Record ID: WAW-180323
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy badge with a floral motif, of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD). The badge is irregular in plan and cross section. The badge is openwork in design, with a central flower design. Two petals of which are present. Each petal has two layers - a top petal and a bottom petal and are convex (domed) in nature. The tips of the petal touch the outer circular rim. From the curvature of the outer rim, it would originally have an a diameter of 5 cm, with 25% of the rim surviving. The back shows the reverse of the design, with a central concavity…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-0585D1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck flint blade of Early Mesolithic dating (8300 to 6500 BC). The blade is sub triangular in plan. The dorsal (upper) surface exhibits three main flake scars down the length of the blade. A small area of cortex is still present at the base of the blade. There is some deliberate retouch down the the right hand side, with some secondary pressure flaking down the left side. The ventral (lower) surface displays conchoidal rippling down the length of the blade, radiating down from the striking platform at the top. The blade is a mid to dark colour, with little surface pati…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-6AA696
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (Dolphin) of Roman date (43-150AD). Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, consisting of the head, bow and wings. Part of the catch-plate is present at the base of the bow, but the pin and spring are missing, presumably lost in antiquity. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. Three longituditional ridges are present. The bow is sub circular in cross section. It extends to a broken point near the foot. Part of the catch-plate is present as a low ridge on the back of the bow. The wings project fro…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2012
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Record ID: WAW-FFF780
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy enamelled plate / disc brooch of 2nd Century dating (c.100 - c. 200 AD) Approximately 90% of the brooch is present, consisting of the front plate, spring and catch plate. The pin is missing, presumably lost in antiquity. The brooch consists of a circular disc, with enamel decoration on the front, with a sprung pin attached on the back. The enamelled decoration consists of a raised outer rim, a raised inner central circle and six (6) raised pellets. The pellets are located between the inner and outer rims, regularly spaced out in a …
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1960E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch, dating from 75 to 175 AD. Approximately 25% of the brooch is present, consisting of the top of the bow, the head loop and the attachment loop for the spring. The foot, catch plate, spring and pin are all missing. A circular head loop (internal diameter 3.65mm) is present at the top of the bow, with an angular bow descending from a plate below it. The head of the brooch is complete, semi circular in plan, and tapers into the bow. The bow is D-shaped in cross section. At the shoulder (midway) point of the bow, there are t…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-1A4DA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Lion Bow derivative brooch of 1st Century AD dating. Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, consisting of the spring cover, spring and the bow. The spring cover takes the form of a horizontally aligned cylinder, with a longitudinal join on the top of the cover. The ends are damaged. The spring sits within this cylinder, with the top of the pin present in a vertical slit at the back of the brooch. The integral bow has a thin upper portion with parallel sides. Beneath this is a raised moulding consisting of a central ball, with a sub oval petal…
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-81F9A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete mis-cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.b, flat wing ends type, West Midlands of Roman date (80 - 120 AD). Approximately 25% of the brooch is present, consisting of the head and most of the wings. The foot, spring, pin and catch plate are missing, presumably lost in antiquity. The hook at the top is reverse facing, but it looks like the hole beneath may be incomplete and not totally perforated. The bow consists of a raised sub oval shape, with pronounced edges. The left wing is incomplete, and consists only of the ri…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: WAW-82C6D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy disc / plate brooch, probably of Anglo-Saxon date (7th to 9th Centuries AD). Less than 25% of the brooch is present, and consists of a small rim section of a plate style brooch. Part of the spring is present on the back of the fragment. The brooch fragment is irregular in plan and section. From the small section, it is possible to estimate the original rim diameter as 4 cm, with 17% present. It consists of a border, with a faint two strand guilloche (interlaced ropework) design. Each strand is double ply (split into two). The border area app…
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-136481
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill type (flat wing ends, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-c. Plate 46. Of Roman dating (80-120 AD). Approximately 95% of the brooch is present consisting of the bow, wings, spring casing, spring, and catch plate. The pin is missing. The brooch has suffered damage and has fragmented into four pieces: the bow & wings; the spring; the catch plate; part of the pin/spring. In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in p…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: WAW-66BEA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete double looped (spectable) buckle frame, with floral mouldings, of Late Medieval to Post Medieval dating (15th to 17th Centuries AD). The buckle frame consists of the central bar and half of the circular frame. The pin is missing. It is semi-circular in plan, and rectangular in cross section. The frame was originally circular, with the central bar dividing it into two sections. The front of the frame exhibits four irregular floral mouldings (each with either four or five petals). A moulding is present on either end of the central bar (one top and one bottom), and the o…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-D94361
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped oval buckle with two projecting knops and offset bar, typically of mid 13th to 15th Century dating. It consists of a oval frame, with an narrow offset bar, with a recess for the leather strap. The pin is missing. The outer edge of the buckle is decorated. There are two diagonally extending prominent knops, both plain in decorative details. A collar is present at the base of each knop. The knops are flanking a recessed central section on the outer edge. The back of the buckle is consists of an offset bar, with two flanking projecting knops. A col…
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-012CF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy probable buckle frame, of Medieval to Post Medieval dating (c. 1350 to 1720). The frame is crescent like in plan, and with a sub circular cross section. The curvature and cross section are indicative that it was originally part of the frame of a double looped (spectacle buckle). The buckle frame is a dark mid green colour, with an even surface patina. The patina has been abraded in a couple of locations, probably due to time spent in the plough soil. The brooch measures 33.26m in length, 12.39mm wide and 4.49mm thick. It wei…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-037983
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete folded fragment of copper alloy sheet, possibly originally part of a buckle plate and is probably Medieval to Post Medieval (1300 AD to 1700 AD) in dating. The copper alloy fragment is sub rectangular in plan. It is plain and undecorated, consisting of a piece of folded sheet metal. It measures 15.75mm in length, 19.33mm wide and 4.00mm thick. It weighs 1.6 grams. It is mid to dark green in colour, with an even surface patina. Soil is still present within the fold of the metal. The fragment probably was originally part of a fol…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-A8E7D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy buckle plate from a Late Medieval single loop trapezoidal buckle, dating from c.1350 to c. 1500. The find consists of the front part of a folded buckle plate. It is irregular in plan, but probably originally would have been rectangular in shape. The left hand edge demonstrates two rectangular projections (one complete (12.85mm, one partially), which would have been folded around the central spindle (bar) of the buckle. It consists of a type of folded buckle plate which exhibits a slot present for the pin. The projections have broken at the point …
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2011
Last updated: Sunday 20th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-2A6676
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded sheet metal copper alloy buckle plate from a single loop buckle, of late Medieval dating (1350 - 1450 AD). The find consists of a folded sheet of copper alloy metal, with four surviving copper alloy rivets. The buckle plate is sub rectangular in plan, and irregular in cross section. The left hand exhibits a fold in the metal, which would have originally gone round the central spindle (bar) of the buckle. A rectangular slot (4.0mm wide) has been cut for the buckle pin. The plate has five holes present in the upper surface, one in each corner and a central…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2010
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2016
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Record ID: WAW-2B1BD1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle with integral plate, of medieval dating (Mid 13th to mid 14th Centuries AD). The find consists of a cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle, with integral decorative plate. The buckle is irregular in plan, and sub-rectangular in cross section. It is approximately 95% complete, the pin has been lost, along with the attachment rivets. The buckle is D-shaped, with a projecting lip and notch for the pin. The remains of the base of the pin (possibly made from iron) are still present on the bar of the buckle. Projecting from the bar of the buckle…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2010
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2016
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Record ID: WAW-297DE2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular buckle, with moulded floral decoration, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (c.1450 to 1550 AD). The buckle consists of the frame with cast integral bar. The pin has been lost in antiquity. The frame is sub circular in plan, and rectangular in cross section. The front of the frame consists of a central bar, D-shaped in cross section, surrounded by a circular frame. The external edge is irregular but consists of a series of semi-circular projections. The front of the buckle exhibits a floral design, which consists of a five petalled flower with…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-2B26D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop annular buckle, of Medieval dating (c.1350 to 1650 AD). The buckle is circular in plan and the frame is D-shaped in cross section. It consists of a circular frame. It would have originally been a double loop annular buckle, with an integrally cast central bar. However the central bar has been lost in antiquity and is no longer present. The front of the buckle frame is domed, with a bevelled edge, and the back flat. Neither side exhibits any signs of decoration. The frame is slightly flattened on the exterior edge, either side of where the ce…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-2D8B50
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy button, with attached shank, of Early Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD). The button can be described in two parts: the head and the shank. The head is pyramidal in shape, with a square flat base. The base (underside / back) of the head is plain and undecorated. The front of the head consists of four triangular faces, joined at the apex (tip) of the pyramid. Each of the triangular faces has a plain border, with what appears to be foliate decoration on the interior. These borders form a cross on the surface. However the s…
Created on: Thursday 4th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: WAW-6A19B4
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy chafing dish handle of Post Medieval dating (16th to 17th Centuries AD). The handle can be described in two parts: the loop handle and the attachment. The loop handle was originally trapezoidal in plan, and rectangular in cross section. It now consists of a square sectioned bar in a V shape with flattened bottom. The loop attachment would have originally been fixed to the chafing dish vessel wall and consists of a rectangular section with an oval end. A circular hole is present in the oval end, through which the loop handle is located. It measures…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
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