Record ID: NMGW-2B30C7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a silver signet ring, now incomplete (part of hoop missing). It has a flat, circular bezel for the matrix, which has the form of a round-petalled quatrefoil within pellets in the inter-leaf spaces, within a single circular rope border. The shoulders are demarcated by simple transverse grooves, and the upper part of the hoop is decorated with triple vertical ridges and a random and unevenly punched pattern of open circles, presumably intended to represent pellets/pearls. A transverse groove and two hatched dashes below this indicate a change in the lower hoop dec…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2B0CE9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a fragment of silver gilt 'fede' or devotional ring with a bezel in the form of an angel holding a sacred heart, the angel's right wing being represented by ridges for feathers. The hoop at this pint has the form of a flat band. Height 12.5mm; overall width 8.7mm; thickness 3.2mm; hoop width 5.2mm; hoop thickness 2mm; weight 1.35g. The ring, which has broken into two sections, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring is probably of fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century date. A similar bezel f…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-268725
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Gold decorative ring with central spine of very fine raised pellets, between two raised plain borders. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.6mm; band width 3.8mm; band thickness 0.6mm; weight 1.76g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring is similar to that of some fifteenth-century gold posy rings which have pelleted bands enclosing mottoes or poesies (such as a ring from Chinnor, Oxfordshire ref. no. 2010T660). A similar band style, with raised mid spine, occurs on a late medieval gold decorative ring found at Jordanstown, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-187C86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver gilt decorative finger ring, bent outwards in the centre of the fragment. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, within plain raised single band borders. The outer surface has a wide plain wavy band separating beaded panels, between the moulded edges of the hoop. The internal hoop diameter can be estimated at about 20mm; band width 7.9mm; band thickness 2.1mm; weight 3.42g. The ring, which has an unevenly tarnished/corroded surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring indicate that it dates to the fifteenth or early sixteenth ce…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-F40F2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, Bury St Edmunds Class 11a3 (c. 1311-14) 0.86g, worn and clipped
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-700BD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward IV second reign (1471-83) half groat, Canterbury North 1640 1.02, incomplete
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5A920B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward IV, first reign (1461-70) groat, Norwich Light coinage (1465-70) North 1582 2.63g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-05E56D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy spoon of 15th or 16th century date The spoon is near-complete but is without the organic parts of the handle and the end of the bowl is damaged (with a length of 113.1mm and a weight of 48.4g). The bowl is of fig-shaped form (51.8mm long, 44.2mm wide, 12mm deep and 1.3mm - 3.0mm thick) with a rounded end and the top edge has a slight concavity. The stem is comparatively short (at 61mm) and is of rounded, sub-rectangular section with expansions (8.8mm thick and 7.4mm wide) flanking the bowl, at the apex and midway between the two. The mouldings are enhanced w…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coity Castle', grid reference and parish protected.