Record ID: NMGW-5CA592
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead cloth seal The seal is of uncertain form and the fragmentary remains of two discs are represented, now oval (with a surviving, length of 18.7mm, a surviving width of 13.0mm, a depth of 4.0mm and a weight of 4.3g). The face has a partial inscription preserved: EDWA[ ], indicating Edward, within a beaded border and the device at the centre has a trefoil at the apex, possibly a component of a crown but little of the device now survives.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-5BC47F
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible post medieval lead hooked tag. It is incomplete and distorted, missing the hook, with a surviving length of 21.1mm and a weight of 3.0g. The tag had a rectangular attachment loop at one end, now distorted. At the centre is a circular boss (4.0mm diameter) with cast decoration comprising a raised concentric knurled ring, inside of which are five raised ring-and-dot motifs at the centre. At the base is the stub of the presumed hook, now missing. Iron wire appears to have been contained within the lead and has corroded on to the surface in areas. The tag resembles the form of…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-498429
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal, probably of 17th century The cloth seal is of two-part type and is complete (with an overall length of 21.3mm, a thickness of 4.1mm and a weight of 6.2g). The discs are circular (with a diameter of 16mm - 17mm) and the rear disc with flattened rivet is and is not stamped. The front disc has a design with a possible SPI, where the upright of the 'P' in incorporated into a sideways orientated '&' and all within a beaded border. It has not been possible to identify the seal marks but the general form may be best paralleled with clothiers', weavers' …
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-07268F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval, Viking weight of 9th or 10th century date The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental enamelled copper alloy metalwork set into a lead base and is near-complete, missing much of the enamel (with a weight of 116.3g). The lead base is flat and sub-oval (36.5mm x 27.5mm) and the sides are slightly concave and convergent to the top face with a sub-rectangular section (19.0mm thick). A decorated enamelled copper alloy mount, now of sub-triangular form is surmounted into the lead (27mm long and 19mm wide). The mount is decorated with geometric motifs. The lower mo…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-0555D7
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead powder cap of 17th century date The cap is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted mouth diameter of 25.9mm, x 14.2mm, a base diameter of 16-19mm, a width, including lugs of 26.8mm, a height of 17.4mm and a weight of 14.0g). Both lugs are present (with a width of 6.8mm, a length of 6mm and a thickness of 2mm). The mouth has no external mounding but ribs are evident running along the face between the lugs. The surface is heavily corroded with a pale white-grey corrosion and mid-grey metal.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DFB714
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal of 17th century date The seal is sub-circular and may have been of two or four disc type with the connecting strips now missing (with a maximum diameter of 15.8mm, a thickness of 1.3mm and a weight of 1.3g). The disc has a crown above a harp and flanked each side by C - R, probably indicating an Irish alnage seal of Charles I (1625-49) or possibly Charles II (1660-1685). The rear is plain.
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-DF937E
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy badge of medieval date, probably a pilgrim badge representing Thomas Becket of 14th or 15th century date The badge is of circular, umbonate form and is incomplete, missing the pin and part of the rim (with a diameter of 26.4mm, a height of 6.1mm and a weight of 4.6g) probably representing a buckler. The outside of the rim is raised with a double-moulding, enhanced with raised pellets. The positions of the raised pellets corresponds with stubs around the edge, possibly from a larger openwork badge. At the centre is a raised boss (12.6mm diameter and 4.8mm high) with…
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7456D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal of mid-17th to early 18th century date The seal is of two-disc type with the connecting strip now fragmentary (with a length of 19.0mm, a width of 11.0mm, a depth of 3.4mm and a weight of 2.7g). One of the discs has a crown above R(reversed) WR, indicating an alnage seal of William III. There is no design now discernible on the other disc.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-3752B3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The matrix is of pointed-oval form and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 41.6mm, a width of 26.0mm, a thickness of 2.7mm - 3.7mm and a weight of 18.3g). The rear has a lug at its apex, (giving a maximum surviving depth of 8.6mm), which does not appear to be perforated and may have broken before the perforation. There is no suggestion of a rib or similar, descending from the lug. The seal die moderately clear and has a comparatively crude inscription. The central device is geometric, comprising thre…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-20AF0B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated lead weight of uncertain date, possibly medieval to post medieval The cast weight is circular (with a diameter of 46.9mm - 48.4mm) and is rectangular sectioned (with a thickness of 5.7mm). The face is decorated with a moulded whirligig device composed of raised arcing ribs. The weight currently weighs 78.05g, equivalent to 2.75312 ounces, possibly originally a three-ounce weight.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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