Record ID: ESS-D91287
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2006 T482. Post Medieval hat badge. British Museum Report by Dora Thornton: Post Medieval hat badge: Silver circular hat badge comprising of a pinked backplate with thick cable decoration at the edge (possibly cannetille) and a band of pinked decoration enclosing a built-up cast element at the centre. The central element is comprised of the Virgin and Child sitting on a crescent moon, with sun rays behind the figures. There is gilding on the front and back of the badge. The reverse has the remains of the former pin. It is 19.94mm in diameter, 7.98mm thick and w…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-001423
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2005 T355 Description: Complete, cast silver medieval buckle. The buckle frame is oval in plan, sublozenge in section and has a decorative lip. The lip is formed from an integral furl of silver that extends from the inner edge of the front of the frame and curves over the top of the frame with a 'ruffled' appearance. It is recessed with a grooved pin rest. The pin bar is narrowed and offset. At either end of the pin bar are decorative globular knops with a punched ring and dot design randomly placed on the top face. Otherwise the frame is plain but bevelled to both upp…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
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Record ID: ESS-00C1C7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2006 T406: Braintree District, Essex: Late Bronze Age Scatter Circumstances of discovery: Whilst using a metal detector Description: A Bronze Age copper alloy awl and fragment of Bronze Age sword blade 1. Fragment of Late Bronze Age 'Saint Nazaire' type sword blade. The fragment is sub square in plan and lenticular in section. It has a rounded raised mid rid, with grooves giving definition to either side. There are a further three grooves to either side of the mid rib, to both faces of the blade. Both of the blade edges are damaged. The break edges, though not straight, are fair…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braintree District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-011885
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2006 T151. Date: 15th century Description: Fragment of silver medieval iconographic finger ring. What remains of the ring are the bezel and the shoulders of the hoop. The bezel is sub rectangular in plan. It is slightly bevelled with a raised line dividing the bezel lengthways. To either side of the line is a crudely incised figure of a saint. The line that divides the bezel continues onto each shoulder but is much more pronounced. To either side of this line, the shoulders of the hoop are significantly grooved. This gives the hoop a slightly triangular section. The b…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 25th September 2014
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Record ID: ESS-126C17
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2006 T76 Post Medieval button or cufflink element Description: Complete 17th Century, cast, silver button or cufflink. The button is circular in plan with a down turned or flanged edge. It is decorated with two hearts beneath a single crown. To the reverse is a complete loop. An almost exact button, though with a different design of crown, can be seen in The Treasure Annual Report 2001, page 81. Dimensions: Diameter 12.82mm weight: 0.73g The object contains a minimum of 10% silver and is over 300 years old. Consequently it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulat…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-FA4183
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin: Sestertius of unknown emperor. Extremely worn. Die axis 12 o'clock (or 6 o'clock).
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FA7CA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copepr alloy coin; Nummus of Valens (possibly)
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FAFDF4
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bead. The bead is circular in plan and hexagonal in section being bi-conical. It is of regular thickness with the circular perforation centrally set. There is raised band running around the bead, flanked to either side by a narrow circumfral groove. A circumfral groove also runs around the perforation to each side. No casting seam is visible. The original surface survives mostly intact with a dark green patina, with areas of damage and wear showing as lighter green. The bead has a diameter of 14.42mm, is 10.22mm thick and weighs 6.04g. Beads are difficult to date, …
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FB16B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy, one piece ‘Colchester’ type late Iron Age to early Roman brooch. Both wings of the brooch are truncated. The forward facing hook is truncated and worn. Behind the head of the brooch the short backward hook is also truncated and worn and the integral pin coil and shaft are entirely missing. The bow is sub circular in section. It is complete and ends in a blunt point. The catch plate is entirely missing. The brooch is abraded and nothing of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are light green. The break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occur…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FB7F44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy ‘Roman ‘head stud’ brooch. What survives is the upper part only. The wings are semi-cylindrical, short and one wing is truncated. The spring fixing lug is broken, the spring and pin are entirely missing. A small worn knop to the top of the brooch is probably the remains of a chain loop fitting. On the head of the brooch is a worn, raised stud formed of two concentric circles. This may once have been enamelled, though no traces survive. On the surviving portion of the bow are two vertically placed recessed squares, the upper contains red enamel, the lower i…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FBA194
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy cosmetic mortar. The mortar is crescent shaped in profile and V-shaped in section as it is hollow. There is a globular knop to one end, whilst the opposite end is damaged and truncated. To the underneath of the object are two slight knops which are all that remain of the suspension loop. The original surface is missing and exposed surfaces are much abraded. They are light green in colour. Damaged edges are worn, suggesting damaged occurred in antiquity. The mortar is 51.85mm long, 9.75mm wide, 12.78mm high and weighs 12.01g. The mortar is Late iron to Roma…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FE7782
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, cast lead, post-medieval cloth seal. The object represents one half of the complete seal. It is a disc, being circular in plan and flat in section. The flat shank that would have linked this disc with its pair is now missing. One face of the disc is marked with a crude hexagram (star of David), suggesting it may be a kosher seal. A similar seal is reported from Lincolnshire as LIN-290B62. the seal is 20.33mm in diamter, 2.22mm thick and weighs 4.74g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FED0E7
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, cast copper alloy, medieval, shield shape mount with hook. The upper part of the object is formed by the shield-shaped mount that is decorated to each side with a white enamelled swan advancing left. There are tiny traces of gilt in the surrounding field. At the pointed end of the shield is an integral sub square collar, also with traces of gilt. From beneath this extends an integral, vertical hook, with a short, shallow hooked end. The original surface is missing and exposed surfaces are light green. The purpose of this object is unknown, though the shield is clearly meant …
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FF0854
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, cast copper alloy pipe tamper. The tamper takes the form of a claw hammer, though half the claw is now missing. The hammer head is complete and is formed from a decorative arrangement of beads and reels. To either side of the head is a double ring and dot motif. The hammer head is attached to a hollow cylindrical shaft that is decorated along its length with incised circumfral lines, inside and out. There are two small holes where it is damaged. To one upper side of the shaft is a small, deliberate, circular piercing and there is a larger circular piercing to the top of the…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5A6BB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus coin of Constantius II.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5B4148
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy uniface coin weight, square in plan and flat in section. The weight is decorated with a cross with an object in each angle, possibly annulets, all within a beaded border. It is 13.9 mm by 13.66 mm, 1.7mm thick and weighs 1.380 dwt or 2.14g. It was probably used to weigh a full or half Portugese escudo.See Withers, 1995, Lions, ships and angels, page 44.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6AB692
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy Roman horse harness pendant. The pendant is drop-shaped in plan and flat in section. It has a knobbed terminal which is lozenge shaped in section. At the broad rounded end of the pendant is an integral rectangular sectioned shank which curls up and forward, not quite touching the face of the pendant, forming the transverse suspension loop. The pendant is plain but traces of tinning survive. Otherwise the object has a dark green patina with patches of lighter and brighter green showing where it is abraded. The harness pendant is 35.58 mm long, of which 7.9mm i…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6B0F62
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rod. This rod is circular in section tapering to a broad blunt point at one end, probably a worn break point, and a slightly flattened and flared terminal at the other. This is incomplete, being broken straight across, now worn. The object is gently bent at two points along its length giving it a wavy profile. The rod is 66.38mm long, 4.98mm wide and 3.4mm thick. The flared end is 5.32mm wide and 1.56mm thick. The object weighs 4.21g. The object has a dark green patina and is slightly abraded. Break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object is prob…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6BAE94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Roman key. What remains is the handle and short shank of the key, the bit is entirely missing. The handle is rectangular in plan and section. To the top is an integral semicircular loop, on the same plane, which has a central small rectangular knop to its top. Beneath the loop at the top of the main body of the handle are three moulded parallel transverse lines. These run to each side of the handle and along the front face, but not to the rear which is flat. There is then a gap of 6.16mm where the handle is plain, and then a further three moulded lines ech…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-6BE463
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy tweezers. The tweezers are formed from a single length of metal that is bent and curved into a semicircular loop at the mid point. The blades are rectangular in plan and flat in section and do not taper. The end of each blade is bent in at an angle of approximately 40 degrees to form the pinching mechanism. One blade is still straight, whilst the other is bent just above the pinching end, in the opposite direction, giving it a slight zigzag profile to the end of the blade. The original surface of the object survives with a dark green patina, though it is scratche…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.