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: 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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Record ID: CAMHER-86EBF0
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of flat annular brooch, made from copper alloy and decorated on both faces. At one end the brooch has broken at the pin constriction, and a tiny stub of the bar on which the pin originally hinged can be seen on the edge of the object. At the other end the oblique break is fairly worn. On one face, the panel of decoration is enclosed within a groove, leaving a reserved border around three edges. It seems to represent fronds of stylised leaves. On the other side, there is a narrower reserved border around three sides, but the panel is divided into two narrow bands by a cent…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-86DCE5
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary Roman spoon made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating and dating to the second or third centuries AD. The bowl must originally have been oval, but the far end is now torn away and too damaged to reconstruct its precise original shape. The handle is also incomplete, but appears to gently change from a circular cross-section to a tall rectangular cross-section; it then expands to a curve below, with a circular perforation, and an upper part decorated with V-shaped ribbing. The curved part then extends forward to attach to the back of the bowl in a long tail. Cru…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Record ID: CAMHER-86CC72
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments from a wide copper-alloy bracelet, 16 mm wide; the fragments are c. 29 mm and c. 27 mm long and weigh 2.52g and 2.16g respectively. No terminal of this bracelet survives. The fragments are decorated with two broad longitudinal grooves down the centre, and running down the middle of each groove are some obliquely set oval pellets giving the impression of cabling. Quite corroded. Roman, 1st-2nd centuries AD. Similar examples are known from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 37, no. 1566, fig. 38) , Verulamium (Waugh & Goodburn 1972, 31, fig. 31).
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: CAMHER-86B091
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Short fragment of wide copper-alloy bracelet, 18 mm wide and 20 mm long. One end is bent and broken, but the other is original, and cut straight across. This terminal is decorated with four transverse zones of what looks like rouletted ornament; two strips of circles in the centre, flanked with a strip of ribbing on either side. The rest of the fragment is decorated with longitudinal lines; the edges each have a groove cut across with tiny nicks, then a broad flat-topped ridge, then a broad groove, and in the centre a series of narrower grooves and ridges. It weighs 2.35g. Roman, …
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: CAMHER-869537
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy bracelet. One end is (oldish break) but the other retains a curled-back snake-head terminal. The body of the bracelet is very worn, but some decoration can just be seen – a groove running along either edge, with oblique nicks surviving in some places across the groove. Very close to the terminal, the oblique grooving seems to run right across the width of the bracelet, and it may be that the lines appear to be across the groove only because they are worn away from everywhere else. The bracelet drastically narrows at the surviving terminal, then turns back…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-868496
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy bracelet terminal that has been converted into a finger-ring. The original bracelet was flat and 7 mm wide, and may have been decorated with small dots perhaps along either edge, although the presence of many small corrosion pits makes this uncertain. One end is cut straight across, and the other preserves the original snake-head terminal of the bracelet, which has a slight flattening around the edge but no other detail or decoration. The finger-ring is large, 20 x 22 mm internally. The bracelet is Roman, late third or fourth centuries AD, and it was probab…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-867260
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of narrow copper-alloy bracelet. One end is broken (old break) and the other is sharply pointed; the curve of the bracelet is still obvious. It is apparently undecorated, although very corroded. Plano-convex cross-section. Uncurled length, 80 mm. Width 3 mm. Weight 3.84g. Probably Roman, late third or fourth centuries AD.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-864ED7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of narrow copper-alloy bracelet. Although both ends are broken, the curve of the bracelet is still obvious. It is very worn and the decoration is unclear in places, but there appears to be a zone of narrow oblique grooves at either edge, pointing in different directions to give a chevron effect but with the centre unmarked. Then there is a zone of similar oblique grooves in the centre, this time not reaching the edges. In places the decoration appears to be worn away completely. Flat cross-section. Total uncurled length of fragment, 87 mm; width, 5 mm. Weight 3.85g. Rom…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-862B65
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of narrow copper-alloy bracelet. Although both ends are broken, the curve of the bracelet is still obvious. It is decorated with continuous, slightly oblique, ribbing made up of quite broad grooves which reach right to the edges of the bracelet. The edges are not straight and parallel, but wiggle as if the more fragile edges of the grooves have become more worn than the more robust edges of the ridges. Flat cross-section. Quite corroded, with some parts of the surface missing. Maximum width 5 mm; uncurled length of fragment, 53 mm. Weight 2.12g. Roman, late third or fourth ce…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
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Record ID: CAMHER-860E56
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Jetton of Rose/orb type, very worn and with fragmentary edges. Issued by Hans Krauwinckel II, working 1586-1635.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-ECF650
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring, diameter 20 mm externally and 12 mm internally. In cross-section it is a slightly flattened circle, 3 x 4 mm. The ring has one point of considerable internal wear and has a nice mid green patina. Possibly a medieval buckle or brooch frame.
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-ECCD27
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy buckle frame with integral forked spacer plate. The frame is oval, with a pointed (but not grooved) projection at the pin rest; the frame has bevelled edges throughout with visible filemarks. The forked spacer has traces of solder on both faces where the decorative top and bottom plates were attached, and a slot forming a bar over which the pin could swivel. Length 40 mm, width of frame 22 mm, width of spacer plate 13mm, weight 3.7g. This buckle type dates to the 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-EC8032
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Long D-shaped copper-alloy buckle frame, now worn and bent. The bar was originally straight, and the sides have the vestiges of transverse ridges near the bar. In the centre of the curved outer edge is a large collared knop. This buckle frame is similar to one from London which was found in a deposit dated to c. 1300 to c. 1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 421); there are also several from Meols (Egan in Griffiths et al. 2007, nos. 622-5).
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Record ID: CAM-EC44E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small oval copper-alloy buckle frame, with a narrowed offset bar and quarter-circle cross-section. There is a lobe at either end of the bar and patches of iron staining all over frame and bar. It measures 15 mm long by 18 mm wide, and weighs 2.58g. This buckle frame is similar to one from London which was found in a deposit dated to c. 1270 to c. 1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 274).
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-EBF632
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small D-shaped copper-alloy buckle frame with narrowed bar. The frame is a flattish oval in cross-section, with a well-preserved shiny white-metal coating on the reverse which has completely worn off the upper surface. There are also filemarks on the reverse. This buckle frame is similar to one from London which was found in a deposit dated to c. 1330 to c. 1380 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 420).
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-895E77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy buckle frame, D-shaped internally; the outer edge has a central grooved projection forming the pin rest. There is a moulding across one side near the bar, but this has no pair across the other side. There are traces of a black coating, perhaps black ‘lacquer’ (a linseed oil coating). It measures 16 mm long and 19 mm wide, and weighs 1.31g. This is a rather amateurish copy of the ‘lipped’ buckle frames from London, found in deposits dated to c. 1270 to c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 306-310). The moulding on the side near the bar is also found o…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-893566
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy buckle frame, oval internally with an offset straight bar; the outer edge is pointed externally and has a grooved pin rest. The loop of a copper-alloy pin survives on the bar, with a groove across at the junction of the loop and shaft. White-metal coating over all surfaces of both frame and pin. It measures 15 mm long and 15 mm wide, and weighs 1.21g. Similar buckles from London have been found in deposits dated to c. 1270 to c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 306-310).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-891616
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flimsy oval copper-alloy buckle frame. The frame has an offset bar; the outer edge is thickened into an ornate solid pointed shape which is decorated on one face with grooves. The decoration is not symmetrical; there is a central grooved pin rest, and to one side a groove in front of a moulding and to the other side a groove in front of a double moulding. The straight bar has wear marks from a plate. The buckle frame is 21 mm wide and 17 mm long and weighs 1.37g. It is similar to a buckle from a late 14th-century context in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 297).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-88D8F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval copper-alloy buckle frame and part of plate. The frame has an offset straight bar; the outer edge is thickened into a roll-moulding with a recess in the centre holding a separate sheet roller. The roller is now corroded into position; it has a central grooved pin rest running around both faces. The remains of a copper-alloy plate are wrapped around the bar. This has frame recesses cut into either corner, and a slot for the pin, and two separate copper-alloy rivets. Both upper and lower plates are broken at the rivet holes. The plate is a maximum of 14 mm wide and the survivin…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-88A882
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval copper-alloy buckle frame with offset straight bar. The outer edge is thickened into a roll-moulding with a recess in the centre holding a separate sheet roller. Similar buckles from London have been found in deposits dated to c. 1270 to c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 298, 301, 315, 317).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-887201
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neatly made oval copper-alloy buckle frame with offset straight bar bearing traces of an iron pin. The outer edge is thickened into a roll-moulding with a recess in the centre holding a separate sheet roller. The roller is decorated with longitudinal ribbing and there is a patch of iron corrosion on it, presumably from the pin. Similar buckles from London have been found in deposits dated to c. 1270 to c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 298, 301, 315, 317).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-883DA6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neatly made oval copper-alloy buckle frame with offset straight bar. The outer edge is thickened into a roll-moulding with a recess in the centre which would originally have held a separate sheet roller. Similar buckles from London have been found in deposits dated to c. 1270 to c. 1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 298, 301, 315, 317).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-87F902
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval copper-alloy buckle frame with straight bar. The outer edge is thickened into a flattened roll-moulding decorated on one face with a series of transverse grooves. Two in the centre form a pin rest, and there is a further groove close to each corner. The bar, and the sides of the frame, are very worn. Similar buckles from London date from the late 12th to the late 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, p. 76).
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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