Record ID: BH-5185C5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete copper-alloy probable strap fitting, likely dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). Description:  the object is formed of a single plate, that is broadly an elongated lozenge in plan and trapeziodal in cross-section.  On the front face, the edges of the object are bevelled.  The main section is lonzenge-shaped with a central, circular perforation.  The apex of the main section terminates in a molded tri-lobe. The base of the lozenge extends into a rectangular section, which tapers towards a broken, slightly fo…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-4BB3F4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy gilded possible Limoges-style strap fitting or buckle plate of medieval date, c.AD 1150 - 1350. The object is sub-triangular with a forked terminal formed of two sub-rectangular strips which curve round slightly before terminating in worn breaks. Two circular perforations are present to the corners of the wider end. The upper surface of the object is decorated in low relief with a possible winged figure, possibly representing the angel of St Matthew. The figure is depicted only from the waist up. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a dark …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-47C78F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded cast copper alloy decorative strap mount of post medieval date. The mount is broadly in the baroque style (see Maslin 2021) taking the form of an arrow, with a convex oval plate having, at one end, a small cherub / putti head flanked by triangular wings and, at the narrower end, a fleur-de-lys terminal.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-479E21
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded cast copper alloy decorative strap mount of post medieval date. The mount is convex and moulded into a pentafoil which has teardrop shaped petals within ridged borders, small sepals between and all radiating from a small pellet boss. The reverse is concave with two integrally cast hooked attachment rivets.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-46BFB3
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible watch winder fragment. One half of a cast or die-stamped rectangular section ring with a smaller loop with three tiny knops springing from its edge. Gilding is present. If not a winding key, possibly from a fob. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 21.1mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 1.51gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scredington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-46A4D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron brooch fragment. Cast openwork brooch in the form of a frond with triple discs representing two florets and with leaves above; a catch remains at one end of a crumpled object. Gilding traces on the display side. A little mass of ferrous corrosion appears to represent relict pin gear, though might be part of another object buried together with or in contact with the brooch. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 28.7mm, Width: 20mm, Thickness (copper alloy): 0.7mm, Weight: 2.58gms
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scredington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-35A8C5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy masonic pendant dating from Post Medieval to Modern period, AD 1830 - 1950. The pendant consists of a cast plate which is trowel shaped (kite shaped) with an incomplete suspension loop at its broad end set at right angles to the plane of the plate. The upper surface has a raised  rim that surrounds a central masonic set square and compass motif in relief. the background is gilded and decorated with multiple swirl motifs. The reverse has a scar near the top. The pendant has a green patina to both sides. Measurements are; length 23.6mm…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1051B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy partially gilded strap loop fitting of around the 14th century. It is rectangular in shape and has traces of gilding on both faces and has bevelled edges on those faces. There is a centrally positioned broken round shank measuring 4mm long with a diameter of 3.5mm. It exhibits some patina within corrosion. For similar examples on this database, see NLM-7CF035, NARC-FE561A and BH-ED2C6B. Note the similar fitting in Egan and Pritchard 1991, pp. 232, Fig.147, No.1239.
Created on: Saturday 17th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'New Romney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-E13AE3
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, medieval, gilded copper alloy annular brooch with pin in situ dating from AD1200-1400. These were pinned at the neck to fasten two parts of clothing together (Ward-Perkins 1940, 237-75), or used purely decoratively by both men and women. The frame for the brooch is circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. It is 2.4mm thick and 4.5mm wide. Its outer diameter is 20.2mm, its inner diameter is 11.3mm. Both sides of the frame feature decoration which consists of raised saltire crosses followed by trapezoidal fields in a repeating pattern around the circ…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-DFF8E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval buckle dating to circa AD 1250-1400. It is a spur buckle with an integrally cast plate. The majority of the loop is missing, now survived by two short, worn stubs, but would have been a single oval loop. The plate is rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section.  The plate has a slot for the pin which is held in situ but incomplete. An intact rivet occupies a hole just over halfway along the plate, positioned over a raised transverse groove. The rivet is circular-sectioned. The terminal of the plate is a narrowed into a point with a ro…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-DE2475
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval gilded, copper alloy, enamelled harness pendant dating c. 1150-1250.  The pendant has a sub-oval suspension loop set at 90° to the plate. The circular aperture is filled with iron corrosion. The rectangular decorative plate has a design set within a raised flat-topped peripheral rim comprising a recessed flat-topped shield quartered by a raised latin cross. The outline of the shield and cross are also defined by a raised flat-topped rim and each arm of the raised cross is decorated with a single central row o…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-CEA718
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gilded copper alloy harness pendant, probably of late 13th or 14th century date. The pendant is heater shield shaped, around 45mm in length and slightly convex in profile. The surface has considerable corrosion so any heraldic or other decoration is now unclear and it does not appear to have been enamelled. A rounded suspension loop projects from the top.
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B54CFB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post Medieval gilded cast copper alloy hexafoil mount, 16.5mm in diameter, with a convex boss surrounded by six round lobes comprising concentric annulets with circular centres. Between the lobes are a line of small pellets. The reverse is slightly concave and has a pair of integrally cast, hooked lugs. Circa late 16th-17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B52214
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded post medieval openwork decorative strap mount, 30.4mm in length. The plate is triangular and cast in the form of two intertwined tendrils tapering to a point, with three circular holes between. The wider end has a small projecting knop. The reverse has two integrally cast hooked attachment rivets.
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-B2E24E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast sub-rectangular double looped buckle [one loop lost] with a moulded point at its outer edge and grooved knops at either end of a central narrowed strap bar. Gilding traces appear on the display side. Hollowing or shrinkage on the back may hint at the casting of the object in an open mould. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1570-1650 Length: 30.9mm, Height: 27mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 4.93gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-A70D45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy disc brooch of possible Scandinavian origin dating to the period c.AD850 - 950. The front exhibits cast Borre-style decoration consisting of three figures that are shown as a prone animal that stretch from one side of the disc to the other, crossing each other at the midpoint where that is a recessed disc that would have mounded a stone or enamel, this disc bisects the animals where the three would meet and leaves the torso and hind legs in one half, then head and arm in the other.  Each animal comprises of L-shaped legs that have expanded thighs; the lower…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A01465
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact, probably a strap end of the folded sheet type, dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1400. It is constructed from a strip of sheet copper alloy, folded over roughly half way along its length. In the centre of one end of the strip is a circular, domed extension; the other end tapers to a blunt point. In the centre of the underside of the circular extension is an integral single, copper alloy rivet with a large flat head which passes through a perforation in the other end to hold the strap end closed. There is no decoration, but there are tra…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: PAS-751353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger-ring in three fragments, formed of a flat hoop terminating in two clasped hands with scalloped cuffs. The ring carried a rudimentary engraving, which consists of an inscription punctuated by simple stars, circles and foliate motifs. The inscription reads: 'de don co . . '. The inscription is either a corruption of the popular medieval sentiment 'de bon coer' ('of/from good heart') or it signifies the gift of/from a heart (using the noun 'don' meaning 'gift'). The finger-ring is silver-gilt, and dates from the la…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-63939B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast teardrop-shaped lightly concavo-convex plate with an elongated knop at its narrow end, retaining one of two integrally cast prongs of length 7mm on the back, bent outwards. Gilding traces appear on the outer convex surface. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 35.2mm, Width: 14.2mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 3.64gms
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-62D4BC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. A two-part object comprising a flat-backed symmetrical moulded bar with finely cross-cut hemispheres linked by a double collar with a collared triangular loop at either end, one loop retaining a narrower [width 5.2mm] folded moulded bar with rounded ends linked by a rivet; the loss of an equivalent part from the other end is presumed. Gilding traces appear on the broader bar. There is a vague resemblance to chains for domestic use (Egan 1998 fig. 40) though the flat-backed presumably central part may have been set against a surface such as a casket. Su…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.