Record ID: WMAS-333E11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a copper alloy brooch. What remains is the lower bow with the catchplate. The bow is very narrow in plan and is sub-oval in cross-section. It is 35.3mm long and 1.8mm wide, and tapers to a blunt point with no foot or decoration. The catchplate is sub-triangular with a central sub-triangular perforation. The side edge of the plate is folded over to form a pin rest. The object is a dark matt green grey colour and is in fair condition. The fragment is probably part of a Colchester-Two piece brooch. However, without more of the object its type is u…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-333C76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment from a Roman Brooch. It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. What remains is the lower part of the bow. In profile the upper portion of the brooch is curvaceous. Looking at the front of the brooch, the apex of the curve is decorated by three traverse ridges, with the central ridge being considerably more pronounced than the ridges on either side. The bow width tapers as you move towards the foot. The foot is plain except for a small foot knob. In section the bow is ‘D’-shaped. Looking at the reverse of the bow, the top is flat and u…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-333B47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch of a type common in the West Midlands. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support an iron axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The bow head has a large hump. In profile a slight under head bulge can also be seen. In the centre of the hump, on both sides a moulding is present at the junction between the b…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-333A35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.b.-4c, Plate 46. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar. The ends of the wings are decorated by two adjacent longitudinal grooves, the rest of the wings are undecorated. The bow head has little to no hump so that in cross-section the bow forms a…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-333917
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type, West Midlands), Mackreth 2011, 4.c. Plate 46, pg. 72, no. 1939. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has short cylindrical wings with caps on each end. The caps are complete and perforated by a single hole. The semi-enclosed wings and wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is humped and is flanked on either side by small, slightly concave, raised appendages. In the centr…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: WMAS-3336B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an incomplete brooch of Langton Down type. It is thought to date to the late Iron Age to early Roman period or 1st Century AD. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy. As an example Hattatt (Hattatt, R 1987. Brooches of Antiquity. Oxbow: Oxford; fig.16, no. 770) illustrates a Langton Down type brooch from France which is similar to, but more complete than the recorded example. The head of the brooch comprises of a cylindrical spring cover. The only openings in the cover are at each end and through a slit on the reverse of the cover. Parts of the cover are…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-333364
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, Western Group), Mackreth 2011, 5.b4. P.late 50. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy and is incomplete. Looking at the front of the brooch in plan, the brooch has long cylindrical wings which terminate with caps that are perforated by a single hole. In one of the holes the end of a copper alloy axis bar can be clearly seen; the opposing wing cap however, is slightly damaged around its perimeter (not recent breaks) making the axis bar more difficult to see. The damage was possibly caused by t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
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Record ID: WMAS-F49613
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is an oval buckle frame with recessed plate. The buckle dates to the Medieval or 14th -16th centuries. It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan the frame is oval. The loop is sub-oval in section and is widest at the apex which is 3.3mm wide and 1.7mm thick. The width of the loop gradually tapers inwards towards the strap bar. The thickness of the loop however, is the same throughout. In section the frame is flat. The pin is sub-rectangular in section and heavily corroded. A rectangular shaped portion of the pin is curled around the strap …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F49110
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a probable fragment from a strap clasp of medieval date, or mid 13th century to mid 15th century (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide, Version 1.1; August 2001, p. 35). It is made of cast copper alloy. In plan the object is sub-rectangular. The sides of the frame are slightly convex. At what would have been the rotating end of the frame is a narrowed bar which is sub-circular in cross-section. It is decorated at each end by small knops. At the opposing, or hinged end is another narrowed bar. Folded around this bar, are the remains of a separate cast cop…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F485B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 15.6mm in length from side edge to side edge. The width from the apex of the loop to the strap bar (including pin) is 14.2mm and its weight is 1.63g. The object is complete. In plan the frame is sub-oval shaped. The loop is sub-oval in cross-section and is widest at the apex which is 6.4mm wide and 2.7mm thick. The width of the loop gradually tapers inwards towards the strap bar. The thickness of the loop however, is approximately the same throughout. In section the frame is flat. The strap bar is narrowed bu…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F47CF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle frame. The length of the buckle from side edge to side edge is 15.0mm, the width from the apex of the loop to the central bar is 11.1mm and the weight is 0.54g. In plan the buckle frame comprises of a single loop, a central strap bar and the remnants of the sides of a now missing second loop (not recent breaks). The complete loop is sub-oval in shape. The outer edge of the loop is angled. In cross-section the frame is flat. The strap bar is sub-rectangular in section. The frame is undecorated and the pin is missing. The buckle is h…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F47145
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. The length of the buckle from side edge to side edge is 22.9mm, the width from the apex of the loop to the apex of the opposing loop is 23.1mm and the weight is 2.49g. The object is complete. In plan the buckle frame comprises of double loops with a central strap bar. Both loops are sub-oval in shape and the same size. In section the buckle frame is angled. In cross-section the loops are sub-oval shaped and positioned at a slight angle so that the outer edges to appear to graduate outwards. The reverse of the buckle is …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F42668
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 18.4mm in length from side edge to side edge. The width from the apex of the loop to the strap bar is 15.9mm. Its weight is 1.58g. In plan the frame is a sub-oval shape. The strap bar is off-set, narrowed and is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The outer edge opposite the strap bar is sub-rectangular in plan and section. The side edges are sub-trapezoid in cross-section and graduate outwards. The reverse of the buckle is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing. The buckle is heavily abraded and in…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F41B67
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a D-shaped buckle with integral plate dating to the medieval or mid 13th to 16th century. It is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete. In plan the loop is sub-D-shaped with a lipped outer edge, which is bent outwards slightly. In section the buckle is flat. The length of the loop from side edge to side edge is 21.2mm and the width (from the lipped edge to the point where the strap bar and integral plate meet) is approximately 21.4mm. In cross-section the loop is sub-oval and approximately 1.9mm thick. The buckle is undecorated and the pin is missing. …
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F41358
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 21.4mm in length from side edge to side edge. The width from the apex of the loop to the strap bar (including lip and pin) is 18.3mm. Its weight is 2.81g. In plan the buckle frame is D-shaped and in cross-section the frame is sub-oval. On the outside edge there is a slight lip. The obverse and reverse of the object are both undecorated. The strap bar is sub-oval in cross-section. On the reverse of the strap bar the surface is quite rough suggesting that the buckle has possibly been damaged, or was possi…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F40ED8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object comprises of two parts, an incomplete oval buckle frame and a fragment of a buckle plate. The objects are thought to be medieval or post medieval in date or 15th to 16th century. Both are made of cast copper alloy. The buckle frame is oval in plan and flat in cross-section. It has a single oval loop which is divided in two by a strap bar which is sub-oval in cross-section. The outer edge of the loop is lipped. The length of the frame from side edge to side edge is 15.2mm and the width from the apex of the outer edge to the approximate opposing edge of the fram…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-F3FC67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a probable medieval quatrefoil brooch dated to the 14th to 15th century. It is made of cast copper alloy and appears complete. The brooch is made up of four lobes and is open framed. On the outer edge of the apex of each lobe, is a single knop, which is triangular in section and is sub-rectangular in plan. In cross-section the frame is D-shaped, with the reverse of the brooch being flatter than the front. The brooch has a separate swivelling pin which is also made of copper and is sub-rectangular in section. A rectangular shaped portion of the pin is cur…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-79ED18
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 16.9mm in length from side edge to side edge. The width from the apex of the loop to the strap bar is 16.4mm. Its weight is 1.65g. In plan the frame is a sub-oval shape. The strap bar is slightly off-set, narrowed and is sub-square in cross-section. The outer edge opposite the strap bar is sub-rectangular in plan and section. The obverse of the outer edge is decorated with parallel traverse grooves the longest of which is 5.0mm. The side edges are sub-rectangular in cross-section and curved outwards. The reverse of the buc…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Saturday 11th August 2018
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Record ID: WMAS-79AAB7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a fragment of a double-looped trapezoidal buckle frame dating to the Post Medieval or 17th century. The buckle is made from cast copper alloy. In plan the outside edge of the rectangular frame is triangular. It is 10.7mm wide and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The obverse of this triangle is decorated by two rows of overlapping circles, with three circles in the upper row near the frame apex and two circles in the lower row. Both rows of circles overlap one another. The obverse face of the frame’s sides, are each decorated by seven longitudinal g…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMAS-794EE4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The buckle frame is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 24.7mm in length from side edge to side edge. The width from the apex of the loop to the strap bar (including pin) is 19.8mm. The width of the loop at the apex is 4.4mm, and the thickness in the same place is1.2mm. Its weight is 0.78g. In plan the frame is sub-‘D’-shaped. The loop is sub-oval in section and is widest at the apex. The width of loop gradually tapers inwards towards the strap bar. The thickness of the loop however, is the same throughout. In section the frame is slightly angled, this is most p…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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