Record ID: NMGW-EA5EA7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout of 14th or 15th century date The cast spout is fragmentary, represented by the zoomorphic end of the spout in the form of the head of a water bird, probably a duck (with a length of 41.8mm and a height of 24.2mm and a weight of 22.0g, including sediment). The neck has broken below the head and is sub-circular sectioned (with an external diameter of 11.1mm – 11.9mm and internal diameter of 7.0mm). The fragmentary spout is widens and deepest at the head (with a width of 14.2mm and a depth of 16.8mm). The bird is depicted with short incised marks c…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C8955
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel handle from a jug, probably of 1st to 3rd century AD date The handle is fragmentary, missing the handle grip (with a surviving length of 37.0mm and a weight of 18.2g). The handle was originally fitted with a lid, hinged between twin open lugs on the upper part of the handle, now damaged (with a width of 11.1mm, an opening 4mm wide and a height of 7.2mm). Beneath the hinge are two curved arms, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of 23.9mm). The arms would have been soldered to the rim of the vessel (suggesting a rim diameter of approximately…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C70E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman copper alloy jug lid of 1st to 4th century AD date The cast lid is fragmentary and with only a very short length of original edge surviving (with a surviving length of 36.7mm, a surviving width of 32.4mm and a weight of 16.0g). The plate lid is thinnest around the edge (with a thickness of 1.3mm) and has a cast raised circular boss (of 22.3mm diameter, where the lid has a thickness of 3.0mm – 3.5mm). At the centre of the circle is an integral circular-sectioned handle lug (10.1mm diameter at its base, 11.9mm high and with an overall depth of 14.9mm). The top face…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5AEEA0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval pottery handled jar neck The sherd comprises one handle and approximately half of the rim (with an overall width of 190mm, a rim diameter of 163mm and a weight of 281.4g). The rim is out-turned from the neck and the handle joins at the level of the rim. The handle (with a length of 107.6mm) has broken across the position of its lower return and is sub-triangular section with a central ridge on its upper surface. The exterior surface is decorated with a moulded rib around the neck (with an internal diameter of 110mm). The vessel has broken across a rounded shoulder (…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3144A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic vessel escutcheon, handle mount probably from a bucket and of 1st Century BC to 3rd century AD date The cast looped mount is near complete but heavily corroded (with an overall length of 58.5mm and a weight of 40.0g). At the apex is an integral loop of sub-circular section (l6.7mm high, 16.3mm wide, 9.3mm internal diameter and 2.9mm – 5.4mm sectional diameter). The interior of the loop has wear facets discernible on the upper part of the loop interior, presumably the result of rubbing from the missing handle. Beneath the loop …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-65E967
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy escutcheon or pendant probably of medieval date The delicate fitting appears to be near-complete (with a length of 24.6mm and a weight of 1.0g) and was suspended by an integral loop (8.4mm long, 2.9mm wide and 4.2mm deep), which has been coiled inwards to form the loop and projects to the front. The mount is shield-shaped (16.7mm long, 10.0mm wide and 1.2mm thick), now truncated at the base. At the centre of the mount is a circular perforation (3.0mm diameter) probably for attachment. The face is faceted where the loop enters the mount and the upper part of the mount h…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-30ACA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The two silver items are both fragmentary: Fragment 1: a small rectangular piece of hack-silver, cut from a silver vessel. All four edges have been cut, and there is a hesitant transverse cut running inside one of the longer edges. Both faces of the silver are plain, and the fragment is flat. Maximum length 14mm x width 9.1mm x thickness 2.6mm. Weight 2.27g. Fragment 2: small 'pie-slice' fragment from a circular lid or vessel rim, with a plain bevelled edge. The surviving rim diameter can be estimated at about 9-10cm. Maximum length 15.6mm x width 16.45 x maximum thickness…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-EDA652
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead vessel probably of 17th or 18th century date The vessel is incomplete with peripheral damage to one side and is of D-shaped form (with a length of 53.4mm and a weight of 66.2g). The distorted mouth is considerably expanded and incomplete on one side (with a surviving width of 54mm and a mouth depth of 15.5mm). The outside convex face is decorated with a double punched border and a single punched border defined the top of the body and base of the rim. No other decoration is now evident on the vessel. The interior of the vessel is uneven (54mm deep). The rear and und…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5A5215
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog's head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is fragmentary, represented by the terminal (with a surviving length of 52.3mm and a weight of 50.4g). The dog is portrayed with oval and upright ears, protruding above the brow (by 1.2mm) and are concave across their widths. The snout is defined by a concave depression, flat along the upper surface and terminating in a raised projection. There is a subtle central ridge across the top of the dog's head, …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-35AEB8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age or Roman copper alloy zoomorphic mount, probably from a vessel The mount appears to be complete or near-complete (with an overall length of 58.7mm and a weight of 47.4g) and depicts a beast, probably a dog but possibly a pig cast in the round. The beast's snout is concave and would appear to be too elongated for a pig. The end of the snout appears to have two circular depressions depicting the nostrils. The mouth of the beast is biting on a piece of ferrous plate on one side, possibly the rim of a vessel. The plate does not extend to the opposite side. The eyes are …
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Sunday 12th June 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-1F6A1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle of 15th to 17th century date. The handle is complete and of bifurcating form, with a stud for attachment to the dish (with an overall length of 62.3mm and weighing 42.7g). The looped handle (49.4mm long, 58.2mm wide at bifurcated end and 24.8mm wide at the attachment end) is of hexagonally faceted section (between 3.9mm and 5.1mm thick and between 4.6mm and 6mm wide). The attachment lug (22.6mm long) is of rectangular section (with a maximum width of 15.6mm and thickness of 9.0mm) with rounded sides, expanding …
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-6337A6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel mount of uncertain date, possibly Roman The mount is of looped form, probably representing the inner part of a hinge (with an overall length of 41.9mm and a weight of 13.6g). The attachment plate is of elongated lozenge form (with a length of 35.3mm, a width of 14.7mm and a thickness of 2.5mm - 3.7mm), which is slightly wedged, thinnest opposite the hinge. The mount was attached to the vessel by a single iron rivet, which is partially preserved (giving a surviving depth of 6.3mm). The opposite face has carefully bevelled edges and the iron rivet does not appear …
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8E4D47
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cooking vessel handle fragment from a posnet or skillet of 16th to 17th century date The fragment is the handle terminal from a cooking vessel (with a surviving length of 77.4mm and a weight of 156.5g). The handle is of D-shaped section at the break (with a width of 28.6mm and a thickness of 12.4mm) with straight and near-parallel sides before the terminal. The handle has a rounded step down to the terminal (10.4mm deep and giving an overall depth of 20.3mm), which has a rounded end. The body of the handle has a grooved border each side and a central deco…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-10AB77
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy cooking vessel fragment, probably from a cauldron or skillet of 15th to 18th century date The vessel comprises a rim fragment from the vessel (59.3mm long, 30.2mm wide and 2.2mm thick). The rim was outcurved and suggests a vessel diameter of approximately 250mm. Sheet copper alloy plate (0.7mm thick) was secondarily riveted to the rim and is crudely worked. The plate is folded around vessel rim and attached using two copper alloy rivets (10.8mm long). The plate is irregularly rectangular (51.3mm long and 46.0mm wide) and both top corners …
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-0F7707
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy handle, possibly of Roman date The object is incomplete, broken at the narrow end (with a surviving length of 38.0mm and a weight of 4.5g). The complete end is of oval section and is rounded with an expanded terminal (with a width of 10.0mm and a thickness of 3.6mm). The handle gradually narrows towards a decorative double-ribbed moulding, which all the way around the fitting. The damaged end thins, as if to a blade (with a thickness of 1.1mm). The surface has a dark-green patina. It is possible that the object is the handle of a medical or cosmetic implement of Rom…
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-699007
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable vessel fragment, possibly a handle of Early Medieval date The object is incomplete, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 101.9mm and a weight of 197.7g). The possible handle is of D-shaped section at the break (26.8mm wide and 14.7mm thick) and has straight, slightly converging sides towards the terminal. The face is near flat, slightly concave along its length and is decorated with a panel within a raised border, comprising an interlace design in sunken relief. It is likely that the interlace depicts two intertwined beasts and appears to have a rear facing head a…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3B60DB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead vessel probably of 17th or 18th century The vessel is near-complete with some peripheral damage and is of D-shaped form (with a weight of 210.5g). The mouth (60.7mm wide and 35.9mm long) has a stepped moulding (with a depth of 7.3mm - 13.9mm and 5mm thick) on the curved part only. One of the corners is higher (giving a maximum overall height of 34.5mm) and has a spout-like form. The interior of the vessel is uneven (28mm deep). The rear and underside of the vessel are flat, with no obvious means of attachment. The surface has a grey patina with white corrosion. …
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2EECF6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel lid The lid is complete and includes the hinge from the copper alloy vessel (with an overall length of 59.3mm, a width of 46.5mm and a weight of 36.7g). The surviving fragment from the body of the vessel is solid and is broken at both ends (with a surviving height of 20.5mm and a surviving width of 19mm). The lug flares at the base towards the vessel and is likely to have converged to a rounded spike above the hinge. The hinge comprises two perforated lugs on the vessel (with a depth of 9.3mm and a width of 10.3mm), flanking a single central lug on the lid. A…
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C4CF26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy inscribed plate, probably of Roman period date The plate is fragmentary and has a surviving length of 27.5mm surviving height of 20.9mm and a weight of 6.9g. The plate has a thickness of 2.5-2.8mm. The base of the fragment has an original edge, while the other edges are broken. The plate is curved across both its length and height. On the front of the plate is deeply incised lettering and decoration. The letter R is discernible after a ring-and –dot motif. Both appear to be within a double curved border outside of which is a hatched design. The plate has broken along th…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C46CB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel handle The handle is incomplete and is broken at one end, with a surviving length of 76.2mm and has a weight of 77.0g. The handle is deeply curved and is of lozenge section, with a thickness at the break of 9.1mm and a width of 7.4mm. At the top of the handle are zoomorphic figures, comprising a bird and horse. The seated bird, probably a duck, has a length of 37.0mm, a maximum width of 13.4mm and a height of 21.9mm. The feathers of the bird are depicted with transverse lines, forming chevrons at the rear. The horse is depicted on its back and is only represe…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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