Record ID: NCL-0EDF42
Object type: ESCUTCHEON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy escutcheon measuring 44.95mm in length, 27.99mm in width, 30.03mm in thickness and weighing 80.9g. The object is drop shaped in plan, with a point of 30.03mm rising up from the widest end of the drop shape. This high point then falls into a lower plateau before starting to slope downwards towards the point of the drop shape, becoming only 4.42mm thick. The opposite to these peaks in slightly curved, causing this they smooth side to be slightly concave. The peaked surface is pitted slightly and has signs of corrosion, but the concave side is very…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
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Record ID: NCL-E57D75
Object type: ESCUTCHEON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy escutcheon from a vessel of the Roman or Medieval period. The object is sub-circular in plan and the outward face is slightly convex. The top edge has broken off but presumably would have formed a hook or suspension loop to take a handle. The concave underside has traces of soldering.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2010
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Record ID: NCL-5E8820
Object type: ESCUTCHEON
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy possible escutcheon of Early Medieval date. The object has been cast in a stylised male face or mask design, convex, with a suspension hook and open eyes. The reverse is undecorated, but there is a small circular perforation, also visible on the face that probably indicates a secondary attachment point, perhaps for a rivet. The suspension hook emerged from the top of the head, curling back on itself. It has two incised lines, creating three bands on the hook. The face has three major elements: a helmet; the eyes and nose; and a beard. The helmet is crescen…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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