Record ID: LEIC-A72AE5
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
?Medieval copper alloy object. It seems to be an ornamental finial of some kind, but shaped in order to fit together with another object of circular cross-section.
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2010
Last updated: Sunday 22nd August 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-153351
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Roman finial, probably from a box or piece of furniture. The head is circular in plan and formed by four reels. The apex is domed with a collar below. The waist narrows and then expands. There is collar around the base. An incomplete circular shank extends from the centre of the reverse. Iron corrosion surrounds this area.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sudbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-73ACD8
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy finial of possible post-Medieval date (1500-1800). The main part is baluster in form and pentagonal (five-faced) in cross-section. At the centre of the flat top of the main part, there is a projection terminating in a broken loop, rectangular in cross-section (14.3 x 4.6mm). On the narrow face of this projection, at each side, a curved projection may represent a stylised animal head. At the centre of the pentagonal base there is a circular stub of a rod or shaft. On the upper half of the main part, on two faces, there is a narrow vertical ins…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4908D2
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a decorative terminal or finial of Post-Medieval date. Half of the object is missing due to old breaks. It is cylindrical in form with moulded decoration on the exterior surface, the remains of a small knop at the centre of the top and an incomplete circular aperture at the base. The upper half of the exterior has transverse moulded bands with a prominent mid-rib, beneath this it appears undecorated. The entire object has suffered from extensive post-depositional damage and measures 30.13mm in length, 40.31mm in width, 13.66mm in thickn…
Created on: Thursday 1st April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Falkenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B9DCA1
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy (brass) section of the stem or finial making up a bedstead frame or perhaps from a short stand like a fireside rest, as it is hard to tell what the original length was with both ends having been broken off. The stem has a bulbous base, about 20 mm in diameter, defined by a concentric line beneath it. The body then tapers towards a rib, about 12 mm in diameter, at the upper end, below the break. The design is meant too imitate turned wood. Similar stands can be seen illustrated in The Victorian Catalogue of Household Goods (1992), but originally published in 188…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CBFE21
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze finial or terminal. It is 19mm tall from base to top. It is crowned by a small ball 4mm high and 6 in diameter: below this is a picher-shaped or barrel-shaped element which is biconical or carinated, reaching 11mm diameter over 11mm height. The lower flan or base of the object is 3mm deep and 13.5mm in diameter. On the underside, which is flat, there are iron corrosion products suggesting that this was the terminal to a tang or other extension made of iron, onto which it was fastened. These objects are generally thought to be Roman but might possibly be late Medieval. It could…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-265947
Object type: FINIAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval, cube-shaped finial with slightly rounded facets, four of which are decorated with circles inlaid with gold and carrying a four point design drawn in niello. Within the spandrel formed by the meeting of each of these circles is placed another, smaller circle in relief. This decoration might indicate the ‘top’ of the finial. The top facet has gold inlay but without any niello, whilst the bottom has no decoration, merely evidence of a break where it has been wrenched from the object to which it was originally attached. Dimensions and metal content: X-ray fluo…
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.