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Record ID: NMS-909197
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lead alloy biconical steelyard weight with a medial band and remains of an embedded iron suspension loop. Weight 239g. Diameter and height 40mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-906D3C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy incomplete unidentified object, a strip turned downwards through almost 90 degrees before a break at both ends and with, in the centre, a circular bezel set with a blue glass cabochon. The sharp edge and the thinness of the strip suggests this is not part of a finger ring. Length and width 16.5 and 10mm. Thickness including stone 5.7mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-903485
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Rather abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy toggle, cylindrical and expanding around a longitudinal loop, with eight transverse (engraved or moulded) grooves along the length and a small blind hole in the centre of both ends. The non-expanded ends are an unusual feature. Length 20.7mm. Diameter at ends 5 - 6mm. Width at mid-point 7.5mm. Length of loop 8mm. Weight 3.67g. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8FF150
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted fragment of a Roman copper alloy penannular bracelet, an expanded ovoid-sectioned terminal decorated on the outer face with transverse grooves, one, three and one. Width and thickness at the break 2.3 and 1.5mm, at the terminal 4.7 and 3.8mm. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8FD029
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate brooch, pointed oval with a raised centre of the same shape in which there are twelve rectangular cells set transversely. Five contain blue glass, and the others may also have done so. Some are discoloured and others contain some yellowish material that is probably fixative. The base of the raised area is decorated with fine oblique grooves and on the incomplete surrounding flange, there are twenty punched ring-and-dots. It is uncertain how much of the flange has been lost and whether there were once any lugs or projections from the sides or ends. On the rever…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-8F67CD
Object type: VOTIVE MODEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy miniature votive axe. Kernan 2009, Type 3A. Length 36mm. Width 23mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 4.50g. Mid 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8F1790
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy shoe buckle frame, oval with radial grooves over all of the front face except above the spindle housings. Most of the iron spindle has been lost. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 608. Length and width 21.5 and 17mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8EFC73
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval with scalloped or serrated edges. Broadly comparable with Whitehead 2003, nos.355-6. Length 22.6mm. Width 15mm. c.1450 - c.1550.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-5358C4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy domed elaborate sexfoil strap mount with missing separate rivet. Stamped out to the shape of the lobes, as Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig. 118 A. Both surfaces iron stained. Diameter 14.7mm. Height 4.9mm. Second half 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-5250C8
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval swivelling hooked harness fitting. The shank tapers from a sub-conical head to a badly distorted sub-rectangular-sectioned hook. Cf. Read 2008, no.774. Restored length c.30mm. Head diameter 7.4mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E4ECF8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked book clasp, the flaring proximal end missing, the break truncated three openwork apertures. The sides taper gently towards the hook immediately before which there there are lateral projections decorated with a transverse groove between fine engraved lines. A copper alloy rivet lies close by within an area of fine longitudinal engraved lines. A few similar lines run from the apertures. A small central hole lies within two concentric punched rings. Extant length 68mm. Width 21.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-8C6F0D
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver button from a cufflink of Lewis' (2013) Form 1, Type A. The crown is surmounted by a cross. The two hearts are set well apart and one touches the crown. The hollow reverse is largely filled with solder in which a fragment of iron is fixed at the centre. This is indicative of repair. Diameter 12.7mm. Thickness 1.6mm. Weight 1.18g. c.1660 - c.1714.
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0F5186
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy double-looped asymmetrical buckle, one loop D-shaped, the other trapezoidal, with a small knop at the ends of the bar, two very abraded grooves on the straight outside edge and, in the centre of the convex inside edge, a flat rounded knop with three radial grooves. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 583. The whole is bent transversely. 24 x 14.5mm. c.1575 - c.1700.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 7th January 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0F26D3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount in the form of a highly stylised scallop shell with four filed grooves and a centrally placed separate rivet. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1083. 10.7 x 13.7mm. Thickness 1.5mm. c.1350 - c.1450.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-0EECC3
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval lead probable pilgrim badge or brooch with an integral pin and pin catch on the reverse. No original edge remains. What is probably a hand with part of an arm and the seam of a garment are depicted. Maximum extant width 16mm. 14th - early 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-0DB386
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval tin-coated copper alloy spoon, most of the ovoid-sectioned stem missing. Oval bowl with a rat tail on the underside. Extant length 37mm. Bowl 32 x 18.5mm. Length of rat tail 16mm. Stem 3.3 x 2.2mm in cross-section at junction with bowl c.1660 - c.1750.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-0D91F3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount of flat cross-section with two separate rivets and a groove along both edges. 5.5 x 15mm. Thickness 1mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-0D5587
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy pin with globular head formed from a wound strip (Margeson 1993, Type 2). The shank has been bent almost into a right angle at mid-point. Length 42mm. Head diameter 4.2mm. 15th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-268191
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sub-rectangular pieces of lead riveted together and broken across one short edge, probably part of a post-medieval lead four-part cloth seal, discs 1 and 4 only. No devive or legend. Width 11mm. Probably 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-2643D5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy trapezoidal strap loop with separate internal rivet and rove. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1248-9. 14.5 x 14mm. 11.5mm internally. 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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