Record ID: LON-5CE393
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy post-medieval seal matrix with quartefoil handle. The die is oval, measuring 12.6mm x 11.3mm. In intaglio are two Rs with foliage above and below. It is within an incised border. The integral handle of the seal matrix is flat with a solid stem connecting the matrix itself to an open quartefoil. On the opposite side of the quartefoil from the stem is an attachment loop. On the other two loops of the quartefoil have knops on their external edge. The form suggest a c. 17th-century date for this seal matrix, and similar seal have been recorded on this database made…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-5D18B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy plate from a medieval buckle. The plate is rectangular, formed from one sheet folded over to surround the strap. Five rivet remain in situ; one in each corner and one in the centre. The pin bar is also in situ but the pin and buckle frame are missing. One face of the plate is decorated with a zig zag border. The plate measures 32.6mm (length) x 17.5mm (width) x 4.8mm (thickness) and weighs 4.71g. A similar plate is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, p. 111-112, ref. 505), with a zig zag border, five rivets and an internal pin bar. That example is from an archaeo…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-5D6831
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy single loop 'D' shaped with ornate outer edge buckle, missing its pin. The D-shaped loop is oval in section; all its edges are bevelled.. The outer edge widens and in the centre has a sheet roller made from a different coppper alloy. The roller is notched in the centre to hold the pin, and is decorated with parallel incised lines. The buckle curves round to the pin bar. At each end of the pin bar are squared knops, attaching it to the rest of the frame. The pin bar is narrowed and offset. The buckle frame is plain. The buckle is covered in a …
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-5DBC36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and bent Roman copper alloy Aucissa brooch, missing its pin. The bow is decorated with four incised vertical lines until the catchplate starts. A perpendicular line separates the vertical decoration from the catchplate section, which is plain until the bottom flares out for a wider rounded foot, which measures 4.8mm. The bow narrows from 8.3mm at the head end to 2.6mm just before the foot. The catchpiece on the reverse of the brooch has broken so the curl which holds the pin is now missing. The break is old and the catchplate is very worn. At the opposite end of the broo…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-5DF2C5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of decorated copper alloy, probably from a Roman pin. It is cylindral in shape and one third of the length of the fragment is decorated with incised diagonal parallel lines, bordered at either end with double horizontal incised lines. There are breaks at either end of the fragment. It measures 43.1mm (length) x 4.1mm (diameter) and weighs 3.47g. The light green patina of the object, its diameter and the style of decorated strongly suggest it could be part of a Roman hair pin, so it has been given a broadly Roman date.
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-5E5B96
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete set of copper alloy tweezers with traces of gilding, which date from the Roman to Early Medieval period. One half of the tweezers has broken off after the fold, which has left a hook-like stump. The tweezer is narrower but thicker at the break end (5.0mm x 3.1mm), and has been flattened and widened to create a thin tweezer blade (9.9mm x 1.2mm). The section between the blade and the loop is decorated with horizontal grooves. Traces of gilding can be seen around these grooves and also in a wide groove on the external side of the loop. The incomplete tweezer now measures 6…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-6B5665
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy cross-shaped object, possibly a mount or finial. The cross is made from two pieces of copper alloy held together with a rivet through the meeting point of the arms of the cross. The rivet is made from a different copper alloy, and is therefore a lighter green than the rest of the cross. All of the edges of the cross are bevelled with indents running from the inner corners of the cross to the central rivet. One projection of the cross is longer than the other three (24.1mm in comparison to c.9.8mm), and its tip is narrowed and recessed. This may have been to slo…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: LON-DA8E95
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy single loop buckle with in-situ rollers and pin. The frame is oval; the outer edge has two protruding squared knops. Between the knops the frame is narrowed and recessed to allow for an in-situ copper alloy sheet roller; the alloy is different to that of the frame. The frame is bevelled on all edges on both the upper and lower surface. The pin bar is narrowed and recessed; a second sheet roller is in-situ. The pin is made from a piece of copper alloy wire which is twisted once around the roller on the pin bar and then projects out towards the outer …
Created on: Friday 30th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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Record ID: LON-DCF553
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy single loop buckle with integral spacer, missing its pin and plates. The frame is oval; the outer edge has a protruding pointed lip on the outer edge. The frame is triangular in section; the upper surface slopes and narrows towards the outer edge; the lower surface is bevelled on all edges. The pin bar is set back from the frame, and sits between the two, now broken, integral spacers. The pin is missing. At either side of the pin bar the spacers are the same thickness as the frame; after the bar they recess on both their upper and lower surfaces to …
Created on: Friday 30th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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Record ID: LON-ED0441
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A buckle plate fragment from a post medieval copper alloy composite buckle. The fragment contains front half of the buckle plate. It contains the broken remains of the two 'arms' which encircled the pin bar, with a slot between to allow for the pin. From the pin bar attachment the plate curves outwards then inwards, to form a narrowed waist, then ends in a tri-lobed terminal. The upper surface is decorated with a foliate design. There are two rivet holes on the plate; one is in the widened area and one is near the tri-lobe terminals. There is an in-situ iron rivet in the latter. The p…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2015
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