Record ID: NMGW-13D490
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting of 16th to 17th century date The fitting is incomplete, missing two of the hooked mounts (with a length of 62.6mm and a weight of 10.7g). The plate mount (2.4mm thick) has an expanded-curved terminal with a perforation at each terminal (4mm diameter), and has broken through the perforation at one terminal. The mount is decorated on its face with moulded vegetal and floral scrolls. The top edge is of undulating form while the base had three integral suspension loops, each of which contained the separate hooked mounts, one of which now …
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-13ABE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy enamelled mount of uncertain date, possibly Roman The mount is fragmentary, broken on all sides and is now sub-oval (32.4mm x 22.2mm and with a weight of 8.7g). The fragment now comprises a flat plate (with a thickness of 2.8mm) with an integral circular-sectioned lug on the rear (6mm diameter and 2.2mm high). Otherwise the rear is flat and undecorated. The face is decorated with three incised, which appear perpendicular and may have formed a rectangular device or border. Within the incised border are nine complete or fragmentary circular cells (4 – 5m diameter), m…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-13910C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 27.1mm, a surviving depth of 14.5mm and a weight of 17.6g). The missing pin was hinged within oval sectioned (tubular wings (8.9mm x 7.5mm and with a width of 34.7mm). The wings were decorated on the front with a pair of grooves near each terminal. There is a moulding on the underside of the bow, adjacent to the head. The bow is of oval section (with a width and thickness of 8.8mm and 6mm respectively at the head), with strai…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-71E94F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The gold band is circular and of regular D-shaped section. The interior of the band has an inscription in Roman capitals and italic script reading: AG obt Jan 24 1704 The exterior of the band is abraded while the interior is comparatively unworn. Dimensions: External diameter: 19.8mm – 20.1mm, internal diameter: 17.5mm, width: 4.7mm, thickness: 1.1mm and weight: 5.03g Discussion: The finger-ring is a late example of a mourning ring, in use from the reign of Charles II until approximately 1720 (Oman, 1930)[1]. The inscription indicates the date of death o…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-1E976D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I sixpence Plain cross & Dated 1581 2.71g
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1E6A2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Scotland, Charles I (1625-49) twenty pence, Edinburgh Third coinage (1637-42) Possible initial after rev legend B= Briot S5586 or F=Falconi S. 5588 0.93g
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1E2C29
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella half-real 1500-1550, legal tender under Philip and Mary, used until mid 17th century 0.67g, corroded and incomplete
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1DCB6A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze Developed Flat Axe of uncertain type, possibly Type Bandon or similar and of Willerby metalworking, c. 1900 - 1700BC The axe is fragmentary, represented by an approximate blade half and has broken in antiquity (with a surviving length of 54.0mm and a weight of 94.6g). At the break, the axe has a rectangular section with a comparatively slender blade (25.6mm wide and 10.8mm thick) and displays evidence that the axe was bent prior to breaking. The sides are convex across their widths and near-straight or gently convex across the surviving length and divergen…
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0FB50B
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead-tin alloy (pewter) whistle of 18th century date The whistle is incomplete, missing the mouth-piece section (with a surviving length of 26.9mm and a weight of 4.0g). The fragment comprises two joined parts, joined at an expanded sleeve (with a diameter of 13.8mm). The casting seams are clearly discernible on both sections. The D-shaped sound-hole survives and is enhanced with cast decoration comprising a pellet border and floral scrolls. At the terminal is a suspension loop at the end of a slender neck (10.0mm long and 2.4mm minimum diameter). The surface has a …
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0F81AB
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly Trumpet or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the mid-bow and top of the leg only (with a surviving length of 28.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.2mm and a weight of 2.8g). The head has been lost and the base of the upper-bow is of eroded oval section, corroded to a point. The mid-bow had a button of uncertain form, now heavily corroded. The leg is also corroded to a point but the remnants of the catch-plate are evident on the rear as a sharp rib. There no decoration now disc…
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FE62BE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward I/II penny, Durham Class 10cf3b (c. 1307-9) with an uncertain initial mark 1.48g
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FE482D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) sixpence, London Privy mark: Castle and dated 1570 2.90g, worn
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FE2FBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin William III (1694-1701) half crown; London, date uncertain Heavily-worn 12.88g
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-FDCDF0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze palstave of Transitional Type and uncertain sub-type, possibly Type Shelf or Roundhay dated to the Penard-Wilburton Metalworking phases (c.1275-950 BC) (following Needham et al. 1997). The palstave is incomplete missing peripheral areas and has a distorted butt (with a distorted length of 138.3mm and a weight of 323.2g). The butt is narrow and now rounded (with a width of 11mm and a thickness of 3.1mm). There is an oval aperture (5.7mm long and 3.2mm wide) probably the result of a casting flaw, since the flaw continues as a scar along the septum o…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-FE7C72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester type, one-piece, dating to the 1st century AD, probably of the mid-1st century (Hattatt 1989). The bow is of plain gently tapering circular cross-section. There are remnants of slight wings at the head of a forward curving overhead chord-hook. The pin and spring emerged from beneath the chord and are now missing apart from the stub of the spring. All features are integral to the brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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