Record ID: NMGW-EC906C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval sheet buckle plate of late 12th to 13th century date. The object is broken in half at the fold with only one plate surviving. The buckle plate is rectangular (17.8mm long x 16.5mm wide x 2mm thick) folded sheet plate with a slot cut for the pin and recessed from the frame on outer edges. The front depicts a zoomorphic figure. The back is plain and undecorated. The end of the plate is perforated by two rivet holes 1mm in diameter. The plate is gilded and the front is decorated with a die-stamped zoomorphic figure arranged centrally within a raised rectiline…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C62467
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy button brooch of early early-medieval date (c. AD 480-550). The brooch is circular in plan and slightly trapezoidal in cross-section with an upturned rim angled slightly outwards. The brooch face is set within the rim and depicts a highly stylised anthropomorphic mask with a pellet border. The eyebrows rise from the straight nose (6mm long) and curve in sweeping arches to extend just below the eyes, which are each single small round pellets. Crescentic moulds beneath the eyes may represent rounded cheeks as seen in other examples (e.g. HAMP-A4B1AB) but …
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-467B1D
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy bell of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The bell is spherical, with a slot terminating in roughly heart shaped sound holes. The top roughly formed and damaged loop was cast integrally with the bell with an aperture into the bell in its base. There is an indistinct central rib around the girth of the bell, which appears to not be a casting or soldering line, suggesting that the bell was produced in one piece. The pea is absent. Bells of this form in copper alloy were produced from the 15th century onwards and were used in falconry and as dress or dog collar…
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-460555
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy penannular ring or ring core of probable Bronze Age date (c. 1300-800BC). The ring is made from a circular sectioned loop. The original surface is missing, and green and brown copper corrosion products cover the ring. The blue corrosion product is likely azurite. Objects such as this are often termed “ring money” or “hair rings” but are most likely a form of personal adornment worn on the nose or ears. Typically dated to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, it is suggested in NMGW-04216C that they in fact originate in the Middle bronze age and continue …
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-330E68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spur buckle with an integral plate of Medieval date (13th to 14th century). The frame is oval and cast integrally with the frame. There is a hole for the pin, now filled with iron corrosion, presumably the remains of the now missing pin. The frame is a rounded rectangle in shape, terminating in a knop. three rivet holes still containing their rivets. The central rivet hole is broken on one side and the plate is bent sideways from the central rivet. The central rivet is 7.1mm long, the longest of the three. The buckle has a pitted grey-green surface. …
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3288EE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of Early Medieval date (Early to Mid 5th century AD). The head and pin of the brooch are missing, but the remainder of the brooch is complete and in good condition, including the well-developed catchplate and disc shaped foot terminal. The bow is strongly curved and has an irregular pentagonal section, where the inner surface and sides of the bow are perpendicular to one another while the outer surface has two poorly defined facets. The top of the bow expands to form a roughly square section 4.6mm wide by 5.6mm high. The upper surface of this …
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3248A9
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic chafing dish stand The cast swivelling support for a chafing dish is fragmentary represented by the anthropomorphic terminal and the top of the curved shaft (with a surviving length of 45.4mm and a weight of 18.0g) and has similar decorated on both faces. The rectangular-sectioned shaft (10.6mm wide and 4.1mm thick) has broken through two perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), used for the swivel. The shaft gradually widens towards the terminal (reaching a maximum width of 13.7mm) and is undecorated except for curved grooves, representing a colla…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-31E2F9
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy purse frame of early to mid 16th century date The cast purse frame is of Ward-Perkins (1940, p. 167-9)[1] Type B5 and is incomplete, missing one arm and the other purse components (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 10.1g). The central block (8.5mm thick with an internal diameter of 5.0mm) is decorated with vertical grooves and has shoulders descending to the arms. The short arms (22.5mm long) had a plate with three perforations now damaged beneath the bars on each side and is decorated with lipped mouldings before the terminals. The sur…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-31C923
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type and of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries dated to c. 1,150 – 600BC The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment only (with a surviving length of 30.5mm, a maximum thickness of 12.4mm and a weight of 30.2g). At the top of the fragment is the base of the socket of sub-rectangular form (28.8mm x 5.2mm and with a maximum surviving depth of 7.6mm), broken in antiquity. The socket is wedge-shaped, converging towards its base. A small length of the sides survive (19mm)…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3128F8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type and of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries dated to c. 1,150 – 600BC The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment only (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a maximum thickness of 12.0mm and a weight of 52.3g) and is of comparatively slender form. At the top of the fragment is the base of the socket of sub-rectangular form (26.7mm x 5.5mm and with a maximum surviving depth of 2.4mm), broken in antiquity. A small length of the sides survive (24-5mm), which appear sli…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-30ED62
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 14th or 15th century date The cast pendant is of enamelled quatrefoil form and is complete but missing the suspension mount (with a length of 38.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The oval suspension lug is complete (10.4mm long, 6.6mm deep and 2.0mm – 3.9mm thick) with an oval, heavily worn perforation (3.0mm x 3.8mm). The quatrefoil pendant (27.5mm long and wide) is gently convex and is decorated with a trefoil or fleur-de-lys in each lobe. At the centre is a six-petalled flower in red enamelled. The enamel around the trefoils has be…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9D99C5
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable copper alloy stylus of Roman or Medieval Date. The stylus is 86.5mm long and is bent, so the original would have been of greater length. The thickest part is c. 3mm square in section, with the top 31.5mm of the object expanding and flattening towards the broken upper end, which is 6.1mm wide and 1.3mm thick. This flattened part would be used to erase writing on a wax tablet. The lower broken end of the stylus is 2mm by 2.2mm thick, tapering from the thickest section. The stylus is broken at both ends badly corroded, with a rough, pitted dark green surface, showi…
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 29th June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-35CCE8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension weight of uncertain date, possibly medieval or post medieval The cast lead weight is of sub-trapezoidal form and is complete or near-complete (with a length of 58.7mm). The weight has flat faces, producing a rectangular body section (11mm -12mm thick) and has straight sides, diverging towards the base (where the weight has a width of 31.5mm). The sub-circular perforation (5.5mm diameter) is positioned just below the rounded apex. There is no decoration evident on either face. The weigh currently weighs 141.53g, equivalent to 4.9923 ounces and it seems likely that…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-356042
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type, Wroxeter variant and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete missing the spring and catch-plate and with a heavily-distorted leg (with a distorted length of 53.1mm, a straightened length of approximately 83mm, a distorted depth of 24.4mm and a weight of 18.5g). The missing spring was secured behind the D-shaped head (18.1mm long, 16.4mm wide and) 8.4mm surviving depth), with the axis bar fixed within side perforations and the chord tensioned beneath. The top of the head is damaged but it is possible tha…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-32296E
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type and of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries dated to c. 1150 – 600BC The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment (with a surviving length of 42.3mm, a maximum thickness of 12.2mm and a weight of 65.5g). The axe has broken in antiquity across one face and through the base of the socket on the other face. The socket is rectangular (33.4mm wide). The sides appear to be straight and gradually divergent to the blade edge. Corrosion has removed any casting seam on the s…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1F083A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy discoid plano-convex stud of unknown date. The top of the stud is slightly domed, and was once circular in plan. The underside of the stud is flat, with a single central tapering shank that ends in a break. The top of the stud is stamp decorated with a central octofoil floral motif surrounded by four ring and dot motifs that alternate with four subdivided sub-rectangular bars. The stamped decoration is executed unevenly. The object is covered by a dark green patina and part of the edge of the head of the stud is missing, as is the remainder of the shank. The stud …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1EC881
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead, iron, and copper alloy steelyard weight of roman date (c.AD 43 – 410). The weight is anthropomorphic, and is in the form of a female bust modelled in copper alloy around a lead core for the head and an iron core for the neck and chest. The head is rounded face on but somewhat flattened in profile. The detailing of the face and hair is executed only frontally, using moulding and incised decoration to form a round face with a fairly prominent brow, wide nose, almond shaped eyes, and full lips surrounded by coiffured hair. The neck is 18.9mm in diameter and extends down an…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1AED02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A compete silver Roman Republican denarius issued by C. Gargonius, Ogul[nius] and M. Ver[gilius], dating to 86 BC (Reece Period 1). Obverse: Head of Apollo, right; wearing oak-wreath; below, thunderbolt. Border of dots. Banker's marks C and T. Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, right; holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand. Border of dots. Mint of Rome. RRC 350A/2.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0ADB3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-plated copper alloy contemporary copy of a counterstamped Spanish Colonial (Mexico) 8 Reales coin (Dollar) of Carlos IV (1788-1808). Obverse: Bust of Charles IV right in classical robes,Obverse inscription: CAROLUS · IV · DEI · GRATIA · 1791. Reverse: The arms of Spain, crowned, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules, with a scroll over the pillars bearing the legend PLVS VLTRA. Reverse inscription HISPAN · ET IND · REX · Mo · 8R · F · M ·. The Mo is …
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-768077
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman radiate (a barbarous radiate) of Divus Claudius II (AD c. 270), dating to the period AD 275-285 (Reece Period 14). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an eagle left. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
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