Record ID: BERK-302EF3
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy Late Iron Age to early Roman mortar - the lower part of a pestle & mortar set, sometimes referred to as woad or cosmetic grinders. The item is crescent shaped with a a domed based and a shallow oval groove recessed in to the top and a cast-in broken loop at one end. The item is quite corroded but where the patina remains it is of a deep dark green colour. The earliest examples of these grinders date to the Iron Age, but the majority were made and used when Britain was a province of Rome. See Ralph Jackson 1985 'Cosmetic Sets from the late Iron Age …
Created on: Sunday 2nd December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-20D2B2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy seal matrix dating to the Medieval period (c.1300-c.1400). The matrix is pointed oval (vesica) in shape with a central raised mid rib on the reverse with pierced semi-circular lug at one end for suspension. The face of the seal is decorated with a central fleur de lis surrounded by an inscription. The inscription is difficult to decipher in full due to general wear and corrosion of the outer surface. The inscription in its current state appears to read “SIGILLA DE ?CV D ESIV”.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-20BA75
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy Medieval ampulla. The main body of the flask is circular with the sub-rectangular neck, surmounting this, now damaged and split. Both sides of the circular body are decorated with raised designs. One face shows a three-srched crown within a roundel comprising of two circles with a series of pellets between. The other side of the body is decorated with an unclear design which incorporates a cross hatched semi circle surmounted by a possible fleur de lis. Dated c.1200-1500.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-2098C6
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval mirror case lid. The lid is circular and roughly two-thirds of it still remain. The lid has a circumferential lip that is c.1.5mm wide and 1.5mm high. A single semi-circular lug projects from one side of the lid, a corroded rivet is still in place through the centre of this lug which would have formed part of the hinge mechanism. The outer surface of the lid is decorated with a series of small punched triangles in a linear design. Mirror cases of this type are typically dated c.1250-c.1350. Ref: Egan & Pritchard, ‘Dress Accessories: c.11…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-208A23
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete cast copper-alloy Medieval mirror case lid. The lid is circular and almost complete. The lid has a very slight circumferential lip. A single semi-circular lug projects from one side of the lid, which would have formed part of the clasp closure and on the opposite side one semi-circular lug remains of the original two which would have formed part of the hinge mechanism. The outer surface is apparently plain. Mirror cases of this type are typically dated c.1250-c.1350. Ref: Egan & Pritchard, ‘Dress Accessories: c.1150-c.1450’, p.361ff, fig.241. The counterp…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-2075E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy finger ring dating to the later Medieval period (c.1300-1500). The finger ring has four raised square faces set at equal intervals along the band of the ring. Each square has an incised cross; in the angles of this cross there are diagonal incised grooves running from the outer corners of the square into the centre of each quarter but not adjoined to the centre of the cross. Inbetween these raised squares, along the main band of the ring, further incised lines are apparent but surface corrosion means it has not been possible to ascertan whether this is an inscripti…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-E0F735
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large size cast copper alloy crotal bell. The bell is divided into two hemispheres with a prominent ridge which runs around the centre of the bell. The upper hemisphere is undecorated with two large sound holes. A sub-square suspension loop extends upwards from the centre of the upper hemisphere. The lower hemisphere has a large sound slot running side to side on its base. The iron pea survive inside the bell. The lower hemisphere has been decorated with the characteristic sunburst design. A total of eight sets of double incised lines, forming U-shapes make up the design. There are f…
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-800D25
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete clay pipe for smoking tobacco datable to the 17th Century. The bowl and a short length of the stem remain. Clay pipe bowls increase in size over time as tobacco ceased to be considered as much of a luxury and therefore decreased in price meaning that larger amounts were smoked. This bowl is of the smaller variety and the fact that it is also tilted back at an angle means it is an earlier type. The top of the bowl is decorated with an incomplete line of incised hashures. The underside of the bowl pedestal has been stamped with the makers mark, this is difficult to decipher b…
Created on: Saturday 14th July 2007
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: BERK-9FA8D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Roman mount in the shape of a head. The mount was originally cast with a hollow reverse which has been filled with lead or a lead alloy that will have been used as a solder to attach this item to a wide possibility of items including bowls or perhaps even an item of furniture The head is inclined towards the left so that the object is neither in profile nor facing but so that roughly two thirds of the head is visible. The head is primarily human looking in form but with two short rounded horns projecting from the head and a full beard apparently arranged into two pr…
Created on: Saturday 9th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-9F7241
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy gilded Anglo-Saxon saucer brooch. The item has a plain flared rim and a central rosette surrounded by a relief design referred to as 'devolved guilloche' which is essentially a series of stylised interwoven bands or ribbons represented by angular blocks flowing in an anti-clockwise direction. The brooch has been bent and fragmented so that roughly two thirds of the item remains. There are slight traces of the original pin attachment on the reverse. Two brooches of the same design, also found in Oxfordshire are recorded in the Ashmolean Museum's, 'A Sum…
Created on: Saturday 9th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
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Record ID: BERK-899741
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual Roman coin: this appears to be a copper alloy core for a plated contemporary copy of a silver denarius. The obverse inscription does not make sense with the portrait. It looks like Macrinus (217-8), although the inscription is not consistent with him.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8984F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Barbarous radiate Roman coin of AD.260-295.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-897AE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Barbarous radiate Roman coin possibly of Victorianus or Aurelian.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8947F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper core for a plated contemporary copy of a silver siliqua of the Emperor Julian (360-3), copying a coin of Lyons. Probably contemporary to the prototype. RIC VIII, type as no. 231
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-894122
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus coin of Gratian, 'GLORIA NOVI SAECULI', minted at Arles (367-378 AD).
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-8934F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbarous Radiate Roman coin probably of Tetricus (AD 270-273).
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-892C34
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but corroded 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus coin of the House of Constantine, 'Gloria Exercitus' type, second issue.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-88F290
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, 'Urbs Roma' commemorative issue, uncertain mint (330-335 AD).
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-88CD54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Roman copper-alloy nummus coin of House of Valentinian (AD 364-378). SECVRITAS REPUBLICAE type. Ref: Reece & James #141.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-884586
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Roman copper-alloy radiate coin probably of Claudius II (AD 268-70). Possible contemporary copy, all inscription lost. Ref: Reece & James #47.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cuddington Folly', grid reference and parish protected.