Record ID: NMGW-4125B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy belt fitting, probably a strap-end of 4th or 5th century date The cast fitting is complete (with a length of 21.9mm, a width of 40.2mm and a weight of 3.5g) and has openwork decoration. One end has a linear bar (3.4mm wide, 3.7mm long and 1.5mm thick) from the centre of which springs two opposing C-scrolls, with internal knop and defining two sub-circular or kidney-shaped apertures. At the apex is a flaring central feature with an incised central line. No applied decoration is evident elsewhere on the fitting. The fitting was attached using an integral squ…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-411705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of c. mid-1st to 3rd century AD date The finger ring is incomplete, with a fragmentary and distorted hoop (with a height of 13.5mm and a weight of 2.5g) and was of oval form. The hoop is of D-shaped section and was narrowest at the base (with a width and thickness of 1.8mm and 1.5mm respectively). The hoop gradually widens to the shoulders which have no surviving applied decoration. The oval bezel is now eroded on one side (11.5mm wide and 2.0mm deep) and is comparatively less finished on the rear. The decoration on the bezel comprises three circula…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4103A5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal fitting, from an uncertain object probably of Roman date The terminal is of spherical form with a basal moulding and has a short fragment from the integral connecting rod at the base (with an overall length of 13.6mm and a weight of 3.5g). The sphere (with a maximum diameter of 9.6mm) has no applied decoration but a slight casting flaw is evident. The waist (with a minimum diameter of 6.2mm) is grooved before the rounded basal lobe. The integral pin is circular-sectioned (2.2mm diameter and with a 1.6mm surviving length). The surface is worn with a mid-green…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40F32B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, with approximately half represented (with a diameter of 34.5mm, a depth of 10.2mm and a weight of 5.4g). The brooch had a spring mechanism secured around a single lug and with an iron axis bar or spring suggested by the iron corrosion. The opposite end has catch-plate surviving. The brooch face had an outer ring (8.7mm wide), with a raised border and decorative concentric rib, positioned off-centre. There is no surviving evidence for enamel within either concentric ring. A deeper rib (3.5mm deep) de…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40DECB
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin (with a length of 34.7mm, a width of 32.4mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs (giving an overall depth of 12.0mm) and secured with a ferrous axis bar, which remains in place. At the base is the remains of the catch-plate, which has lost the catch. The rear has a recessed circular panel. The face has a two-stepped border to the lozenge cell (23mm square). The border is damaged but no side lugs are discernible. The lozenge cell contains blue and…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40D70B
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a surviving depth of 4.1mm and a weight of 2.1g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs now truncated. The hinge is on the rear of a trefoil head-plate, now eroded (7.2mm wide and 6.8mm long). No applied decoration is evident of the plate. The end of the plate is defined by a transverse rib, before a raised step to the lozenge plate (20mm long 19.2mm wide and 1.6mm thick). The plate has a raised border and raised central ring.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40BFE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Developed T-shaped type, of 50-150 AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and with a distorted, flattened bow (with a surviving length of 44.2mm, a distorted depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 5.3g). The missing pin was hinged within semi-tubular wings on the rear of the head (with a width of 13.0mm and a depth of 4.7mm). Remnants of the copper alloy axis bar remain within the hinge. The head-plate has an open, rounded cut-outs each side and at the centre is the apex is concave and may have defined a chain-loop. There is a decorative t…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40B5F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 22.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 3.6g). The missing pin was hinged within sub-circular sectioned, tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.0mm - 4.7mm). The axis bar is missing and corrosion suggests it was made of iron. The ends of the wings were enhanced with three grooves. Pairs of diagonal grooves, define a central rib to decorate the centre of the head and mark the area where the bow …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40AA6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving depth of 9.3mm and a weight of 10.8g). The missing pin was hinged within oval-sectioned, tubular wings, now slightly distorted (with a width of 36.7mm and a diameter of 4.8mm x 5.8mm). The copper alloy axis bar remains in place. The ends of the wings were enhanced with double grooves. The bow is expanded at the head (with a width of 15.7mm and a thickness of 4mm). The edges are enhanced with ribs, flanke…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-404006
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-two-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 30.8mm, a surviving depth of 14.0mm and a weight of 12.8g). The incomplete spring remains in place, secured by the chord through a double perforated lug at the centre of the rear of the head. The remnant of the chord survives in the lower perforation of the lug and appears to have been of iron. The wings (with a width of 29.6mm and a length of 6.5mm) are concave on the rear to accommodate the spring. The fronts of the …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-401C13
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate and spring and has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 49.6mm, a distorted depth of 16.5mm, and a weight of 2.5g). The integral spring is represented by a fragment at the base of the head only (4.0mm long and 0.5mm diameter) below the integral rearward facing hook to tension the missing chord. The spring was positioned behind short sub-rectangular wings (with a width of 9.1mm). The upper bow is of rounded, sub-rectangular section with …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3FDBDB
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book-mount, probably of late 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete missing approximately half of the back plate and is comparatively long (with a length of 92.3mm and a weight of12.9g). The mount is made from sheets of copper alloy (1.7mm (front) and 1mm (rear) thick) riveted to a back plate, now fragmentary (giving a maximum depth of 2.5mm). The expanded terminal on the front plate (with a width of 29.0mm) has an undulating edge, decorated with deep striations. The sides of the mount are straight and are near-parallel, slightly converge…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3F71FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot and pin (with a surviving length of 45.8mm, a surviving depth of 21.8mm and a weight of 17.1g) and is heavily-corroded The missing pin and spring was secured around a central perforated lug on the rear of the head. The top of the lug has a slight protrusion, possibly to hold a swivelling chain loop but now truncated. The trumpet head is oval (16.2mm long and 14.2mm wide) and no decoration is now evident. There is the suggestion of a mid-ridge on the upper bow…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D67F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy rear-hook brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg (with a surviving length of 31.1mm, a surviving depth of 10.0mm and a weight of 3.2g). The missing spring was secured behind convex wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 19.0mm and a height of 5.3mm). The chord was tensioned by a hook at the head but it is unclear whether an axis bar was secured by perforated terminal lugs, now lost. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical ribbing, defined by grooves and enhanced with incised marks on the sides of…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-168D36
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead pan weight The weight is circular and rectangular sectioned (41.3mm diameter and 5.5mm thick), weighing 70.06g (2.473 ounces). One face is enhanced with cast decoration, now worn and corroded but comprising a pair of concentric ribs, a sword (indicating the City of London), a possible reversed letter ‘C’ and a letter ‘A’ probably indicating Avoirdupois. The weight is broadly consistent with a one-sixth of a pound Avoirdupois Equivalent to 71.0g or 75.73g). The weight may be an official weight as suggested by the sword but is unusual for a trad…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-16767F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anthropomorphic mount of uncertain date, possibly Roman The oval domed mount depicts a human head and appears to be near-complete but is now heavily corroded (with a length of 22.3mm, a width of 17.3mm, an overall depth of 13.2mm and a weight of 7.3g). The corrosion has removed much of the facial features although what remains is finely and carefully worked. The hair remains clear, defined by curvilinear grooved lines above and to the side of the brow. At the base of the brow a delicate groove appears to depict the eye brow and is above oval depressions with a raise…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-165DD6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The shield-shaped pendant is near-complete but very heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 37.0mm and a weight of 4.1g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the oval loop at the apex (with a height of 9.0mm high, a depth of 4.4mm and 1.4mm - 3mm thick) with a circular perforation, containing the remnants of the iron axis pin. The shield-shaped pendant (28.0mm long, 23.0mm wide and 1.0mm - 1.9mm thick) is slightly truncated and battered. The decorative device was her…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-164DC3
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
ate medieval to post medieval copper alloy candlestick of 15th to 17th century date The candlestick is fragmentary, missing the base and candle socket (with a surviving length of 178mm and a weight of 142.6g). The base of the stick has the circular-sectioned plug (7.0mm long and 14.0mm diameter) for attachment to the missing base. The stick has a decorative ridge above the basal shoulder and is decorated with a concentric groove, which is mirrored in a ridge on the upper most moulding (giving a maximum diameter of 18.9mm). A chevron rib is midway between the two lateral mouldings…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-161C0E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight The weight is heavily corroded and the marks are now difficult to distinguish. The sword and ewer are discernible but the crowned letter is uncertain, possibly a letter G (George). The weight currently weighs 12.79g, equivalent to 0.451 ounce, probably originally a half-ounce weight, possibly under the Avoirdupois system. The weight is corroded with a dark-green patination.
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-160969
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, represented by the basal half only (with a surviving length of 29.0mm, a maximum width of 30.3mm and a weight of 19.8g). The surviving surface is heavily corroded and little of the detail now survives. The obverse face is convex (giving a maximum depth of 10.4mm) and may have been decorated with fine ribbing, producing a corrugated surface, of Spencer’s (1990, p 59)[1] Type II and indicating the scallop shell, the emblem of Saint James and representing pilgrimage. Few of the ribs now surv…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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