Record ID: DENO-A4D394
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Period: Late Bronze Age (Ewart phase in England; Ewart/Dowris in Ireland) Object type: A so-called ‘dress fastener’, a penannular object with conical, trumpet-mouthed terminals Date of object: 1000 – 800 BCE (Late Bronze Age) Dress fastener with solid, cast 'bow' or 'handle' ending in two sub-conical terminals. The terminals appear to have been raised from the joining bar or 'bow' (which is circular in cross section and tapers towards the terminal cones) by hammering (planishing) and small hammer marks are visible on the surfaces o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-B87439
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A post-medieval gold signet or seal ring dating to the period circa 1600-1650. The bezel is large, flat and oval. The setting is inscribed with the capital letters G and L set in between three candlesticks. The central candlestick is larger than its flanking candlesticks. All the candlesticks are stylistically the same, depicting a flat base, two large collars and five smaller collars and a socket, which holds the candle. There is a punched border around the design. The hoop is bent out of shape. The tapering shoulders of the hoop, D-shaped in cross-section, are decorated…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam', grid reference and parish protected.