Record ID: BM-BFEBF1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A late medieval silver pendant. The pendant is flat and oval with an integrally cast suspension loop which is D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface). Around the edge of the oval, on the front of the pendant, repeated incised oblique lines form a crimped edge. The design is formed of four letters interspersed at 90 degree angles and divided by pairs of slim incised radial lines which are crossed at the top by double horizontal lines. The letters are in Lombardic text and, beginning from the top in a clockwise direction, read ‘…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
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Record ID: PAS-F1C5B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted gold finger ring in the form of a plain hoop which is D-shaped in section. The shoulders of the hoop each have four incisions to form three collars on either side of the bezel. The bezel is missing its original setting and is in a form which was probably originally rectangular but has now been distorted. The walls of the cell have been flattened at one side. There are general marks of damage throughout. The lack of diagnostic information on this ring makes dating it difficult. No exact parallels have been found on the PAS database nor in the British Museum's collection, …
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: BM-99E1B1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver strip with gilding, possibly a mount. One side of the strip is decorated with incised and punched ornament, comprising a ribbed border along the upper and possibly lower edges, and a central line of more curvilinear-style ornament – possibly annulets, ring-and-dot and/or scrolls, but now obscured by wear and poor condition. The back of the strip is plain and appears to bear the remains of some form of adhesive.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th March 2020
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Record ID: PAS-ADA8C7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver-gilt Post-Medieval whistle. The spherical sounding-chamber is all that has survived. It is comprised of two hemispheres with turned edges, which have been soldered together to form a hollow globe. At one side is a hole and there is damage and loss of the silver-gilt where the pipe would have been attached. Although a fragment, it shows similarities with boatswains' whistles. See for example DOR-243912, BERK-E24712 and DOR-6E2574. The whistle fragment is Post-Medieval and dates from the sixteenth to seventeenth century. Dimensions: maximum width 17 mm, m…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th September 2019
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Record ID: DEV-0BA8A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold ring, formed of a band, slightly D-shaped or convex in section. The exterior is decorated with four five- or six- petalled flowers, each with foliage on either side. Each flower and foliage motif is separated from the next by a diagonal groove filled with tiny pellets. The interior is plain, except for an inscription in black letter text which appears to read, 'nul sy byen' which translates as 'none so good'. Other finger rings which bear this inscription are SUSS-9BAEF6 (2004 T429) and BUC-E07744 (2011T852). It is also to be found on an enamelled trefoi…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: DEV-B435A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gilded silver annular brooch, complete with pin. The circular frame of the brooch is in the form of a rope-like plait and is triangular in cross-section. The pin is formed of a cast strip of silver, one end hammered into a pin constriction around the brooch frame. The pin has a vertical band forming a collar and tapers to a point, it is D-shape in section. Traces of gilding are visible across the brooch, it is particularly extensive on the reverse of the pin. The brooch is in good condition and no close parallels have been identified which show this particular plait design. The…
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2020
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Record ID: BH-E6D3F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold finger-ring set with a garnet and two of an original four pearls. The garnet is cut into a pointed pyramid, and is set in a high square collet rising from the hoop with three small beads at each corner. The sides of the collet contain the two pearls affixed by pins. The base of the collet is openwork, containing an A on one side and an M on the other in black letter script, which is likely to represent "Ave Maria". The raised shoulders are decorated with two raised bands and three pellets. The two bands join so that the hoop is decorated with one raised band on the ext…
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bolnhurst and Keysoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-FC5516
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver-gilt late Medieval ring. The hoop is decorated with a four-petalled lozenge within a diamond bordered by a quatrefoil on either side. The interior of the hoop is plain and tracings of gilding are visible on both sides. No direct comparisons for this fragment could be found, but quatrefoil designs were very popular on Medieval rings and can be found on numerous examples, see DUR-A1D852, NMS-EFD014 and NMS-9095A3. This fragment dates from 1300 to 1500. Dimensions: length 16.2 mm, thickness 1.1 mm, weight 0.5g
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2013
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Record ID: SUSS-FBCB75
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Medieval or Post Medieval bodkin. The shank is facetted on both sides with one central face and two narrower faces on either side, widening from the broken point to the rounded terminus, which is pierced with a hole. The bodkin is plain in decoration and traces of silvering are evident around the hole, which is of rectangular shape with rounded ends. At the base of the hole on both sides is a vertical indentation. A similar example is a silver couching needle from Norfolk (NMS-AE0D46), but perhaps even closer is WILT-F492B5, which has been acquired by the Briti…
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-FB21C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval silver ring, slightly bent. The ring is D-shaped in section. The bezel is rectangular and slightly raised. The hoop is plain. The bezel is decorated on its top and bottom horizontal sides with a pattern of three raised U or V shapes. The face of the bezel is decorated with a saltire cross and four additional lines creating an eight-pointed star filled with possible traces of niello. The ring dates from the thirteenth century. Dimensions: diameter 23.5 mm, depth of bezel 3mm. Weight: 3 g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Record ID: NCL-807A73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring, possibly dating from the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries, consisting of ten joined plaques or beads, five circular and five rectangular. The ring is flattened and distorted. The circular plaques are formed of raised domes with an eight-pointed star on a cross-hatched background within a circular border. The rectangular plaques are inscribed with a single letter in black-letter script, surrounded by a sunburst of triangles with a rectangular border. The letters are difficult to read, but perhaps are caret, meaning 'absent' in Latin. The e is damaged and particularly hard to…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
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