Record ID: LEIC-6F3475
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy tweezer arm, 33mm long, 14mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.13grams. The object consists of a rectangular sectioned shaft which tapers in width. At the narrow end the object has been bent round to form an open suspension loop, part of which remains. The wider end is flat and turned in to form the gripping edge. There are faint traces of a border of stamped dots on the right (as pictured) lower edge and there may be further dots in the centre. The fact that the tweezers flare to such a width would give them a later date, up …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-B91446
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or saxon copper alloy tweezers, 58mm long 8mm wide with a weight of 5.05 grams. The tweezers are in a fair condition having surface pitting and some corrosion. They consist of one piece of metal which has been folded over to form two arms. The upper part has been pinched in to form a suspension loop and is narrowest here at 3mm. The arms widen to 8mm at the base and they curve in to form the gripping end. The tweezers are plain execpt for a single incised line running down the outer edge 1mm in.
Created on: Friday 5th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-363201
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval Copper alloy tweezers, 45mm long, 13mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 3.09grams. The object is in good condition and complete. It consists of a long, rectangular cross sectioned, strip folded in half with elongated triangular terminals which are curved inwards along the bottom edge. The object is decorated witha continuous incised border running close to its long edges. Inside the border, on both faces, are 6 (7 on one side) stamped dot and ring motifs, three are aligned along the base and the rest run up the centre of the object in a row. The object is simil…
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 6th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-3F6917
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy tweezer fragment, Length: 30.0mm, width: 27.0mm, thickness: 1.0mm, weight: 3.52g. .The object has a sub-rectangular form and cross section, with two semi-circular notches removed from each side of one end with a broken area (missing shaft base) in between. One surface has engraved decoration consisting of an incised outer border with an elliptical shape emerging from the broken shaft (top as shown)and terminating in a point near the base. To each side there are three straight lines radiating towards the outer border. This is the wide terminal from of a set …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Itchington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-7AF88F
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy tweezers, 44mm long, 14mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 4.11grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. The tweezers are complete and comprise of one sheet folded over with a central rounded incomplete suspension 'loop', 3mm wide, in the centre. From here each blade widens out very gradually towards a wide flat end with slightly folded edges. Each face is decorated with an incised line running down each edge. Inside this is a series of incised 'ring in dot' motifs. Three of these run horizontally along the bottom egde and three ru…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-E76E7A
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or early post Roman copper alloy tweezers, Length: 60 mm, width: 6 mm, thickness: 1 mm, weight: 5.15 g. The object is formed of a single rectangular shaped and cross sectioned strip. It has been folded on itself,in its centre, forming a rounded opening (to house a suspension loop) Each side tapers outwards slightly in width and terminates with a flat inward turned edge. There is no obvious decoration and the terminals are still sharp and useable. The object is similar to Crummy p. 59, e.g. 1982, which she dates as later Roman, but possibly early post Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-91B50D
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Early Medieval copper alloy tweezer fragment, 20mm in length, 11mm wide and 1.0mm thick with a weight of 3.23grams. The object consists of one half of a pair of tweezers. It has a rectangular cross section and a slightly tapering form. Its upper edge is incomplete but a transverse incised line is visible above a stepped rectangular plate which contains an iron rivet. The remainder of the object widens out slightly to a folded lower edge and has been bent. There are no further signs of decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-54A328
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy, Roman to Early Medieval pair of tweezers c.AD 43 - 850. 18mm in length, 12mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 2.45grams. The object is triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. At its upper end it is 2mm wide and at its base is 12mm wide. It has an incised border running down each side and along the bottom. Inside this is a row of incised dots running two thirds down its length. At this point there is a semi-circular raised area running across the objects width within the border and this is plain. The object terminates in an incomplete s…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-F41656
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy tweezers, 41mm in length, 13mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 4.29grams. The tweezers are intact and consist of a folded strip with a rounded central section forming an open tube to accomodate a suspension loop. Each side widens out to form a shallow triangulur plate with turned in ends. Each face is decorated with an incised border, running up each side and terminating in a short horizontal line just below the rounded apex. Inside of this the object has a row of 8 ring and dot stamped motifs running down its centre and a horizontal row of 3 at the bas…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.