Record ID: WILT-BEEB67
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A piece of copper alloy probable casting waste of unknown date. The object is broadly triangular with a D-shaped section. The upper surface has a bulbous raised area at the top of the 'triangle' which gradually flattens out towards the opposite end. The surface is uneven and pitted while the lower surface is smooth and flat. Dimensions: Length: 58.5mm; width: 59.5mm; thickness: 14.6mm; weight: 135.43g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-BE6D0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring or earring, dating to c. AD 43-410. It is C-shaped, and broken at both ends. It is formed by twisting two thin copper wires into a cable.  Dimensions: Curved length: 40.2mm; thickness: 2.6mm; weight: 2.18g. See HAMP-EC8DA5 on the PAS database for similar.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D2A68B
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy crotal bell, dating to c. AD 1500-1700. Part of the top of the suspension loop is missing due to an old break, with only the two lugs and part of the crossbar remaining. The upper and lower hemisphere of the bell is divided by a prominent rib. At either side of the suspension loop (about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere) is a sound hole which is 5mm in diameter, although one is smaller due to corrosion products obscuring the aperture. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with the sound "slit". The upp…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D2A374
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper alloy 'fob dangler' from a seal matrix dating to c. AD 1750-c. AD 1850. The intaglio or matrix and its holder are missing. The body is symmetrical in plan with an attachment loop (now slightly bent) at the top. The body is C shaped in plan, with a beehive-shaped central element (with evenly spaced parallel horizontal ridges for decoration) joining both sides of the C at each terminal and below the centre of the frame and suspension loop. Each terminal has a lobe at the base. The lobes would have originally been at…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-241F48
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Roman copper alloy strapend, dating to c. AD 350-400. Probably part of an amphora-shaped strapend of continental manufacture. The find has a sub-triangular flared open end with central rivetted terminal. Around the rivet hole is a ring and dot motif, consisting of two incised circles, the fields of which are both decorated with asymmetrical transverse lines, those in the larger field are in a sub-spiral shape. There are flanking peltate or 'kidney-shaped' handles, but only part of one of these on the left hand side remains due to an old break. …
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-225C76
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy scale handled knife pommel, dating to c. AD 1400-1600. The find has a symmetrical bifurcate top with a banded base. The pommel takes the form of two addorsed zoomorphic heads which look reptilian, possibly may be snakes or frogs as they have protuberant eyes, large nostrils and wide, slightly open mouths. A shallow wedge-shaped slot is present on the underside to attach to a knife tang, but there is no ferrous corrosion underneath, suggesting the knife may not have been finished (K. Leahy, pers. comm.) …
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-12325A
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy double sided coin weight of James I for a Rose Ryal 2nd edition coin dated to AD 1603 - 1625.  The coin weight is sub-square in plan and the obverse depicts a shield with the British coat of arms over a rose within a circular border of pellets. The reverse depicts the Roman numerals XXXII(I) with a crown above and letter 's' below. There is a small, crowned 'C' countermark stamped in the top left corner of the reverse. Dimensions: Height: 19.7mm; width: 19.5mm; thickness: 4.8mm; weight: 13.18…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-A39994
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring dating to c. AD 1600-1900. The find is circular in plan with eight stamped, rectangular panels, each with a border and divided by a straight, vertical line. Each of the panels has a floral design, possibly showing a fleur de lis, but the find is in a very worn condition, so the motifs are obscured. There may be a maker's mark stamped inside the hoop but this is now illegible. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.2mm; width: 4.9mm; thickness: 1.00mm; weight: 1.95g. cf: GAT-9847EC, LANCUM-12126D found in the North West o…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-F1B64E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy openwork dress fastener, dating to c. AD 1600-1750. The find is the 'eye' half of a hook and eye fastener. The main body of the find is heart-shaped in plan with two small lobes above the heart. The rectangular loop which would have been above the two lobes in order to accept the clasp, is now missing, due to an old break. There is a trilobed projection into the centre of the heart at its apex. At the base of the heart is a short, rectangular crossbar above a lozenge shaped projection that is pierced with a circular h…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-F18A84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object - a possible gaming piece, possibly Medieval to Post Medieval, possibly dating to c. AD 1200-1700. The find is sub-circular in plan, worn, and has a design of random pellets and crossed lines on the obverse face. The reverse has an indentation as though it has been stamped but it is not possible to discern any design on this face. Dimensions: Length: 17.2mm; width: 15.8mm;  thickness: 4.9mm; weight: 8.55g.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D747F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and badly damaged Roman copper-alloy, oval plate brooch with oval central flange, which would have contained a glass or intaglio setting, now missing (c. AD 200 - 350). The plate has three concentric raised edges between the setting and the brooch edge, leaving two flat concentric rings between them, both of which show signs of gilding. On the back, small parts of the perforated lug and catch plate remain, but the pin is missing. Class: Gilded disc Sub Class: Mackreth PL3b2. 
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-829348
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy in two parts of uncertain date or purpose. It may be a ferrule and may be Bronze Age to Post Medieval in date. Fragment 1 is curved, sub-circular in cross section and has an almost solid core, although a separate, thin central core is in evidence, which can just be seen at each end of the find. This also appears to be of copper alloy. The find has a pale green patina and some corrosion products adhering to it. Fragment 2 is similar in shape, although it is a shorter fragment, has a solid core, but does not have the separate thin central core of…
Created on: Saturday 30th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-827174
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy biconical bead probably dating from the Bronze Age to Medieval period (c.2500 BC-AD 1500). The object is torus shaped in plan with a circular perforation. The inner edges of the perforation are slightly convex and the outer edges of the hoop angled to form a central apex.  The surface has a grey-green patina. Diameter: 24.3mm; thickness: 8.1mm; weight: 15.54g. Beads of this kind are difficult to date outside of excavated contexts. As noted by Dr Ed Caswell in the record for OXON-773ADD, 'Without doing a comparative a…
Created on: Saturday 30th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-55CCDB
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, dating to c AD 1400 - 1600. Ward-Perkins (1940) Type III. The front of the find is decorated with radiating groves that emanate from a central collar or transverse raised raised ridge. A trefoil pierces the rounded part just below the collar. This front face has a crenellated top edge, just below which is a heart shape piercing. The chape ends in a projecting basal knop.The sides of the chape have a flange facing inwards and the plate at the reverse is n…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: WILT-033D68
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Late Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy (brass) 'ingot', dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The find appears to be metal melted in a crucible that solidified before it was poured out into a mould. Dimensions: Height: 72.4mm; diameter (top): 88.3mm; diameter (base) 59.0mm; weight (from finder): 2663.7g. The finder has had the contents analysed and are as follows: Cu 80.7%; Zn 16.4%; Fe 1.2%; Pb 0.7g.  Brasses of varying compositions were widely used from the Roman period onwards, and are still in use today, so the compositional details pr…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-9BCA28
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy figurine of the Virgin Mary, from the side arm of a processional cross, dating c. AD 1400 - 1530. The find depicts a female standing figure, looking slightly right, hooded and wearing a long robe. The right elbow bent and right hand clasped to the breast. The left arm is incomplete but is outstretched at the elbow. The reverse of the figure appears plain, but any moulding may be masked by corrosion products.  The figure is standing on a sub-rectangular base with two en…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-9AB6C7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy personal seal matrix, dating to c. AD 1200-1300. The find is flat, pointed oval in plan, and has a suspension lug on the reverse for suspension and orientation, and a raised rib. The central design shows a woman holding a child: the crowned Virgin Mary, facing, also wearing a wimple and seated on a four legged stool. She holds a circular object, possibly an an orb, by the infant, Jesus, who is looking left towards her. There is a cross hatched lozenge and and pellet design as the background, and a beaded line around the central desig…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-4A3FDA
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy 'simple' bar mount, dating to c. AD 1250-1350. The find is rectangular in plan, and decorated on the surface with two parallel grooves to the long end, which have the reminas of a crimped design on the outer edges of the mount. The two rivets are still in situ and the shanks of the rivets, which are slightly angled towards each other,  can be seen on the reverse of the find. The reverse of the find is flat and undecorated.  Dimensions: Length: 10.4mm; width: 5.5mm; thickness: 1.1mm; weight: 0.37g. Similar mounts are illustr…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0B506B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval copper alloy spoon dating to c. AD 1600-1725. The object consists of the partial bowl and partial handle. The bowl is oval in plan and concave. The stem terminates shortly after it extends from the bowl, in a worn break. The underside, which is convex, shows the remains of a 'rat tail' triangular attachment piece, which is stepped and raises to form the end of the stem of the spoon. Dimensions: length: 30.4mm; width: 18.8mm; thickness: 1.7mm; weight: 2.00g. Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database wit…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0B1A92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy oval probable shoe or knee buckle with drilled frame for separate spindle, dating to c. AD 1660-1720. The buckle frame is narrow and curved, rising up at the points where the frame has been drilled. Only a central line around the frame remains of any decoration. The iron spindle and pin are still extant but heavily corroded into place. Dimensions: length: 27.8mm; width: 31.7mm; thickness: 1.3mm; weight: 3.18g. cf. Whitehead (1996: 97), number 600. 
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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