Record ID: NMS-EEFBD4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gilded silver finger-ring set with a cabochon-cut gem. The hoop is circular internally, now a little distorted. It rises externally to a tall solid triangular bezel set with a small pinky-purple oval gem that is no wider than the width of the hoop. The bezel is separated from the rest of the hoop by transverse ridges each with a groove; further similar grooved ridges, or double grooves, divide the sides of the hoop into six panels, three on each side. Each panel is filled with identical decoration; four short lengthways grooves, one at each corner, emphasise…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: FAHG-123AB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Rectangular Carolingian-style mount made of gilded silver and inlaid with niello. It has been cast in high relief, with detailed and well made leaf and flower decoration. The mount is convex, with tall sides and a hollowed, uneven reverse which bears four integrally cast attachment lugs, one at each corner and set longitudinally. Each is pierced, but the end of each lug is considerably worn, so that two of the piercings are now worn through, on diagonally opposite corners. A central boss in the shape of a four-petalled flower is inlaid with a niello line down each petal, forming a …
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Record ID: CAM-D39907
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable toggle, made from copper alloy and now incomplete. The surviving end consists of a flattened sphere 8.5 mm in diameter and 7 mm long, at one end of a short shaft 3.7 mm in diameter, decorated with three transverse grooves. At the other end of the shaft is another basically globular element, but this is tapered on one side to give a sub-triangular cross-section. Through the apex of the triangle is a circular perforation 2.9mm in diameter. On the opposite side of this element is the stub of another shaft 3.2-3.5 mm in diameter and about 2.5 mm long, which ends in a fresh break.…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
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Record ID: FAHG-7B3D73
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper-alloy great square-headed brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, complete with red enamel inlays on head, bow and foot, and with the remains of silver plates on the footplate. Ancient repair on the bow. The brooch has relief decoration in Salin's Style I, and the silver-and-gold colour scheme is known as the Bichrome Style. The brooch fits squarely within Hines's Group X, which is tentatively dated at present to the later part of his Phase 2 (in calendar years, perhaps c. 525-c. 550 AD; Hines in Hunn et al. 1994, 129). Headplate The headplate has a rectangular inner pan…
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-885B35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unusual and probably significantly early small-long brooch. The headplate is of cruciform type, with a small thick rectangular headplate and three half-round knobs. The headplate is undecorated except for a small curved bevel in one lower corner (the other is obscured by iron corrosion) and a central circular perforation 3 mm in diameter. The side knobs are no thicker than the headplate, and are now slightly corroded, but it appears that they were originally decorated with a broad transverse groove between a pair of narrower transverse grooves. The top knob is slightly larger, t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-884BC4
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Openwork mount, perhaps from horse harness. In shape it is a little like an urn, with a projecting stem, then a rounded base decorated with incised lines radiating from the junction of base and stem. The upper part has two large circular perforations, 5 mm in diameter, with a transverse groove above and below. Above, the mount is damaged and possibly distorted, but there appears to be a long narrow transverse oval perforation in the centre, and then a straight or slightly incurved top edge which projections slightly to either side. On the reverse are two integral rivets, one large…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-883FA5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of Nauheim derivative type, made from a flat strip of copper alloy. At one end the strip has been wound into a spring; the chord passes under the bow and is then broken, so that the other half of the spring and the pin are missing. The surviving spring half has two turns and then widens into a bow 5 mm wide, which is decorated with a border groove down each edge. The bow gently tapers again, but the very end of the bow and the catchplate are missing (fresh breaks). Despite being small and flimsy, the brooch seems to be well made. 1st century BC to…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Record ID: CAMHER-8829C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Corroded remains of a Colchester one-piece brooch made from copper alloy. It has tiny stubs of rectangular wings, a forward-facing hook worn to a tiny curved spike, the remains of the pin as another spike, and a very corroded circular-section bow curving down to a point. The remains of a catchplate can be seen as a thin fin on the reverse of the foot. The metal is a rough brown. Late Iron Age or early Roman, c. 20-60 AD. 41 mm long. 2.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2015
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Record ID: CAMHER-881C04
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy spoon with white-metal coating. The oval bowl has all its edges broken, and surviving dimensions of 43 mm long and 30 mm wide. The handle is short and very chunky, with a pointed-oval cross-section. The white-metal coating extends over the smooth interior of the bowl, up the handle, and over the end of the handle to continue down the back, suggesting that the short handle is the result not of breakage but of deliberate manufacture. The handle meets the bowl at its back rather than its edge. The back of the spoon has relief decoration of a well modelled human fac…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-880A07
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman bracelet made from thin flat copper-alloy strip. One end has a flared and flattened terminal broken across a central perforation, and the other end is broken (old break). The bracelet is decorated with multiple motifs; next to the terminal are six transverse grooves, then there is a narrow longitudinal groove between rows of edge nicks, then six more transverse grooves. A large ring-and-dot motif comes next, then two more transverse grooves. There is then a slightly raised square area, divided by grooves into two longitudinal panels, each decorated with four small do…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
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Record ID: CAMHER-87FA22
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Outer edge of a buckle frame, made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating on both faces. The exterior is smoothly curved and has a grooved border. The inner edge is incurved to produce a loop which is kidney-shaped internally. The reverse is slightly concave. Surviving width 43 mm, length of fragment 17 mm, weight 6.89g. This fragment is from a double-looped buckle frame similar to that illustrated by Ross (Buckles 1250-1800) nos. 440 and 571. 17th or early 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-87EA07
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper-alloy mount, possibly from horse harness. It appears to be incomplete, although the breaks are old and it is difficult to reconstruct its original appearance. At one end of the fragment is a sub-rectangular lobe (8 x 6 mm), decorated with an incised double-strand saltire, with a large tapering integral rivet on the reverse. From this a bar extends at an angle; there is a small stub extending from this which may be the remains of an openwork design. There is what appears to be the stub of a matching bar extending from the sub-rectangular lobe, which would make the desig…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
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Record ID: CAMHER-87D615
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Strap fitting made from two tapering pieces of copper alloy sheet, held together by a copper-alloy rivet at the apex and a second in the centre of the wider end. One plate is decorated with incised lines; it appears to have a double line across the middle dividing it into two small panels, the wider of which at least seems to have a border around. Within each panel is a double-line saltire (diagonal cross). The edges are rather abraded and quite a bit of surface is now missing. 10 mm wide, 18 mm long, rivet c. 2 mm thick. 0.87g. Medieval, probably 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-87C1F4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete strap fitting made from copper-alloy sheet. The fitting is 12 mm wide at the attachment end and has a single central rivet hole here; it then continues to a loosely bent fold where the corners are obliquely trimmed, suggesting that the fold was designed to hold or link to another element. The object is broken at the fold. The fitting is decorated with fine incised lines; there is a pair of transverse lines at the attachment end and near the fold, with a saltire (a diagonal cross) in between. Surviving length19 mm; weight 0.88g. Medieval, probably 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-87B132
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Strap fitting made from a single slightly tapering sheet of copper alloy, bent in half and originally secured at the wider end by a single rivet, now missing. There is a wide gap at the central fold and the corners here have been obliquely trimmed, suggesting that the fold was perhaps intended to suspend something like a pendent mount or to hold something like a strap clasp. The fitting is decorated on the front half with a saltire (a diagonal cross) made up of neatly engraved zig-zag or rocker-arm ornament. The backplate is undecorated and is slightly narrower than the front. Maxi…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-879EC6
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Purse Hanger Small copper-alloy purse hanger, or arched pendent mount, from a belt. There is a central lobe divided from two arches by engraved oblique lines. One of the arches is now largely missing (fresh break) but the other is complete, and ends in a horizontal bar with a small ridge on the lower edge, set slightly in from the end, forming a hinge which would have swivelled on a mount. Surviving width 34 mm; probable original width c. 46 mm. Top to bottom, 13 mm. Thickness, 2 mm. Weight, 1.78g. These purse hangers date to the middle of the 13th century (Egan and Pritchard …
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-878075
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy forked spacer plate from a composite strap-end, now incomplete. One arm is largely missing, and the other is also probably incomplete, although the break is old. The arms have traces of solder on each face, and form a straight or slightly tapering shape with a pointed end. In the centre of the pointed end is a large flattish knop, with a collar beneath. The knop consists of a flared moulding with a second moulding and then a terminal beyond; this was probably intended to represent an acorn in its cup. There is a casting flaw on one face, resulting in the collar be…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-8760E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Groat of Mary I. Obverse worn almost completely flat. On the reverse, two quarters of a shield bearing fleurs-de-lis can just be seen, together with some of the inscription VERITA/S TEM/[PORIS FILIA] (Truth, the daughter of Time). A mintmark intended to represent a pomegranate appears between VERITAS and TEMPORIS. North 1960. 1553-4. Diameter 22 mm, weight 1.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-871938
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy plate brooch. The central plate is lozenge-shaped, with bevelled edges around a deep central recess. There is a knop at each corner. Two opposing knops have a pair of hinge lugs and a catchplate, and they are longer, each decorated with a single bead (convex moulding) and reel (concave moulding). The other two knops are smaller, each decorated with a single bead moulding between a pair of collars. The brooch measures 32 mm long along the axis of the pin (now missing) and 24 mm at right angles to this. It weighs 2.69g. From the parallels in Hattatt (nos. 1090 and 10…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-870745
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy plate brooch, circular and originally c. 25 mm in diameter. The plate is now bent and a little is missing. There are extensive traces of a whitish substance, probably decayed enamel, across the front, but no colour or design can be made out; the red colour of the exposed metal beneath is a common copper corrosion product in the presence of enamel. On the reverse is an integrally cast raised strip with a pair of hinge lugs at one end and a curled-over catchplate at the other. Roman, 2nd century AD. 3.45 g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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