Record ID: IOW-3594A1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper-alloy and enamelled heraldic harness pendant (c. 1255-c. 1303). The pendant is in the form of a shield with a straight top and curving sides. It has a central suspension loop at the top turned through 90° to the plane of the pendant. The rear face is plain. There is no patina. The device may be described thus: Gules a fess between six martlets or (a gold horizontal band with three martlets above and below) There is a tiny fleck of gilding on the horizontal band and also on one of the martlets. The arms of this pendant were borne by Sir Walter de Beauchamp Knt.,…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-542D87
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy horse harness pendant with enamel decoration. A shield-shaped pendant. The design is probably gules, a fesse between six martlets (3/3) or (a red enamel field with six birds (martlets) and a horizontal band (fesse) and which was probably originally gilded.) These are the arms of the Beauchamp family. The pendant is quite large. There is a suspension loop at the top with a circular pierced hole. The back is flat and undecorated. Date: Medieval - 14th century Dimensions: 49.09 mm x x 31.07 mm x 7.13 mm Weight: 17.09 g A shield-shaped stud with the same coat of a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E7BE48
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy horse harness pendant with enamelled heraldic decoration. The pendant is in the shape of a square topped shield with straight top and convex sides meeting in a point at the bottom. There is only a small section remaining of a transverse suspension lug projecting from the centre of the top of the shield. The shield appears to be decorated with enamel making heraldic decoration, this can be emblazoned: gules three cinquefoils pierced sable (or Or) arranged two and one and in chief an unclear charge Or, possibly a lion passant guardant. The red enamel survives …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-19ABBC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 13th to 15th centuries) composite strap end: The strap end is a sub-rectangle in plan with one end being rounded and the other having a scalloped edge. The strap end is made up of two copper alloy sheets both of each are decorated with an inscised design. One face has a standing figure, holding a vertical staff or long sword. The figure is wear a short garment. The second plate has an inscription which is difficult to read. The surface has small patches of red copper corrosion, and an incomplete mid grey-green patina. The plates are rivet together by a single copper all…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-C0D17C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact, probably a coin of Medieval or Post Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500, probably of the Crusader Kingdom of Cyprus, maybe of James II dating from the late 15th century. One face bears a cross potent with a cross in each angle (the Jerusulem cross). The peripheral legend is illegible. The other face is possibly a rampant lion. The legend is again illegible, but may end GRAIA which would fit with a sizin such as that of James II (the Bastard), AD 1463 - 1473. The coin is 18.3mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 1.9g. Compare https://en.numista.com/cat…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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Record ID: SOM-A74FCE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusually large and decorative medieval silver annular brooch complete with pin and decorated with incised lines, inlaid niello and an inscription. The brooch is circular in cross section and, while weighty, the weight suggests it is hollow. There is a constriction at one point where the pin head is looped and corresponding slight wear on the opposite side of the ring, on the front where the pin point rests. The front is decorated with four bands of decoration with plain areas between. The bands are evenly spaced around the ring with one starting adjacent to the pin constrict…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-632F74
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An enamelled copper alloy disc or plaque, decorated with a picture of a woman's face and a incomplete border of pale blue enamel with the remains of some gilding. It is probably of Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1300, based on the similarity of style to Limoges and Mosan champlevé enamel work of that period. The human head is forward facing and is enamelled in white with metal defining the eyes and nose. There is blue enamel in the eyes and red for the mouth and ears/earrings, neither of which are bordered by metal. The hair or headdress is shown as a series of five curved lines…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
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Record ID: WILT-FBCD96
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1260-1500) copper alloy heraldic shield shaped Harness Mount 'Chequy', missing one corner, all of its enamel and gilded or silvering decoration, and most of the integral attachment spike. It measures 37.50x28.71x3.85mm and weighs 11.02g. The mount is 2.13mm thick and decorated with 6 rows of alternating squares in a checkerboard patter. The raised squares would have been gilded or silvered (Or or Argent) and the slightly recessed areas would have been filled with a coloured enamel. To the reverse only a worn stump of the original projection survives, …
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AE5C02
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval (1250-1500) copper alloy enamelled lozenge-shaped heraldic horse harness pendant, with a broken loop and missing probable gilding (or silvering). It is blazoned bend azure on engrailed cross gules impaling three bends gules, and is probably the arms for a marriage (Laura Burnett pers.comm. 2012) . The original surface has been lost (with gilding or silvering), leaving the enamel decoration standing proud of the present surface. It measures 43.44x30.05x6.67mm and weighs 11.81g. Excluding the loop it measures 33.39mm long and 2.94mm thick. There is a pos…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breamore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-78B4F0
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy heraldic shield-shaped horse harness pendant. The pendant itself measures 35.9mm long, 26.6mm wide and is 2.9mm thick. The suspension loop is rotated at 90 degrees to the pendant and measures 6.5mm long, 4.6mm wide and 3.7mm thick. The entire item weighs 10.78grams. The pendant has enamelled coats of arms on both sides, the coats of arms are in red and gold; made of red enamel on the original, gold coloured, brass of the pendent. One side has: Or three chevrons gules; ie three red chevrons on a gold background. These are the arms of the Earls of Gloucester and Hereford, s…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Middleton on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3F82B7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy heraldic harness pendant. The pendant is shield shaped with a straight top and convex sides which meet at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects a transverse suspension loop.The front is decorated with 'bendy argent and gules'; red enamel bands (red lines running from the top left to the bottom right) alternating with plain bands which appear to have traces of a white metal coating. It is 47.5mm long including the loop, 27mm wide and 3.3mm thick. The pendant weighs 10.43g. Harness pendants are generally dated from the twelfth to…
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8826F7
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy shield shaped mount. The mount has a flat front plate in the shape of a triangular shield with a straight top and slightly convex sides meeting at a point at the bottom. It is badly corroded but has a design of checks, alternating between depressed and raised. The raised ones were once all blue enamelled, a few have retained their enamel. In heraldry this would be described as checky or and azure. On the back there is a single circular sectioned rivet in the center with a flat end. Overall length 14.7mm. Width.11.0mm Thickness 2.3mm. Weight 2.23gms. The…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-4DAE23
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant of probable 14th-century (c.1250 - c.1450) date. The pendant is worn and much detail is lost or obscured . The pendant is sub-triangular (shield-shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The edges of the shield are slightly bevelled and the profile of the pendant is slightly bowed (convex). On the upper edge of the shield is an integral cast suspension loop which is set at 90 degrees to the plain of the pendant. The front face of the pendant had an enamelled design - which is poorly defined due to modern corrosion…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1CC530
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of medieval date (c.1200-c. 1400). The pendant has a straight top, curving sides and a pointed base. At the centre of the top of the shield there is a suspension bar with a loop turned through 90° to the plane of the pendant. The rear face of the pendant is plain. Most of the loop is missing and has abraded breaks. 33.0 x 22.6 x 3.2mm. Weight: 7.96g. The shield is decorated with: gules three lions passant guardant or with a label of three points azure. A red back ground with three gold lions and at the top over o…
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8DE224
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount. Cast concavo-convex mount comprising a smiling human mask in a hat or hood, with a backward pointing blunt hook rising behind it. Below the mask a miniature torso is represented with a pair of crooked ball-ended arms springing from it, and a circular loop, probably for an attachment rivet, below. The hollow mask is slightly thickened close to the hook, suggesting allowance for its use, perhaps fastening a strap. The facial features include a high brow, a broad triangular nose perhaps flattened by wear, and lidded eyes with bags beneath them. A tight fitting ha…
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: SOM-2262AD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy strap-fitting dating to AD 1350 to 1400. The bar mount originally consisted of two parallel arms that were linked at the base by a semi-circular suspension loop. This loop has worn through so the two arms are now separate each with part of the loop attached. the inner side of the loop has sides that fold in suggesting it was made by hammering the sides of the strip. Both bars are flat and are perforated with two rivet holes, around the holes are the remains of corroded iron rivets. The fitting has a green and brown patina with traces of gilding…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-B923B8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.3 and medieval date. Cast circular plate with central drilled aperture of diameter 4mm. The plate is decorated with finely incised radial lines within an incised border, detailing which retains gilding. At one end a straight edge bears vertical incised decoration, also retaining gilding; from its ends spring a pair of opposed lugs bearing worn holes of diameter c.1.5mm which would have held a bar in the same plane as the plate. Opposite these paired lugs, a longer centrally placed lug of length 13mm bears a drilled hole of diamete…
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-B6377E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver spoon dating to the Medieval to Post-medieval period. The remaining portion comprises a length of the shank and a fragment of the bowl where they join. The stem has a lozenge shaped cross section and tapers distally. At the distal end the stem terminates in an old break. The stem creates a 'V' shape on the underside of the spoon bowl, where it joins. The bowl may well have been fig-shaped but too little exists to be certain. While the cross-section size at the break end is small the strength and rigidity of the material suggests the shank might have extende…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Musbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-E6F088
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant of probable 14th-century (c.1250 - c.1450) date. The pendant is worn and abraded. It is sub-triangular (shield-shaped) in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The edges of the shield are slightly bevelled and the profile of the pendant is slightly bowed (convex). On the upper edge of the shield is an integral cast suspension loop which is set at 90 degrees to the plain of the pendant. This loop has been pierced (diameter 2mm) and complete. The front face of the pendant had an enamelled design. The surface of the front f…
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FED5E3
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness fitting of Medieval date. The bar is rectangular, slightly curved and when viewed from above swells around two pierced holes along its length. To either side and between these holes are three rectangular loops projecting up from the bar. At one end of the bar there is a moulded terminal with a collared, D-shaped pierced projection beyond which is an elongated knop. Traces of gilding can be seen on the convex side, the largest being a c1mm x 1.5mm piece to the top left of the central rectangle (viewed with the termial on the left). The bar measures 11.4mm in…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.