Record ID: ESS-A01233
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic brooch dating to the Roman period c. AD 100-200. The brooch is broken near the head and missing the pin and lug, but otherwise complete. It takes the form of a fish or dolphin and is approx. 52.1mm in length. The fish's tail is triangular and inset with two panels of triangular, brown coloured enamel, much of which is now missing. The maximum width of the tail is 12.9mm. On the underside of the tail are two semi-circular lugs with evidence of iron staining around a pierced hole. This would have been the pierced plate portion of the brooch hinge.…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
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Record ID: ESS-4EA33C
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete, single post-medieval silver cufflink of the 'Crown and Heart' Form 1, Type A style (Finds Research Datasheet 46), dating to c. AD1625-1725.  The front of the cufflink shows a crown above two side-by-side hearts.  The reverse has a central soldered wire loop.  The link which would have secured this to the (not present) second button is missing. Dimensions:  Diameter: 14.41mm; Thickness: 0.72mm; Weight: 0.77g Discussion:  The use of 'crowned, conjoined and pierced hearts, have a long history' (Lewis: 2013), but the…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rickinghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E6C8CE
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A incomplete silver spoon, dating to c. AD 1580-1625, represented by the bowl and the lower portion of the stem. The ovoid bowl has an integral sub-rectangular stem. The interior of the bowl is stamped at the narrower end, just below the stem, with the London silver mark, a crowned leopard’s head. On the reverse, the stem bears a stamped ‘WC’ – in the form of a letter C on its side enclosing a letter W – the mark of the silversmith William Cawdell. Above this is the lion passant sterling mark and above this would have been the date letter but unfortunately…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dennington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E6BD7F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger-ring of late Roman date, c. AD 200-400, which has been squashed almost flat. The bezel has an oval collet for the oval intaglio (now missing). The setting has a border around it formed of a narrow projecting flange decorated with a ‘rope’ design. The hoop is a narrow strip that widens into sub-triangular shoulders with scalloped edges and two pairs of oblique grooves. Dimensions: Collet: 14mm by 10mm; hoop width: 2mm; weight: 3.15g. Discussion: This find is a very similar to a gold finger ring with a red glass setting from Sedge…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E366EB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger ring of Roman date with set intaglio. The ring is Henig type V/ Guiraud type 4e characterised by its wide, flattened hoop and rectangular bezel and dates to the second or third century. The shoulders of the hoop are decorated with ten applied globules of gold arranged in triangles and intended to represent bunches of grapes. The oval setting for the is intaglio decorated with a singular globule in each corner of the bezel on which it sits. The intaglio is of dark red stone, either carnelian or glass, engraved with the image of a satyr left holding a bunch of …
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FD38B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold or gold gilt finger ring of Post Medieval date. The bezel of the ring is sub-rectangular and set with a dark blue or black cut paste stone. The band is comprised of seven scrolls over which the inscription: ‘X MEMENTO MORI X’ is divided. The ring has an all-over light brown patina. Dimensions: length: 22.9mm, width: 9.6, thickness (of band): 7mm, height (of bezel): 4.2mm weight: 3.33g Discussion: There are no parallels to this ring on the database, however a gold finger ring of a similar style in the British Museum’s collection (AF.1680…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D25E22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete cast silver annular brooch dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1400). The brooch is circular in shape with a pin attached to a short recessed section of the frame. The pin is attached to the frame by an oval attachment loop. The shaft of the pin is rectangular in shape and tapers gradually from the attachment loop towards the pointed tip that rests on the upper surface of the frame. There is no visible pin rest. The upper side of the frame has outer and inner borders created by its bevelled composition. The underside is plain. Dimensions: diameter:…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratford St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EC0564
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anthropomorphic bracket and swivelling arm from a copper-alloy chafing dish of Lewis's Type F, dating to the Post-Medieval period c. 1500-1650. It is made out of a flat piece of copper-alloy plate approximately 3.4mm thick. The artefact is comprised of two pieces: an incomplete bar with a human head shaped terminal in profile, and a bifurcated swivelling bar that is attached below the head with a copper-alloy rivet. The face is engraved with details outlining the eye, which is large and triangular, as well as defining the cheek and jawline. The nose is pointed and prominent in the …
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: ESS-D4AA33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age silver unit of Cunobelinus (AD 8-41). 'Man Horse' type (ABC 2828) (VA 1918) (Rudd 22.61). Obverse: CAMVL in panel with fish or dolphins above and below. Wreath border encircling all. Reverse: Centaur carrying wreath with pellet in ring below
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-D46BF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine II (as Caesar) dating to AD 323-324 (Reece period 16). BEATA TRANQILITAS reverse type depicting a globe on an altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, above three stars. Mint of London. RIC Volume VII p 115 no 286
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-D4356A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from the head of a Roman copper-alloy 'colchester derivative' brooch. A small section of the wind backplates remain, as does a backward curved tab which rests at the apex of the brooch head. Much of the bow is missing and broken. Dimensions: weight: 1.3g, length: 14.4mm, width: 11.5mm, thickness: 6.0mm
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
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Record ID: ESS-9097F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three fragments of an engraved silver finger ring. The band is flat and has a plain interior. The exterior is engraved with two different designs; two sets of circles surrounded by dots flank a grid-style hatched design. The smaller fragments show the same hatched design, making an overall design of matching opposite sides when reconstructed. The circles are chased and may have held a different material – possibly enamel. There is a small equal armed cross on the medium fragment. The smallest fragment shows the hatched motif followed by a chased heart which is bisected by the ban…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-9049F3
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy figurine in the shape of a sitting leopard,, a likely vehicle fitting, very worn with a dark- grey-green patina, some losses at the extremities. The figurine is 151.7 mm long, 100.1 mm high, 29.8 mm at its widest and weighs 736.3 g. The leopard sits with head twisted to the right. The head is modelled in detail, especially its right side. The ears prick up slightly, the smooth cranium develops into powerful brow ridges above the eyes, the right side showing a drilled recess for the eye to accommodate inlay, facial muscles under tension (growling?) with open jaws revealing…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2021
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Record ID: ESS-8FC15C
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy openwork book fitting dating to the Medieval period, c. 1100-1200. The plate for attachment of this fitting onto a book has been lost, and only the 'clasp' portion now remains. The item is sub rectangular in plan and takes the form of a bird with an openwork vine design at the centre. The bird's head is prominent and forms the tip of the clasp. The head protrudes from the main frame of the fitting with the beak wide open. The eye sockets are inset on the upper jaw or beak and take the form of two semi-circular indents when viewed in plan. The eyes themselves ar…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
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Record ID: ESS-8EBD19
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy toilet implement of Roman date, c. AD 40-400. The item is rectangular in section ad tapers from a point at one end to a flattened 'chisel' terminal at the other. The item is now bent of of shape but was likely straight. The patina is worn and rough and the colour is a dark green. Length: 46.2 mm Width: 8.7 mm Thickness: 2 mm Weight: 5.1 g
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2020
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Record ID: ESS-8EAB9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy and enamel Roman plate brooch in the form of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer. Likely dating from AD 100 to 400. Most of the protruding features of the animal, including the legs, tail, ears and nose are worn or broken, making its original form difficult to infer. The front is formed of moulded relief that separates the forequarters and hindquarters from the rest of the body. The brooch has red and yellow enamel on the forequarters. The back shows a hinge for a pin and a worn catchplace. The patina is worn and patchy and the colour is a dark green. …
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2022
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Record ID: ESS-45D0CB
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of late early-medieval date. The item is formed from a semi-cylindrical shaft which is hollow at the back. The shaft terminates in three small knops, and the bottom or base of the item is solid and slopes diagonally downward. There is moulded relief on the outside of the shaft which shows a transverse ridge roughly in the middle of the shaft. There are three vertical grooves corresponding with the position of the three knops or 'toes' that run from the knops to the transverse ridge. Above the transverse ridge two grooves continue to e…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: ESS-30D57A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy strap or belt fitting of Roman to Medieval date. The item is rectangular in shape with an recessed rectangle inside which there is a raised rectangular mound. There are tabs at either side of the mount though these are broken. There is a single copper-alloy rivet at the centre of the mount on the back, which is plain and undecorated. The patina is generally smooth and the colour is a dark grey/green.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2020
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Record ID: ESS-30D142
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy anthropomorphic vessel handle. The remaining portion of the handle takes the form of a circular human head above which is a thinned shaft that would have originally curved upward and outward to form a larger handle. Much of the handle is now missing, and the thinned section comes to a point where a breakage in the handle shaft occurred. The back of the face portion of the handle is flat, giving a semi-circular or 'D' shaped cross-section. The shaft portion is cylindrical. The features on the front of the handle depict a human face, incorporating t…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2019
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Record ID: ESS-30AEA8
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy figurine of a lion, probably a knife or implement handle. The lion is resting its forelegs upon an upward diagonally inclined 'rock'. A thin groove differentiates the rock from the lion's legs. The mouth of the lion is open. The details on the surface of the item seem to be a combination of moulded relief casting and engraving. There is a circular void beneath the lion's stomach, and perpendicular to this is a circular void in the base of the figure, approximately at the centre of the base. There is also a circular indent close to the edge of the base surface, dir…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2019
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