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-803E9D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver finger ring, dating to c. AD 1700-1800. The ring has an inset circular blue cut glass gem, probably made of paste which sits inside a circular collet decorated with a repeating serrated pattern. Below this is a wider plain collar. The hoop is circular in plan, without decoration and soldered to the bezel. Dimensions: Height: 17.6mm; diameter of hoop: 16.1mm; weight: 0.80g. Thanks to Rachel King, Curator: European Renaissance and Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, who says, 'The stone is of a cut-type which w…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-C40B08
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval stone pillar capital, dating to c. AD 1550-1700. The find part of a circular ribbed capital with a flat base.  Above the ribbing is a circular band and at the top of the capital there appears to be a layer of cement with a small, flat sherd of slate which has become stuck in the mixture. Towards the centre of the capital, the stone steps down to the remains of a semi-circular ledge, and down again to a narrower ledge. Just below the centre of this is a vertical groove as though for a support to be placed within in order to attach the capi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: WILT-33B824
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Early Medieval (Late Saxon) ceramic vessel, dating to c. AD 900-1000. The pottery sherd is Michelmersh type. It is thin-walled, oxidised with stamped, applied strip decoration. The applied strip appears to be in the form of an X shape and are motifs of four dots, unevenly spaced, pricked into the strip.   Dimensions: length: 52.2mm; width: 43.2mm; thickness: 7.6mm; weight: 24.79g. This is a wheel-thrown Late Saxon type of pottery. Found outside a rabbit hole. Lorraine Mepham notes that it is 'Interesting to get an example from Durringto…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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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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