Record ID: PUBLIC-7509B5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy button of 17th century date The button is of circular, domed form (with a diameter of 27.2mm, a height of 6.8mm and a weight of 10.5g) and has broken across the perforation in the integral shank (with an overall surviving depth of 10.4mm). The button depicts the bust of a post medieval monarch in side profile, flanked on each side by a flower, all in cast relief. The king is depicted with shoulder length hair and is wearing a crown. The rear of the button is hollowed and has minimal finishing. The integral shank is of rectangular section (7.6mm wide and 2.1…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74C930
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel escutcheon, probably second or third century AD The escutcheon is complete and comprises a robust attachment plate and integral loop (with an overall length of 66.0mm, a depth of 24.0mm and a weight of 107.2g). The leaf-shaped plate (47.6mm long, 48.6mm wide and 11.1mm thick) has five projecting points the top two of which, have flattened tops to depict a vine leaf. The top edge is concave and rounded while the other four sides are angular and two projecting points. The face is convex with no surviving applied decoration and the rear of the plate is slightl…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-73FE78
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog's head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is complete (with an overall length of 62mm and a weight of 54.0g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval opening (with external dimensions: 45.0mm long and 16.4mm wide). The dog has oval and upright ears, concave across their widths. The snout is represented by a concave depression and there is a prominent ridge across the dog's brow. The dog's eyes are dot defined…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47C8D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill sub-group (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 1.b1, enamelled panel on upper bow, and on tapering lower bow, flat wing ends type).150-250 AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 48.6mm, a depth of 14.6mm and a weight of 8.3g). The spring remains in place, wound around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the missing chord was tensioned through a lug or crest at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are circular and elliptical and…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47A235
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy belt mount and possible purse holder, probably of 15th to 16th century date The mount is complete (with a length of 56.7mm) and is attached to a fragmentary copper alloy chain (with a combined weight of 21.7g). The chain is attached to a circular loop (with a diameter of 15.9mm). The mount has horizontal bars at both ends (giving a maximum width of 15.8mm) containing one or two grooves. The panel between the bars is plain with convex sides. The loop is closed against the rear of the body of the mount (giving the mount a depth of 10.2mm). Th…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4776D3
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of Middle Anglo-Saxon date, c. mid 7th to mid 9th century The pin is fragmentary, broken across the shaft (and has a surviving lengthy of 33.3mm and a weight of 2.3g). The head is of polyhedral form, and is of faceted-globular shape (with a width of 7.6mm - 8.4mm and a height of 7.5mm). The head is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motif, somewhat irregularly arranged. At the base of the head is a collar moulding. The shaft is circular sectioned (1.8mm - 2.0mm diameter). The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th July 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-475844
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy cable bracelet with three twisted copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-triangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.9mm thick), producing a bracelet is of oval section (with a maximum width and thickness of 5.3mm x 5.2mm at the centre and 4.1mm wide and 2.8mm thick at the terminals). The terminals are simple and undecorated with the strands feathered (and a gap of 8mm). One of the strands has broken at the mid section. The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently treated. The bracelet is complete and is comparatively …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-474193
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 14th century date The pendant is of elaborate quatrefoil form and is incomplete, missing the loop (with a surviving and slightly distorted length of 37.0mm and a weight of 11.5g). The loop has broken through the perforation (with a surviving width of 4.5mm and perforation diameter of 1.6mm). The pendant (with a width of 32.3mm and a thickness of 1.8mm - 3.4mm) is enamelled and depicts a central lion passant in a square field of red (gules) enamel. Each of the four-lobes contains a raised fleur-de-lis, which was gilded (or) and the…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4726F3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal, probably of 17th century date The cloth seal is represented by one of the inner discs of a four-part seal (with a length of 39.9mm and a weight of 15.3g). The disc is circular (with a diameter of 37.9mm and a thickness of 1.9mm). The design on the disc depicts an angel facing forward in pleated dress. She is holding a palm branch in the right hand (with extended arm) and possibly an hour-glass in the left hand (with the arm bent at the elbow). The encircling legend around reads: GLORIA IN EXC[ELS]IS. There appears to be a four-petalled flower at the …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0D5048
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is complete, but distorted and includes the suspension mount (with an overall distorted length of 54.6mm and a weight of 14.0g). The suspension mount comprises a simple vertical bar (19.6mm long and 7.3mm wide). The mount was attached by an integral rivet (giving an overall depth of 10.1mm). The pendant is hinged between the twin lugs of the mount, secured by a copper alloy axis bar. The pendant is shield shaped (with a distorted length of 43.9mm, a width of 26.5mm and a thickness of…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0CB606
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, possibly of Roman The bracelet is fragmentary, represented by less than half (with a surviving length of 63.3mm and a weight of 14.5g) and is broken at both ends. The bracelet is of cable type, constructed with three intertwined copper alloy wires. The wires are wound tightly without any space and are of sub-rectangular section (3.9mm wide and 3.1mm thick), producing a bracelet is of rounded D-shaped section (7.8mm wide x 5.9mm thick at one end and 6.7mm wide and 5.1mm thick at the other). The surface has a dark-brown patina and has been recently tre…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0B06F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate and is distorted (with a distorted length of 45.0mm, a straightened length of approximately 77mm, a depth of 27.1mm and a weight of 6.1g). The missing spring would have been positioned behind wings, which are both bent against the head in opposite directions (with a distorted width for the wings of 11.8mm) and the chord was tensioned above the head with a rearward claw. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (with a width o…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0AA636
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is incomplete, missing the loop (with a surviving length of 29.5mm and a weight of 9.4g). The pendant is square (20.7mm) with a raised knurled rim (4.3mm thick). Within the border is a saltire cross with trefoil terminals in relief. At the centre of the cross is a raised circular pellet (3.7mm diameter). The rear of the pendant is flat with a protrusion at the centre, indicating that the central pellet is a separate pin (5.8mm long). The pendant has some surface preservation with remnant …
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-751557
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell fragment or looped mount, possibly of Roman date The object is fragmentary (with a length of 23.3mm and a weight of 8.6g). At the apex is an itegral suspension loop (11.4mm high and 14.0mm wide) with an oval aperture (6.2mm x 5.1mm). The loop is of hexagonally faceted section (4.5mm wide and 5.6mm thick). The top of the object is domed and was possibly slightly oval, although little survives (With a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving width of 23.4mmand a thickness of 1.9mm). Around the base of the fragments is raised rib. The surface is heavily-pitted and wher…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74F0A7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting of uncertain purpose and probably of Roman date The fitting is fragmentary, broken one end (with a surviving length of 35.8mm and a weight of 11.4g) and comprises a loop at one end (with a depth of 11.2mm, and a thickness of 7.8mm) with a central circular perforation, now filled with iron corrosion(with an internal diameter of 3mm). At the end of the loop is groove, before an arm of sub-rectangular section. The mid-part of the arm has a decorative rib (7.4mm wide). The fitting has broken through another terminal loop, which also has iron corrosion in the centra…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-749A73
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel foot, probably of 1st to 2nd century AD date The foot is complete but corroded (with a length of 53.8mm, a width of 14.8mm and a weight of 23.2g) and is of pelta shape, with protruding knops near the ends. The foot is of sub-rectangular section (8.2mm thick). The circumference arc of the outside edge would suggest that the vessel had a radius at the base of 45mm. The foot is enhanced on one side with an incised border next to the edge and the face has a groove at the centre of each of the ends. The vessel foot has a dark green surface patina, where it surv…
Created on: Friday 26th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-65A606
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver spoon of 18th century date The spoon is fragmentary and represented by the top part of the handle (with a surviving length of 50.7mm and a weight of 13.1g). The stem is of D-shaped section with moderately straight sides, widening slightly towards the apex (with a width at the break of 3.8mm and a thickness of 2.6mm, expanding to 5.6mm and 4.8mm respectively beneath the terminal). There is the suggestion of ribbed decoration below the cherub head knop. The cherub head is crudely cast in the round and is worn (with a maximum width of 15.6mm and a thickness of 8.1mm…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-658BA1
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy dagger hilt fitting, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The hilt fitting is of sub-rectangular form with prominent side knops (giving a maximum surviving width of 34.5mm, a height of 22.3mm and a weight of 20.6g). Both face are convex (giving the fitting a maximum thickness at the centre of 13.5mm) and have vertical ribbed decoration. It is unclear whether the side knops are remnants of the arms of a dagger guard or part of separate hilt fitting. The knops are of rectangular section and are of similar size. One end of the fitting has a recessed, s…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D1C0C5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age axe blade, probably of Middle to Late Bronze Age, c. 1,500 - 700BC The axe is fragmentary, represented by part of the blade edge (with a surviving length of 25.6mm, a surviving width of 30.9mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 10.4mm and a weight of 37.7g). The surviving side is near-straight and slightly divergent to the blade tip (producing a surviving blade width of 30.0mm). The side suggests that the axe was of slightly hexagonal section. The casting seam is evident and has been fettled, seemingly by hammering. The axe faces were gently concave across their widths but s…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D1A4A6
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead of Barbed and Tanged type, c. 2500BC - 1500BC The arrowhead is near-complete, missing one barb and the tip (with a length of 24.9mm, a width of 19.3mm, a thickness of 4.4mm and a weight of 1.5g). The surviving barb is pointed and the tang is sub-square and is probably a 'Sutton' type. The flint is mid-grey and has patinated pale grey to milky-white.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
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