Record ID: SUSS-B8249A
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy saddle pommel, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1700.  One half of the hollow domed pommel survives formed of metal sheet. It has a knob at the apex, convex sides and the lower edge at the open end runs at an oblique angle into an incomplete flat wing/lug with a rivet hole which is truncated by a transverse break.  The pommel is decorated with two pairs of oblique grooves, curving round the pommel from the knob in a gentle spiral; both terminating at a double linear grooved border runni…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-7D8779
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy personal pedestal seal matrix dating between AD 1200-1300. The conical body of the die is facetted and hexagonal, with six triangular faces that conjoin at the apex to form the neck of the handle. The neck of the handle is also hexagonal in cross section. The neck expands slightly before the beginning of the suspension loop which is missing, save for a short stub that is D-shaped in cross section, ending in a worn break. The die face is circular in plan and engraved with a complex incuse design conta…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-EB9BE8
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy polyhedral sword pommel dating c. AD 1300-1500. There are 24 facets, excluding the top and bottom.  When viewed from the front and rear, the object is octagonal with the bottom edge wider than the top one. There is a central square facet surrounded by four rectangular or trapezoidal facets, one on each side the square, and four triangular facets in between these. When viewed from the side the object is also octagonal but narrower, and the top and bottom edges are of approximately equal width. The arrangement of facets is the same as the…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-B5906B
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper-alloy object, probably the end cap/pommel for a dagger dating to the Medieval/Post Medieval period c. 1400-1600. The trapezoidal object is oval in cross-section with a narrow base (23.19mm wide) broadening (to 30.32mm) at the top. It broadly resembles a human torso or cuirass. The object is hollow, and completely open at the bottom where it is slighly convex at the front and back edges. At the top the surface is concave, curving to a rounded point at each side. In the centre is a worn enlongated oval aperture (15.86mm x 6.86mm), placed slightly off centre. There i…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-959F28
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval Viking style iron sword of Petersen type M dating c. AD 850-1050. The sword is incomplete and heavily corroded, the upper hilt consists of an upper guard which is sub-rectangular in plan, having slightly curved corners, and is rectangular in section. It is 71.28 mm long, and tapers slightly in width from 14.82 wide at the centre to 10.83mm at the narrowest end; it also tapers slightly in thickness from 11.23 mm in the centre, to 8.60 mm at the thinnest end. In the centre of the top surface of the upper guard is an amorpho…
Created on: Sunday 13th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-BEEF96
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy, Medieval to Post-Medieval pommel from a probable quillon dagger dating to the period c. AD 1400-1550. The pommel is hollow and almost spherical in form. The upper side has a rectangular hole for the dagger handle, and the lower has a small circular hole for the pommel 'button'/rivet to hold the pommel to the handle. The pommel is mottled brown and light green. There is no decoration. Measurements: 24.13mm diameter, 19.45mm long and weighs 10.3 grams. A dagger pommel of this type is illustrated in Ward Perkins, 1940, London Museum Medieva…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 13th March 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-3F1FE2
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post-Medieval pommel, probably from a dagger dating to c. AD 1100 - 1500. The oval pommel is hollow and bi-conical with a circular hole at the top measuring 9.1 mm in diameter. The lower hemisphere is crushed with an irregular aperture. The outer surface is black and pitted with areas of green and brown corrosion. Measurements: length: 32.35mm; width: 27.19mm; height: 18.58mm and weight: 20.20g. Copper alloy pommels are commonly recorded on the database e.g. LVPL-BF8C69 and HAMP-441778 but are usually spherical rather than bi-conical such as this exampl…
Created on: Friday 28th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-5C6465
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper-alloy pommel from a roundel (rondel) dagger of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1350 - 1600. It is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section, with a central, circular perforation on either side that does not go all the way through. The pommel has 16 radiating points with regularly spaced deep grooves between them. Roundel daggers were long thin daggers with there round, 'starburst' pommels. They are in use from the mid 14th century until the 16th (Ward Perkins 1940, pg 42).
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-F77BFE
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper alloy, Post Medieval, AD.1700-1900, sword hilt. The object comprises the pommel, grip and guard of a sword, it is an all in one cast hollow with a hole in the pommel for the through tang to be peened over. The pommel is shaped like a lions head and faces to one side. It has scale like decoration on to the grip forming the mane. The grip is undecorated but bulges slightly in the middle on the same side that the lions head faces. The guard is tapers away from the grip with 'thistle' terminals on the quillons. The centre of the guard originally swept into a point…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: SUSS-0AD1A3
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger AD.1150-1450. This example probably dates to the Medieval period based upon the information below (c. 1100-c. 1450 AD). It is hollow and sub-spherical in form and has a sub-oval hole at the top measuring 6.9mm long by 6.5mm wide and a sub-rectangular hole at the base measuring 9.1mm long by 9.1mm wide. The object measures an overall 14.2mm long, 20.3mm in diameter and weighs 12.3grams. The face bearing the sub-rectangular hole is flat and would have allowed the tang of the cutting implement to fit snugly against its surfac…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-810392
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy pommel from a knife or dagger. This example probably dates to the Medieval period based upon the information below (c. 1100-c. 1500 AD). It is hollow and sub-spherical in form and has a sub-oval hole at the top measuring 8mm long by 7.6mm wide and a sub-rectangular hole at the base measuring 9.8 long by 9.4mm wide. The object measures an overall 18.1mm long, 24.6mm in diameter and weighs 17.5 grams. The face bearing the sub-rectangular hole is flat and would have allowed the tang of the cutting implement to fit snugly against its surface. The face bearing …
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-80A75F
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy pommel from a knife or dagger. This example probably dates to the Medieval period based upon the information below (c. 1100-c. 1500 AD). It is hollow and sub-spherical in form and has a sub-oval hole at the top measuring 7.9mm long by 6.7mm wide and a sub-rectangular hole at the base measuring 13.9 mm long by 13.6mm wide. The object measures an overall 16.7mm long, 22.5mm in diameter and weighs 15.28 grams. The face bearing the sub-rectangular hole is flat and would have allowed the tang of the cutting implement to fit snugly against its surface. The face …
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th December 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-A240CE
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy uncertain object, possibly a sword or dagger pommel of Late Medieval to Post Medieval dating (AD 1450 to AD 1700). It is ovoid or sub-spherical in shape and hollow, although it has been slightly flattened causing a small split at one end. At the top and bottom of the pommel is an oval perforation which was possibly designed to accomodate the now missing tang of a blade. Eighteen evenly-spaced rounded projections with moulded grooves between them radiate outwards from the top to the bottom perforation, creating a fluted appearance. There is a flat vertical …
Created on: Monday 18th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-5435DE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy pommel from a knife or dagger, dating to c. AD 1150-1600. The pommel is roughly spherical with flattened upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the tang and blade of the dagger or knife. The shape of the pommel has become slightly distorted so that it is sub-oval in plan. One flattened edge has a narrowed punched square aperture, probably to accommodate to the tang and the opposite surface has a larger punched square, which probably would have accommodated the lower tang and blade. Cf. PAS database records: SF-C87850, NCL-1C8472…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-5420F1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy pommel from a knife or dagger, dating to c. AD 1150-1600. The pommel is roughly spherical with flattened upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the tang and blade of the dagger or knife. The shape of the pommel has become slightly distorted so that it is sub-oval in plan. One flattened edge has a narrowed punched square aperture, probably to accommodate to the tang and the opposite surface has a larger punched square, which probably would have accommodated the lower tang and blade. Cf. PAS database records: SF-C87850, NCL-1C84…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-604F0E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy knife pommel with a symmetrical bifurcate top, likely dating to the sixteenth century (c. 1500-1600 AD). The lower portion is oval in section and has a transverse rectangular slot which contains the remains of a corroded iron tang. The upper portion divides into two oval cross-sectioned terminals, which have a moulded groove between them which extends to the lower portion. The terminals have several small punched dots and an engraved band which borders the edge of each terminal. It measures 18.1 mmm in length, 12.4 mm in width, 7.5 mm thick and weighs 5…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-CD87CB
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceremonial or replica of a dagger or short sword, probably dating from the late Post Medieval to early Modern period, c. late 18th-20th century AD. The dagger has been cast in one piece, with an elaborate oval pommel with sub-rectangular end-knop, followed by small raised collar and grip, which is elliptical in plan with flattened sides, followed by a shallow collar and a thicker sub-rectangular collar. From this, an elaborately designed symmetrical hilt, with two arms that curve downward towards the blade. Decoration: The pommel has been decorated with an incised line following …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 19th November 2014
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Record ID: SUSS-E06EE9
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger. This example probably dates to the Medieval period based upon the information below (c. 1100-c. 1450 AD). It is hollow and sub-spherical in form and has a sub-oval hole at the top measuring 8.5 mm long by 7.1 mm wide and a sub-rectangular hole at the base measuring 9.7 mm long by 9.3 mm wide. The object measures an overall 17.1 mm long, 24.6 mm in diameter and weighs 18.57grams. The face bearing the sub-rectangular hole is flat and would have allowed the tang of the cutting implement to fit snugly against its surface. The fac…
Created on: Saturday 8th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-0ED807
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval cast copper-alloy saddle pommel (c. 1500-c. 1650 AD). The object is one small section of the pommel, which has become crushed from in situ damage. It is decorated with grooves throughout its length on the outer face. The underside isflat. There is one circular hole and the remains of a second one on the edge of the fragment. The complete hole has a diameter of 4.2mm. This pommel is corroded and has a mid green patina. It measures 52.1mm long by 31.4mm wide and 2.3mm thick. It weighs 16.74 grams. Numerous saddle pommels are recorded on the Portable Anti…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Record ID: SUSS-FCD6C7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Medieval to Post Medieval knife pommel or spacer decorated in the shape of an acorn, c. 1200-1600 AD. The object is spheroidal in shape, with flattened top and bottom surfaces; the upper surface has a smooth stepped edge with a central circular hole, whereas the bottom has a simple larger circular aperture presumably to accommodate the tang of a knife. The outer circumference is decorated with incised hashmarks, resembling the textured surface of an acorn. It measures 10.4 mm high, 18.4 mm diameter, and weighs 8.1 grams. It seems likely that if this item is to be attr…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
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