Record ID: DOR-7AA147
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval double looped buckle dating to c.1550 to 1650. Ninety percent of one loop is missing to old breaks near the bar. The outside edge is sub-oval with knops on each outside corner and at the end of the bar, the inside edge is sub-oval. The front is bevelled both internally and externally. The pin is absent and the reverse is flat and undecorated. Length: 23.3 mm; Width: 21.8 mm; Thickness: 3.0 mm; Weight: 3.35 g A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 63) no. 382 which he dates to 1550-1650; an example found on the Mary Rose…
Created on: Friday 7th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-4EA60A
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment consisting of just under half of a copper-alloy late medieval to early post-medieval purse bar of Ward Perkins Type/Williams Class A1, dating to c.1450-1550. The purse bar is broken where it would have met a square boss and is broadly circular in cross-section. The purse bar has a zoomorphic moulding at one end, now broken through; there would have been another the same at the other end of the missing boss. In the area above the attachment flange there is a geometric double cross-hatched lattice pattern defined by one transverse line at the inner end and two transverse l…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-BC0B1A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Two complete cast copper-alloy post-medieval buttons dating to the 17th to 18th century. The buttons are circular and flat, with integral D-shaped drilled fastening loops on their reverses. The front of both buttons is decorated with an engraved sexfoil of circular petals between six pointed triangular petals. The pattern within the circular petals differs slightly from each button, one has an embossed square grid pattern and the other has a linear grooved pattern. The sexfoil is surrounded by an engraved circular border, following the edge of the button. The buttons have smooth green…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-6DCC41
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval one-piece button dating to the 17th to 18th century. The button is circular and flat in, with traces of an integral fastening loop which has broken off on the reverse, leaving two stubs. The front of the button is decorated with an engraved round petalled flower backed with six pointed leaves. The rosette is surrounded by a circular grooved border, following the edge of the button. Diameter: 16.3 mm; thickness: 4 mm; Weight: 3.03 g Read (2005, 40) illustrates similar buttons with the same pattern, nos 138-140, dating them to the 17th century. Ba…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-14E3B2
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy escutcheon from a hanging bowl. The escutcheon has a tear-drop shaped body shape with an integral hook projecting from the wider end. The hook is curved and in combination with the shape of the body results in the whole resembling a long-necked bird. There is even a suggestion of zoomorphic decoration at the hook's terminal in the form of an eye and beak-like projection. The body of the escutcheon is gently curved in profile. The front of the body is decorated with a moulded and interlaced double strand motif with traces of discoloured enamel around it. Several…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.