Record ID: DEV-45BB62
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy strap mount. The head of the mount is sub-cordate in plan and there are two integral rivets on its reverse.
Created on: Saturday 30th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-457207
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy mount. The mount is of trapezoidal cross section and has straight, parallel sides. At either end, a transverse ridge separates the body of the mount from its rounded terminal with central rivet hole and projecting lobe.
Created on: Saturday 30th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-F1CD78
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular buckle with incised groove decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2011
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Record ID: DEV-F18967
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork mount. The central portion is sub-circular in plan and has three irregular perforations. A rounded knop with rivet hole projects upwards from the top, and there is a second such knop at the base. Iron corrosion surrounds the upper rivet hole, and the lower contains part of a rusted iron rivet.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-F13924
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy leg from a cauldron or similar vessel. The piece is roughly semicircular in plan, the sides converging towards the rounded foot.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-F0C6E0
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early post-Medieval copper-alloy book clasp. The object consists of a sub-rectangular plate which flares towards the toothed top side. A wide rearward hook projects from the base. There are two rivet holes near the top side and a third at the centre of the clasp. All three rivet holes are surrounded by concentric grooves, and a pattern of lightly incised, vertical grooves decorates the clasp's upper surface.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-F08BA3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy single loop asymmetrical buckle with ornate outer edge and evidence of gilding. See Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' for a similar example, reference below.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 29th August 2011
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Record ID: DEV-F01E00
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval lead-alloy alnage cloth seal of George I (AD 1714-1727), with an end date of 1724 relating to the end of the alnage system. The seal consists of two pairs of two discs, four in total, the central pair of inner discs connected by a rectangular strip, folded such that the two sets of pairs overlap. One inner disc depicts the bust of the king, in profile facing right. Any inscription is now unclear. There is a radiating border around the edge of the disc. The other inner disc depicts a rose and thistle, surmounted by a crown. There is a 1 to the left of the crown and 1/2 …
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: DEV-EE30C7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked tag. The head is circular in plan and decorated with a white-metal-coated boss, now squashed, surrounded by a ropework rim. A rearward hook projects from the bottom of the headplate.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EDF4E5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy strap-end. The object comprises two tongue-shaped plates, of equal dimensions, probably joined together with solder. A corroded iron rivet survives in situ, located centrally, just below the horizontal top side. The upper surface of the strap-end has a border of rocker arm decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-ED9AF4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy thimble with hand-punched indentations.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Sunday 4th September 2011
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Record ID: DEV-ED6F23
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy shield shaped mount, decorated with three lions passant regardant. Some of the red enamelling remains.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2011
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Record ID: DEV-ECFF85
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix with hexagonal stem, which is now broken. The seal shows a crude face with a small sword or dagger to the right. The legend appears to read EARVM J OTIS, however a similar item reported by the same finder in 2005 bore the name GRAHAM OTIS, and it is possible that this is the same item.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2011
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Record ID: DEV-EC7644
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy purse bar of 15th - 16th century date. The central boss is decorated with inlaid niello. The bar is round in section; and is decorated with a cross hatch pattern; at the base of the bar is a projection with two holes, where the purse pouch was attached. The bar has broken off at one side and is missing. A similar example can be seen in 'Medieval Artefacts' by Nigel Miller, p 98, number 257. For a discussion on purses and purse frames see 'Dress Accessories 1140 - 1450' by Egan and Pritchard and 'Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition' by Egan. (Full r…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EBD308
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy harness pendant with heraldic decoration of 13th/14th-century date. It has an integral suspension loop emerging at right angles from the centre of the flat top of the shield shape. The front of the pendant is decorated with three conjoined lozenge-shapes in red enamel, with a small fleck of tinning surviving next to one of the lozenge-shapes. As such, the device can be described heraldically as 'Argent three fusils conjoined in fess Gules'. It measures 45 by 25 mm, and weighs 14.76 g. A similar harness pendant has been published by Ashley (2002, 12, 48…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: DEV-EB9961
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy heraldic mount, patterned with a cross fourchee on the front with traces of blue and red enamel remaining. At the back of the mount are the remains of a lug, which would have served as a means of attachment.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Saturday 20th February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-EB1DB4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy thimble with punched indentations, squashed in antiquity so that the rim effectively formed a seal. A piece of woven cloth had been trapped in the thimble when it was squashed and has consequently been preserved in excellent condition.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Record ID: DEV-EA97D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy signet ring, now in two pieces, dating from the post-Medieval period. The sub-oval bezel has an incised pattern which could either be a sunburst or eye. The shoulders taper into the flat-sectioned hoop, which is broken.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EA5426
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy sheet metal pot mend/rivet, dating from the Medieval to post-Medieval periods. The artefact has been made from a lozenge-shaped piece of sheet metal, the right- and left-hand ends of which have been bent towards the centre, pushed through the break in the vessel, then truncated and folded outwards. Part of the mended copper-alloy vessel survives in situ. Similar rivets have been found in excavations in London, in both medieval (see Egan 1998: 176) and early post-Medieval (Egan 2005: 101) levels.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EA0DF1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy single loop asymmetrical strap-end buckle. The buckle appears to have a grooved pattern on the rounded edge, but it is too worn to make anything further out. See Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' for similar examples, reference below.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 29th August 2011
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