Record ID: OXON-FD4CF5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount, taking the form of a stud with an integral spike. This is most likely of either Early Medieval or of Post-Medieval date. The mount consists of a flat plate which is circular in plan. The outer face is gilded over the top of a moulded concentric design. This takes the form of a flat raised central circle; around this a recessed band housing a narrower cabled ring; and beyond this a flat raised outer edge. Most of the front of the mount is still covered with gilding, but a dark green patina is evident underneath this as well as on the ungilded back and spike.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-C65CAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded copper-alloy button brooch of early early-medieval date (c.480-550). Description: The brooch is circular and dished, with an upper-turned outer edge. Within this, the brooch is decorated with a stylised forward-facing human face in relief. This is extremely devolved so that it consists of an outer ring and an inner ring inside which is a curved line denoting a mouth, a W-shape representing the nose and eyes with two triangles within. Much of the the gilding remains here. The reverse of the plate has as complete pin lug and catchplate, missing its curl, t…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-34AAD4
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from an Early Medieval sleeve clasp. The surviving plate is rectangular in plan but is truncated on two edges leaving only two original edges both of which are incomplete. It is broadly flat in cross section save for the raised regions created by chipped groove decoration on its upper surface. The surviving decoration is divided into two fields. The larger field is defined by a thick (2.9mm wide) beaded border, defined by diagonal transverse lines. This flanks a smaller narrower border within which is a chipped groove design in Salin Style decoration defining the disarticul…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
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Record ID: IOW-FA2B9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval button brooch, c.AD 450-550, Suzuki Class B1. Slightly squashed and bent, with no gilding remaining. The obverse has a circular base and a wide border that has been pressed in towards the centre in two places. The base depicts an anthropomorphic face within a concentric raised ridge in chip-carved relief. A central horizontal sub-rectangular band comprises the eye-area, with convex short ends and a concave lower edge above the chin/mouth area. Occupying the top and centre of the band is a raised T (brow ridge and nose) with a pointed oval ey…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-AB5937
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo Saxon) gilded button brooch dating to c. AD 450-550. Only around 25% of the brooch remains, with the original diameter being around 20mm. The rim is everted and around 3mm high. The front of the brooch has traces of gilding and indistinct chip carved detailing, largely obliterated by corrosion and wear. The reverse has a hooked catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-1CAFF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon), gilded copper alloy button brooch, 20mm in diameter, missing its spring and pin. The front is dished, with an everted rim, within which is an anthropomorphic mask executed in chip-carved relief. The mask sits within a raised border and is dominated by a T  shaped brow ridge and nose with small eyes in each angle, flanked by lozengiform cheeks and with an oval mouth below. Above the brow is a helmet with a pair of medial lines suggesting a ridged crest. The reverse has an in-line catchplate stump and lug for the pin, with traces …
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B1DBCD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. Cast sub-trapezoid plate with three slightly concave sides and a button stud projecting from the centre of its plain back. The display side retains a double linear border which has trapped relicts of presumably formerly more extensive gilding. The finder suggests this might be a fragment of an 8th-century chip carved pin and posits a possible reuse as Viking or Anglo-Scandinavian ‘hack’ – a fragment intended for reuse. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-800 Length: 11mm, Width: 14.5mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 0.89gms
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E8DDFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon, c. 450-550)  incomplete, copper-alloy button brooch. The brooch is missing its pin and spring. The brooch comprises a circular base with angled walls (flared outwards) surrounding it creating a 'saucer' shape. On the reverse of the brooch there are two lugs on opposite edges. The larger lug is folded at the tip and is the catchplate. The other lug is incomplete and was originally the lug that held the spring. The outer face of the brooch is decorated in relief with an abstract forward facing face, possibly a mask or hel…
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-BD3AE9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Medieval gilded copper alloy button brooch that features a stylised human face ( possibly Class B). The brooch is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. Parts of the rim, pin and catch-plate are missing or corroded due to presence of corroded iron pin being present. The rim is upturned and flaring at an angle of about 45°. Within the grooved border is a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask.The gilding on parts of the face has worn off, but features are still recognisable.  The helmet or hair is a downturned crescent …
Created on: Sunday 16th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-053760
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval worn cast copper-alloy (Anglo-Saxon) button brooch (Suzuki Class C) dating c. AD. 480-550. Parts of the rim and the pin are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan and has an incomplete and worn raised rim which extends upwards diagonally from the plate. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask, the lower features obscured from iron corrosion. The upper half of the mask survives with two curved eyebrows descending into a T-shaped feature with concave sides and ho…
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-F0DB44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Early Medieval, copper alloy button brooch, dating to cAD450 - 550.  It is missing the pin and most of the catchplate. It has an upturned edge which encloses two concentric raised rings. Within the centre ring is a design in relief of three flaring arms, in a Y shape, enclosing three areas, within each of which is a sub triangular boss.  There are traces of gilding on the front face. The underside does not show a finish. There are two projections, one with a piercing for a pin, the other the stub of the catchplate, no pincurl remaining. Dim…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B534F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Bi) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the pin are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan and has a prominent raised lip which extends upwards diagonally from the plate. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask has two large promiment eyebrows seperated by a central incised groove below this is a T-shaped feature made of i…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: OXON-B5156E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Iii) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the entire pin mechanism are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan, its circumference missing many chips, with the beginnings of an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of nine vertical ridges that represent hair with a horizontal fring…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-491258
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T172. Description:  An incomplete gold and garnet gold button, stud or jewellery element of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 550 - 650. The object is circular in shape, consisting of a sheet gold back-plate which displays a worn break in the form of a jagged edged sub-rectangular perforation. A small piece of gold backing foil sheet stamped with cross-hatched ridges is visible within the perforation. The front of the plate has a domed sheet gold plate with a central rectangular cell flanked on each edge by semi-circular cells. These are now distorted due to depo…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bempton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-92C89C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). The circular plate is complete but the pin and one lug is missing. The plate has and upturned flaring rim within which is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The mask is set within a circular raised linear border. A fringe is represented at the top of the head with four central vertical ridges flanked by sub-triangular panels. Below is a horizontal, slightly convex, double ribbed, linear brow which dips ge…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-325FD9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy probable mount or possible button. It is square in plan, and 'T' shaped in section and profile. The inner face is undecorated with a roughly central projecting shank. The tip of the shank may be lost and could once have had a perforation. The outer face is decorated with a single central square flanked on each corner with L-shaped cells. This decorative motif can be closely paralleled in Wales with two examples of lead alloy weights with copper alloy insets from Anglesey, one of which was found on the Early Medieval enclosed settlement near Llanbedrg…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-5F5C86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete worn cast copper-alloy gilt button brooch (Avent & Evison class Iii) of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Parts of the rim and the entire pin mechanism are missing due to old breaks. This brooch is sub-circular in plan, its circumference missing many chips, with the beginnings of an upwards flaring saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of nine vertical ridges that represent hair with a horizontal fring…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: OXON-8D0F8E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy button brooch of Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (c. 450-c. 550). Eighty percent of the outer rim is missing due to old breaks. The pin lug and the pin missing. This central part of the remaining brooch is enclosed by a circular rim beyond which are the partial remains of an upwards flaring rim saucer-like rim. At the centre of the brooch there is a moulded anthropomorphic forward facing mask which has prominent and well defined features. The upper half of the mask is in the form of sixteen vertical ridges that represent hair above a fringe which curve…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: IOW-4DDBB8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval cast copper alloy button brooch of Class A2 type, c.AD 450-550. The brooch depicts a face within a concentric circle. An inverted V made of two inward-curving lines form the hair with the eyes below within a triangular area, against a triangular nose. The cheeks to either side are semi-circular and the mouth beneath is open and a pointed-oval in outline. This brooch is missing its pin, spring mechanism and curl of the catchplate (all old breaks). There is gilding across most of the obverse face.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D76123
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone bead or button of possible early medieval date (c. AD 475 - 800). The object is a disc with one flat face and one convex. The convex side shows peck marks and other signs of working, the flat side is smooth. There is a neatly drilled central perforation, circular, 2 mm diameter. There is green staining around the central perforation, probably from a copper alloy attachment rivet or loop.  Diameter 13 mm, thickness 3 mm and weight 0.5 g. A similar object is described in record KENT-A85FA5. A similar bead was recovered from a sunken feature building at t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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