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Record ID: ESS-869E09
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy harness pendant of medieval date (c.1200-1400).
Description: The pendant takes the form of a lion, passant. Its tail is in an S shape over its back and integral to this is an attachment loop, set perpendicular to the lion. The lion has moulded facial features and engraved hair/ fur. The reverse is plain with file marks. The pendant has a dark grey patina and has patches of gilding.
Measurements: length: 30mm; width: 23.1mm; thickness: 4.9mm; weight: 8.82g
Discussion: Compare with SOM-4DE204.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-85F1CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch (disc) of early medieval date (c. AD 410-600).
Description: The brooch is broadly circular in plan and flat in cross-section. It is decorated with five ring-and-dot motifs with the one at the centre having an extra, fainter ring and a larger 'dot'. The reverse of the brooch has the remains of a semi-circular pin lug with traces of iron corrosion from the now missing pin. Most of the catch plate remains, with some of the curved edge having broken away. There is blue copper-alloy solder below and…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-841518
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead seal matrix of medieval date (c.1200-1300).
Description: The matrix is pointed oval in plan with an engraved front and a moulded reverse with a now squashed pierced lug. The front is engraved with a central xxx. This is surrounded by a legend which starts at twelve o'clock and runs retrograde (anti-clockwise) around the die face reading '+ S' mATILDIS FAIRWAT[...]'. This translates to 'Seal of Matilda Fairweather' (Malcolm Jones, pers. comms.) The inital mark is a cross. The object has a light cream…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-83B09C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy purse (Williams Class A2) of medieval date (c.AD 1450-1550).
Description: The purse remains as one terminal end of the frame which is rectangular in cross-section with a perforated semi-circular plate on the bottom edge, and an expanded terminal. The frame is engraved on both sides with the letters PLE // NA . dO. The object has a light green and red-brown patina.
Measurements: length: 33mm; width: 13.9mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 6.61g
Discussion: When complete, the inscription on the purse frame would h…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-8331C8
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded lead alloy Roman steelyard weight of 80.35g (c. 1/4 Libra or 3 Uncia). Most of the original surface has gone but the form is broadly biconical (accounting for corrosion loss) with stumps of iron suspension loops at both ends.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-82B7FC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sub annular post medieval shoe buckle. The frame is 26.3 in length and decorated with moulded transverse ridges. It is drilled for an iron spindle which has a triangular stud chape (missing its stud) and the remnant of an iron pin but has separated from the frame. There is an illegible maker's mark on the chape.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-82847A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy composite strap end. One whole plate, one partial plate and the spacer are retained; the plates are rectangular with a rounded terminal with a small projection. The spacer fills the front half of the object and is secured with a single rivet; the rear end is incomplete but had a decorative circular cutaway at the centre, with rivets to either side, one of which is retained. There is no decoration. Circa 14th-15th century.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-820156
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar from a post medieval purse of Williams (2018) Class C2. The bar is 41.2mm in length, with a rounded block and globular terminals. These are 8mm in diameter and cast as separate components fitted over the ends of the arms which step up in diameter towards the block. There is no decoration.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-81E632
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy strap end (Thomas Class B, Type 1) of early medieval date (c.750-850).
Description: The strap end remains as the tapering attachment end which terminates in three moulded ribs before a transverse break. The split attachment end is bilobed and has two attachment holes, now missing their rivets. The front plate has also broken away in parts around the holes. The fragment is undecorated. It has a medium green patina.
Measurements: length: 22.2mm; width: 11mm; thickness: 3.7mm; weight: 2.92g
Discussion: It is not clear whe…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-81CAC9
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nail cleaner with moulded neck and shouldered blade,dating from the 1st to 2nd century AD. The blade is narrow and undecorated, tapering from round shoulders 6.8mm wide to a bifurcated tip 3.4mm wide (one point is missing). The neck has a lozengiform cross section with four flat sides, each decorated with deeply incised oblique lines creating a zig-zag effect. The neck widens slightly into a rounded suspension loop, 6.8mm in diameter, set perpendicular to the plane of the blade.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-81AB1B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval trapezoidal copper alloy strap slide. The frame is trapezoidal with a rectangular cross section and the rear bar has an integrally cast rivet. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-81A5F6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap end (probably Thomas Class B, Type 5) of early medieval date (c.800-900).
Description: The strap end is parallel sided, with a tapering, pointed terminal engraved with three grooves on the front only. It also has a groove running around the edge, seen in profile, possibly representing a partly open mouth. The attachment end is missing. The front has very worn, decoration in the form of engraved repeating crescent motifs either side of a central spine engraved with chevrons. The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecora…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-80E935
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast composite copper alloy convex button with a domed front, 12.3mm in diameter, which has a small central pellet. The alloy has a high tin content and appears silvery with black oxidised areas. The reverse is flat with a stump of a missing wire loop shank. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4772CD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy La Tene III/Nauheim derivative type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, 35mm in length, comprising the bow and a stump of the spring, which is 8mm in diameter and made from the same piece of metal as the rest of the brooch. The bow is lozengiform with a flat cross sectional profile and is decorated with a line of punched S-shapes along the centre and linear external borders. The pin and most of the spring is missing as is the foot and catchplate.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-469B4A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy bracelet of Roman to early medieval date (c. 200-450).
Description: The bracelet remains as a section with transverse breaks at each end. The cross-section is rectangular. The fragment is decorated with a pair of oblique grooves flanking a punched ring-and-dot. and pair of transverse grooves then divide this from a fiurther ring and dot. The width of the bracelet varies in accordance with the decoration, being wide and straight where there are ring-and-dots, and becoming narrower and oblique to frame the oblique grooves. …
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-44D982
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper-alloy strap fitting of Roman to early medieval date (c. 350-450).
Description: The object is 'propeller'-shaped in plan- oval in the middle with fan-shaped arms at either side- and trapezoid in cross-section, with bevelled edges on the front. Each arm has two rivet holes at their ends. Two copper-alloy rivets remain in situ, one one each arm. The object has a medium brown-green patina,
Measurements: length: 45.9mm; width: 19mm; thickness (including rivets): 3.7mm; 10.02g
Discussion: There are a number of similar 'propeller&…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-433A44
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval to early post-medieval penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token, dating to the period c.AD 1470-c.1539. Rigold's (1978, 95) Bury Series I ('neat, inscribed Bury series'), Type J.
Obverse: [.INTERCE]DAT. PRO. NO -Mitre
Reverse: AVE/ REX/ GEn/TIS. - Long cross dividing the legend with three pellets in each quarter.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-421AA0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman vessel mount dating to the 2nd-3rd Century. It is broadly rectangular and roughly semi-circular in cross section. The mount depicts a female head with stylised features,with a headdress or helmet. At the base of the face there is drapery decorated with incised grooves. The face is fairly worn with oval eyes, moulded nose and mouth. The headdress terminates in a circular loop which would have allowed the handle to be attached to the vessel at a 45 degree angle. The loop also has incised decoration, also the surface is worn so the full d…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Rattlesden', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: ESS-31EEFC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled probable finger ring, or possible disc brooch (Weetch Type 20) of early medieval date (c. 950-1100).
Description: The object is circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It is constructed from a sheet metal disc with upturned edges and cell walls creating a cross design. The cross has a quatrefoil at its centre, inlaid with blue enamel, and four larger lobes between these, inlaid with white enamel. The surrounding field is inlaid with blue enamel. Most of the enamel remains in place, but damage to the e…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-312BFD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Buckle of Post-Medieval date (AD 1660-1720). The object is a double looped sub-rectangular frame with a lipped outer edges, contracted sides and knops flanking the narrowed strap bar and six grooves in the outer edges. The wire pin is missing.
Length: 54.71mm, Width: 51.19mm, Thickness: 4.69mm, Weight: 16.7g
The metal is green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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