Record ID: NMGW-678237
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age to Roman, c. 1st century BC to late 4th century AD The bead is near-complete with a crack evident across the face and with surface flaking around the crack and around the perforation (with a length of 8.9mm and a weight of 1.5g). The bead is of slightly irregular flattened-spherical or globular form and is sub-circular in diameter (with a minimum diameter of 11.5mm and a maximum diameter of 12.4m) with a bright, pale-blue colour. The faces are convex and the bead has a single, sub-circular perforation, of uniform diameter (4.5…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C2A858
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age blue glass bead of Guido’ (1978)[1] Class 6, Oldbury Type, probably of 1st century BC to early 1st century AD date The bead has some damage around the central perforation on both sides but is otherwise complete (with a maximum diameter of 26.7mm, a height of 17.6mm and a weight of 14.0mm). The core of the bead is of dark-blue and near-opaque glass of fairly globular form (with a diameter of 14 – 15mm). The outside edge of the bead is decorated with spiral trails of white glass forming conical bosses. The bosses are arranged in a pattern comprising three larger …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7BC28D
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four handmade glass beads of differing colours and manufacturing methods. Dates unknown, may range from the Roman period to the 19th century. An opaque yellow glass bead with cylindrical, slightly tapering form. Produced by forming molten glass around a rod and rolling to form the smooth sides of the bead. The PAS database has two records of similar shaped beads, SWYOR-110E90 and YORYM-B2E6D4, which are tentatively dated as early medieval. 6.8mm long, 8.7mm diameter, 0.77g. A globular bead of transparent light blue-green glass. The bead has been produced by drilling the …
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C49F3C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman glass annular bead of mid-1st to 4th century AD date The bead is of cobalt blue glass and is of annular form, enhanced with an applied white paste trail on the surface. The bead is sub-circular form (of 5.2mm - 6.7mm diameter and with a weight of 2.1g) with a circular perforation (7.2mm diameter), placed off-centre and nearer the top of the bead (with a thickness of 2.5mm - 5.3mm). The top of the bead is narrowest and it gradually widens to the base (with a width of 5.5mm - 8.2mm). The outside edge is rounded and the white paste trail is raised with a continuous irregular zigz…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7341C9
Object type: PHIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small square-sectioned green glass phial or possibly an inkwell of post medieval date, probably c. 18th to 19th century The inkwell is near complete, with a damaged neck, which has probably broken just below the rim at the highest surviving point of the neck (with a maximum surviving height of 34.0mm and a weight of 19.7g). The neck is circular (with a diameter of 13.8mm and an internal diameter of 19.6mm), flaring towards the missing rim. The body of the vessel is sub-square (29mm x 30mm and with a height of 23mm). Each face is slightly dished at the centre. The underside of the…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7D99B1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Roman, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th century The bead is of elongated-spherical form, wider at one end (with a length of 9.0mm and a weight of 1.1g, containing some sediment) and is pale-blue in colour. The faces are convex (giving a maximum diameter of 9.8mm) and the bead has a single, circular perforation, seemingly of uniform diameter (3.4mm diameter). There is a very slight difference in the length and diameter of the bead from one side to the other (7.8mm -9.0mm). The face is somewhat abraded and has slight pitting with encirc…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7A911A
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green-blue glass bead probably of Roman date, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th century The bead is of flattened, sub-spherical form and is complete (with a weight of 2.1g) and is of transluscent pale green-blue colour. The faces are convex (giving a maximum diameter of 14.5mm with a minimum diameter of 13.5mm) and the bead has a single, sub-circular perforation of consistent diameter (4.0mm - 4.7mm diameter). Both sides of the bead are flattened and one end is marginally narrower than the other (with a thickness of 6.4mm & 7.4mm respectively). There is an air bubble and flaw in th…
Created on: Friday 10th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 10th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7813F7
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman glass vessel neck fragment, probably of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The vessel is incomplete and is represented by the neck only with a surviving height of 18.30mm. The rim is irregular and damaged; it curves outward to produce a rim diameter of 26.82mm. The neck is short (10.5mm) with a diameter of 17.91mm. The shoulder of the vessel is at a near-right angle to the neck. The rim and neck form would suggest a bottle. The glass is blue green and translucent, but not clear. The vessel neck weighs 6.2g.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6490D1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age or Roman globular blue glass bead The bead is plain and made of opaque pale blue glass with a diameter of 10.28mm and a maximum thickness of 6.59mm. The bead has divergent sides and has a minimum thickness of 5.75mm. The central perforation has a diameter of 3.47mm. The bead has a crack running through both sides and weighs 0.8g.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C9BC91
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of pale blue convex glass from a vessel, probably a bottle.
Created on: Monday 8th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C9A4B4
Object type: WINDOW
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of blue-green window glass, probably of Roman date
Created on: Monday 8th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3185
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Glass intaglio in copper alloy setting, probably part of a fob-seal. Oval, clear glass intaglio of a male bust, with beard, classical helmet and part of a shield, facing left. The surface is abraded but otherwise complete. The copper alloy (probably bronze) setting is also oval and incomplete, the conical handle and suspension loop are missing. No trace of gilding remains. Diameter 21mm - 18mm. The wearing of fob-seals became popular from the late eighteenth century onwards. They were worn conspicuously on a ribbon or a split-ring hanging from the fob-pocket. Copper alloy fob-seals wer…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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