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Record ID: NMGW3355
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Circular-shaped base of a possible, lead, or lead alloy, pilgrim ampulla. One side of the casting is plain, while the other may have been decorated with a simple design set within a circular border. The top of the casting is open having a deep concave mouth. The opening is not the result of modern damage; however, it is uncertain whether it is an original feature (in which case the tentative identification as an ampulla is incorrect) or the result of careful cutting. The casting was damaged during recovery. Diameter 31.5mm, thickness 8.5mm. Possibly medieval.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3356
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Sub-triangular shaped fragment of copper alloy casting waste, smooth on its upper side and retaining the impression of a possible charcoal surface on its underside. Ferrous corrosion is visible on part of the underside of the fragment. Dimensions 41mm x 31mm, maximum thickness 8mm, weight 21.7 grams.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3357
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sub-rectangular mount, one side of which is plain and the other of which is decorated with an incised letter T on a hatched background [the letter T is a Middle English sacred Christian monogram/symbol representing the tau cross of cross of St Anthony). The upper corners of the mount form right angles while the lower corners are rounded giving the sub-rectangular mount a near shield-shaped form. Both the surfaces of the mount have been coated with a white metal, possibly tin or silver, and possible traces of inlaid niello are visible in the incised decoration. There is no …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3358
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy horse harness pendant with an integral suspension loop and curved, sloping shoulders. Only a corroded fragment of the pendant survives and it is not possible to identify its original form with certainty; however, the extant sloping shoulders suggest that it may be an example of a Type V, quatrefoil pendant (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). No evidence of decoration survives; however, the pendant is perforated by a sub-rectangular fixing hole c.11mm below the suspension loop suggesting that it may have been embellished with an appliqué mount or stud. Survivin…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3341
Object type: TUMBREL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy tumbrel consisting of two elements, that is a vertical element and a separately cast balance arm, which articulate in such a way that when the balance is not in use it can be folded flat. The hollow-backed vertical element expands from an acorn finial at the top, through a slotted central section to a flattened foot with a damaged and incomplete base. The base of the foot widens to accommodate a vertically slotted socket in which traces of ferrous corrosion survive. The front of the vertical element is decorated with a double moulding and the slotted socket is decorated w…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
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Record ID: NMGW3343
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Non-heraldic personal pointed oval-shaped copper alloy seal matrix with a central, elongated fleur-de-lis, or a foliate motif flanked by two birds of prey, design and a longitudinal rib and attachment loop on the reverse. The legend reads: S' : WILLWI : NOR : SECRETT (the private seal of William Norton?). Dimensions 25mm x 16.5mm, weight 5.3 grams. Probably thirteenth or fourteenth century.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3345
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, lozenge-shaped mount with a single, integral rivet. The front of the mount is decorated with a series of moulded pellets which form a decorative border and a central flower design. Possible traces of tinning adhere to the surface of the mount. Dimensions 24.5mm x 16mm. Although difficult to date precisely, the mount is paralleled by two examples recovered from fourteenth century contexts in London cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 200, nos.1078-1079.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3347
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Non-heraldic personal vessica-shaped lead, or lead alloy, seal matrix with a central, elongated feathered star design, and longitudinal and transverse ribs (in an arrangement similar to a fleur-de-lis motif) and damaged attachment loop on the reverse. The lower end of the matrix is missing. The legend reads: S' EDIth M.chI 'S (the seal of Edith Michaels?). Dimensions 31mm x 22.5mm , weight 12.5 grams. Late twelfth to fourteenth century in date.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3348
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Elizabeth I shilling. Privy-mark: bell. Tower mint c.1583. Worn. Incised graffiti marks.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3352
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled, shield-shaped horse harness pendant. Type I (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). The pendant is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with an integral suspension loop, which is now slightly bent. It is decorated with a heraldic device made up of three chevrons. Although ancient enamels can change their colour as a consequence of burial, microscopic study suggests that the recessed chevrons may have originally been decorated with red enamel. The pendant is corroded and its sinister side is damaged. Height 43mm, width 27mm, thickness 2mm.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3353
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast, copper alloy purse frame consisting of a sub-rectangular central block and one circular-sectioned shire arm which terminates in a button-like moulded terminal. The rove and part of the shank of the attachment loop remain intact; however, no decorative detail survives on the fragment. Worn and corroded. An example of Ward Type B purse bar (Ward Perkins 1940, 167-169, fig.52). Probably fifteenth to sixteenth century in date. Surviving length of horizontal bar 44mm, estimated length of horizontal bar 64mm.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Dolphin type brooch of plain and simple form. In profile it has the typical bow shape of a Dolphin brooch with a chunky bow humped at the head and tapering towards its foot. The plain wings are distorted but the semi-circular recess on their reverse, which accommodated the spring mechanism, is still visible. Part of the rearward facing hook on the head of the brooch survives; however, most of the catchplate and the spring and pin mechanism are missing. The surface of the brooch is pitted. Probably dates to the second half of the first century AD. For parallels cf. Hattatt…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3327
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy anthropomorphic mount, of the half length figure of a saint in ecclesiastical robes, moulded in half relief with a hollow back and a solid head. The base of the appliqué figure, when viewed from the front, inclines to the left. The mount is perforated by two fixing holes, one near the base and the other at chest height. The mount is embellished with champleve enamel, traces of light blue enamel survive in the folds of the robes; elsewhere in the figure's robes the enamel has degraded to a red and green colour. The lower left-hand side of the mount is missing and its surfa…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3330
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Papal Bulla. Innocent IV (1243-1254). Diameter 37-38mm, thickness 4mm, weight 40.3 grams. Slightly distorted and damaged. Obverse - within a beaded border the name of the pontiff: INNOCENTIVS PP IIII. Reverse - Within a beaded border, and set within beaded frames, dext. The head of St Paul, sin. That of St Peter, and between them a tall cross. In field above, the Roman initials: S' PA S' PE.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3323
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch of Pannonian Flugelfibel type. The head of the brooch expands to accommodate the missing spring and pin mechanism which was held in place by a central rearward lug the upper part of which was extended to form the chord hook. The upper part of the straight bow is embellished with a single knob set between two forward facing wings curved towards each other, the lower of which is incomplete. The end of the upper wing, which has been repaired by the finder, contains a central perforation (diameter 2-3mm), presumably to accommodate a knob or other fitting. Only the sect…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3324
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy, shield-shaped harness pendant with an integrally cast suspension loop and decorated with a bird of prey facing left motif which has been recessed, presumably to take enamel. No trace of the applied enamel apparently survives. The pendant is probably of fourteenth or fifteenth century date. Unfortunately, without knowing the original colours of the applied enamel, it is not possible to identify the heraldic device depicted on the pendant. Identified from a scanned image.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3322
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Flat axe - probably Class 3. Cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged and the surface of the axe has several spots of corrosion. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated about one third along the length of the axe from the butt. The lower halves of both faces of the axe are decorated with a series of incised, longitudinally arranged, irregular, short strokes which form a …
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW3318
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British copper alloy hinged trumpet brooch with an integrally cast fixed chain-loop and dummy. The bow is embellished with an acanthus moulding which does not extend around the back of the bow. Moulded transverse knurled ribs are set above and below the acanthus. The bow is also decorated with a narrow longitudinal knurled rib which extends from the dummy clip to the moulded rib above the acanthus and then from the moulded rib below the acanthus to the foot knob. The foot knob consists of two separate knurled mouldings. The head is decorated by a knurled border and the du…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3319
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated stone identified and recorded from a photograph. Study of the photograph suggests that the perforation is artificial and not the result of natural erosion or weathering. It is possible that the stone was either a loom or netting weight. Length c.15mm.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3320
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Lead, or lead alloy, scallop shell-shaped ampulla identified and recorded from photographs. The obverse (more rounded) side of the ampulla is decorated with a shell design, while the reverse (flatter) side is undecorated. The shell motif on the ampulla resembles the true scallop with its well-defined shoulders and bold, radiating ribs producing a corrugated surface, I.e. Type I (Spencer 1990, 58, fig.170). The ampulla had unusually long handles, only one of which survives. The neck is pinched closed suggesting that it was never opened. The ampulla is small enough to have been worn, if …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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