reintroduced from the continent. Many similar examples have been recorded …
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ampfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1D6239
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of post-medieval (1550-1650) silver gilt spoon, consisting of the 'baluster-moulded' terminal only which ends in an engraved seal-top knop. The break across the stem is recent-ish and rectangular in cross-section. Above this rises a pyramidal moulding with rounded edges. Each face is decorated with a raised ring-and-dot above a short curving raised line. Beyond is a ridged collar, above which a waist. At the centre of the waist is a chunky collar (9.5mm in diameter) decorated with wide transverse grooves. Above the waist is the seal-top, 11.5mm in diameter and flat. At th…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horndean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1C7288
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A dispersed hoard of two Iron Age early uninscribed Southern British Iron Age gold staters of the so-called "Chute/Cheriton Transitional" type (ABC 752: Cottam et al, Ancient British Coinage 2010, p.57; Van Arsdell 1210-1 'Durotrigan C', p.291; BMC 88-128, dating to c.80 to 60 BC. Obverse: Abstract head of Apollo facing right, leaves downwards, spike with long crescent ('turf cutter' (ABC)); Reverse: Disjointed horse with long neck going left, pellets above, [crab beneath], two (visible) horizontal tails. Coin 1 weighs 5.81g and measures 19.1x16.9mm in diameter. DA = 4 Coin 2 …
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C3FDFF
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver cufflink, consisting of two sheet silver circular elements joined with an elongated silver wire loop. The circular elements have a down turned edge; one is missing two thirds of this edge, the other one third (possibly recent-ish damage from the plough). A separate loop is soldered in the centre of each element to the reverse. The front of each element depicts a crown with two hearts, side-by-side, beneath. The hearts and crown are raised on a granulated background. This design is believed to be a reference to the marriage of Charles II (1660-1685) to Catherin…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-747D19
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver cufflink element with a (now slightly squashed) silver wire hoop soldered to the reverse, dating to c. 1662-c. 1700. It is circular in shape with a down-turned edge and depicts two slightly overlapping hearts beneath a crown. The heart on the right overlaps the left heart. The hearts and crown are raised on a background of numerous small punches, mostly circular in shape. The down-turned edge has a slight rim; this is damaged in one place with small square piece missing. This design is believed to be a reference to the marriage of Charles II (1660-1685) to …
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Petersfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B9616D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A late medieval or post-medieval (c.1400-1700) silver annular brooch, complete except for a crack in the frame across the constriction for the pin. The frame is triangular in cross-section (max.4.8x1.5mm) with a vertical inside edge (1.5mm high), convex upper surface and flat reverse. All faces are undecorated. At the constriction for the pin, the frame (2.6mm wide) widens to 4.8 and 5.5mm, where the terminals are surmounted by a transverse ridge c.3mm thick. The pin is bent and 19.8mm in length. It has a width of 2.7mm, tapering to 1.5mm at the tip. At the opposite end …
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B7066E
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early post-medieval silver gilt dress hook dating to c. 1500 - 1600; it is missing its separately soldered hook. The object has a gilded trefoil base-plate, the edges of which are notched, surmounted by three hemispherical gilded bosses to the upper aspect. Each boss is decorated with a pair of single strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets. Between each pair of circlets, on the inner side, is a granulated pellet above a small filigree circlet. One of these granulated pellets is now missing. Three further granulated pellets, equidistant from each other, adorn the top…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-B6F1E9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A squashed medieval gold finger ring of perhaps 13th - 15th century date. The finger-ring is made from a single piece of gold, the emphasised to the outside surface with a flat rectangular rib (2.3x6.2mm) decorated with a vertical groove and short transverse grooves to either side. The finger-ring is otherwise decorated with twelve panels, eleven of which are square while the twelfth is fore-shortened and rather more rectangular in shape. Between each is a narrow rectangular area decorated with transverse grooves. Above and below, flanking the outside edges of the band, is an undeco…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2019
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