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Record ID: SF-643FEE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gilded copper-alloy early-medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) mount, perhaps from a shield-boss apex, possibly from a horse's harness. It consists of a circular copper-alloy plate with a raised beaded border around the outside of the outer face and raised chip-carved Style II zoomorphic interlace decoration in the centre, with a central circular recess on the front and two concentric recessed circles around it. There is evidence of gilding on the face, The reverse is covered with a thick layer of corroded iron, but has two raised ribs which could be the ends of two copper-…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westley Waterless', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-0DA0C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete highly decorated Medieval single loop trapezoidal shaped buckle and floral strap plate dating to c. AD 1250-1500.  The buckle consists of an elongated trapezoidal buckle frame, an articulating pin and folded strap plate with quatrefoil applique. The frame of the buckle is an an elongated trapezoidal with an offset and slightly recessed strap bar. This is circular in cross section and narrower than the rest of the frame which is more of a bulbous oval in cross section. This has moulded decorative elements including a raised D-shaped knop projecting u…
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-FDFE46
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. Cast penannular band, tapering to opposed points opposite the bezel, which comprises a moulded bar with five small pits for inset glass stones [lost]. A moulded V appears at each shoulder. Probably a ‘fairing’ or item of trinket jewellery. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Height (as found): 20.2mm, Band Width: 4.8mm, Band Thickness (at bezel): 2.2mm, Weight: 1.75gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-FB10DA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, domed copper alloy button with a hollow back, into which the shank, which is broken, is fixed. The face is decorated with a moulded, regular floral design, and has been gilded. The makers name is moulded around the edge on the rear of the button. It has a dark green patina.Similar buttons can be found in Read, dated to the post medieval period Dimensions: It is 15.5mm in diameter and 5.5mm thick, it weighs 2.42g
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D2CEFB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-800). The object is composed of a sub-rectangular flat head plate with an integral circular sectioned shaft projecting from the lower edge of the head. The upper edge of the head plate is broken and abraded. There is a raised circumferential collar at the junction between the plate and shaft. The lower end of the shaft tapers to a sharp point. The head plate is decorated with a design in relief composed of am interlace motif with gilding retained within the recessed portions. The back of the head plate is undecorated,…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-955B61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy late Medieval (c. AD1300-1500) 'disc-on-pin' buckle of Redmayne Type A4, consisting of the 'disc-on-pin' only. The pin comprises a flat sub-lozengiform plate, c. 1.7mm thick, from opposite ends of which project the points. One of the ends of the pin, which has a sharp point, points downwards to meet the frame. The upward-pointing point is less sharp (although this may constitute a break) and curves very slightly to the back. The disc has four in situ globular-headed rivets (each c. 5mm in diameter) at the cardinal points of the obje…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-9415B3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy 'Limoges style' cross mount, enameled and gilded figurine depicting a saint (possibly the Virgin Mary),  dating c. AD 1100 - 1300. It is broadly rectangular in plan with the head centred on a circular projection representing a halo or nimbus. The upper surface of the figurine is convex and the reverse is concave except the circular halo which is flat. The body of the figure has two circular rivet holes pierced through it; one on the chest and one centred adjacent to the lower edge. The bottom of the mount…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-926022
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast silver-gilt finger ring, of stirrup style, and dating to c.AD.1150-1500. Description: The object is stirrup shaped, with a sub-circular hoop rising to a triangular bezel. In cross-section the hoop is D-shaped and is uninscribed. The bezel has an integrally cast silver boss, in place and in imitation of a gem setting. The ring is a bright gold in colour, with patches of the gilding having worn away to reveal the silver beneath. The object has two small nicks but is otherwise in good condition and complete. Measurements: External Hoop Diamet…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-6B9CC9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy disc of Medieval date 8th-9th century. All that remains is a quarter of the disc, which has cruciform arms and a chip-carved counter-relief interlace is net-like and occasionally expands to form small triangles. The interlace is abstract, with no animal elements identifiable, but there is evidence of gilding. The reverse is undecorated and has corrosion. The catchplate and pin are missing. Similar examples can be seen in PAS see NARC-E11208.  Length: 20.58mm Width: 16.85mm Weight: 0.91g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-6A92D0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Button of Modern date (AD 1900-1975). The object is composed of a circular disc, with a convex upper and concave underside, and an integral rectangular loop at the centre of the underside. There is a circular perforation at the apex of the loop. The upper side of the disc is decorated with a pseudo heraldic motif, composed of raised upper semi-circular swag with five pellets within, a flattened shield with sable a bend sable and spray below. The upper surface is filled with retained black enamel. The outer edge is recessed with repeating diagonal grooves forming…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-6998DA
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant suspension mount. All that remains is the attachment, broadly rectangular in shape, it retains the iron hinge bar, suspension loop for the pendant and part of the mount. There is gilding and iron corrosion present.  Length: 23.34mm Width: 11.54mm Weight:4.02g
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-66B673
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy post medieval sub annular buckle, probably from a shoe. The frame is 18.7mm long with rounded sides and is drilled for a separate spindle, now lost. One end of the frame has a notched pin rest.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-66A4E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double loop asymmetrical copper alloy post medieval buckle, with a grooved outer edge, an expanded lobe on the rounded front edge flanked by incised lines and a cusped trefoil rear edge with a transverse groove across it. The surface has traces of gilding. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-6608F1
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver gilt pilgrim badge. A circular plate bearing the framed image of the Virgin and Child, the Virgin crowned and with sceptre and the Child haloed, viewed against a cross-hatched ground within a cabled inner border, a gutter, and an outer frame which is externally lined. A probably integrally cast D-section bar passes behind the image and across its flat plain back and is broken at the site of a sharp curve. Gilded overall, chipped. The finder kindly offers the suggestion that the object was a pendant, but the image is designed to be viewed when the bar is horizontal. This feature …
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-5561D3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval gilded cast copper-alloy buckle with separate plate, dating from c.AD 1150 - 1450 Single looped oval buckle that is D-shaped in cross-section with an integral ornate sub-circular projection on the outside edge and a separate plate in the form of two circles with three rivets. The buckle loop terminates with rounded knops at the inside edge and has an offset bar. From the outside edge projects a semi-circular lobe ornately decorated with radiating raised lines and a central sub-oval with central pellet and further raised lines radiating…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54EB01
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell. Cast rumbler bell, of spherical form and one-piece construction, formed by the inward folding and closing of four sub-triangular leaves and with a small oval integral top loop, now broken across a small drilled hole. Traces of gilding appear. Probably for attachment to clothing, or even a jester’s hat given this is an unusually massy example (cf. Egan and Prtichard 1991, fig. 219). Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Height: 25.5mm, Diameter: 21.9mm, Weight: 13.10gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-539AEC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval gilded cast copper alloy spur buckle with integral plate, dating from c.AD 1350 - 1500 Single looped oval buckle with a tapered integrally cast plate with arrowhead terminal. The buckle is D-shaped in cross-section and is decorated with two globular knobs on both outside corners, framing two pairs of double raised longitudinal bands. A rib divides the buckle from the body of the plate from its end where a pin passes through a hole. The cast pin is intact and has a raised vertical ridge situated about half down its length, and it tapers to a…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-536115
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded copper alloy harness pendant dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1200 - 1400. The pendant is flat and shield-shaped with a flat top that has curved sides, tapering to a point. A circular loop, rectangular in cross-section, projects from the flat top edge. One side is decorated with an incised drop-shape design and a central rectilinear band delineated by grooves. Both sides of the band have parallel designs of curvilinear motifs, with the upper motif carrying scaled lentoid pattern. Gilding mainly over the front surface and traces on the reverse…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Friskney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-52BFC1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. The lower part of the bow of a great square-headed brooch, in two joining fragments extending from below a putative mid-bow moulding [lost]. The uppermost part bears opposed sub-triangular lappets occupied by Salin style I decoration with a rectangular panel between them. The top of the rectangular panel is marked by a horizontal rib in relief with close-spaced cuts across it. The sides of the panel bear traces of a border of small crescentic stamps forming a zig-zag line to either side. A horizontally grooved but otherwise plain basal rib completes the re…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Raithby cum Maltby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-412698
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant. It is escallop in shape, and therefore likely to be religious as a shell is a common badge of pilgrimage and have been found in late twelfth0centruy contexts in East Anglia (Ashley, 2002, p 26). There is evidence of gilding on the front of the pendant, and in the centre is a globular headed rivet. There is stamped decoration visible, depicting the scallops of the shell. A similar example can be seen in Ashley, 2002, p26, fig 25, 4). Length: 26.07mm Width: 32.52mm Weight: 5.65g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EA2E8F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, with three central holes for rivets, one of which is missing. There is evidence of gilding. The strap-end tapers at one terminal and contains a cut out before terminating in an old break. Length: 23.74mm Width: 15.42mm Weight: 1.08g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EA1B08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. The folded plate is incomplete, with the remains of three rivets, one of which is in situ. The plate is broadly triangular in shape, with evidence of gilding and incised decoration.  Length: 32.84mm Width: 15.42mm Weight: 2.30g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E9F946
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of Medieval date. Rectangular in form, it has holes for 3 rivets, one of which is in situ. Two are parrallel, the third is slightly offcentre. It terminates in an old break, with the remains of two circular holes. There is evidence of gilding.  Length: 24.24mm Width: 12.84mm Weight: 1.54g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E97342
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval buckle. The frame is broadly oval in shape, with ornate outside edges and composite plate. The frame protrudes at each side and has a pin notch; the plate is recessed for the frame, has a transverse ridge next to slot for the now missing pin, an integral rivet in the plate. There is evidence of gilding. The frame is convex at the outer edge. A similar example can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 2011, pg 77, fig 46, 316.  Length: 49.71mm Width: 26.48mm Weight: 22.69g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E93518
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle. The frame is circular in form, with an integral plate, which tapers towards an old break. The frame protrudes on each side before the plate. The plate retains the pin, and has a circular hole for a, now missing, rivet and terminates at the remains of another circular hole at the break. There is gilding evident, in a design of a central line, and 45 degree diagonal lines on each side of the central line. A similar example can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 2011, pg 78, fig 48, 320-231.  Length: 32.17mm Width: 14.60mm Weight: 3.70g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D7903D
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy 'fob' seal matrix set with a glass intaglio, dating to the 18th-19th Century. Description: In plan, the seal is rectangular with rounded corners. The bezel band is decorated by a series of raised chevrons. The reverse is pyramidal in form with concave moulding along the lower edges and a central circular hole at the apex (where the handle would originally have been attached). A series of fine grooves radiate from the central hole over the upper part of the pyramid. There are traces of gilding and areas of darker brown patinate…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D593CC
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval heraldic stud or mount, the front plate now distorted; - of green and brown/purple patination with large projecting square sectioned spike mounted slightly off-centre on the reverse, the face is shield shaped, Or (guilded field, now only patchily gilded) an eagle displayed, neatly engraved but now missing its enamel infill, likely to have been Sable (black), perhaps indicating the arms for Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Poitou, younger brother of Henry III, after his election as King of the Romans in 1257 (Or a double-headed eagle displayed Sable) (d.1272) or of his son Edmund,…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-D37657
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy harness pendant, dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1400). The harness pendant is formed of a single plate with an integral attachment loop.   The plate is formed by a flat, trefoil shape of three arms that appears to represent a leaf.   The plate is decorated with moulded lines that run vertically along each arm circumvent the edge of the plate and each foil.  Between each point at the base of the 'V' is a moulded transverse line.   Expanding from the top of one of the points is the oval attachment loop, …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-58801B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. Broken off at the fold, with a design of a lion walking facing forward, in a raised rectangular linear frame with stippling, added by multiple punching; with evidence of guilding. There are circular holes for three rivets, now missing. A similar example can be found in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg 110-112, plate 72, 500.  Length: 26.89mm Width: 33.40mm Weight: 6.97g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-51F871
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy decorative strap mount or fitting with a square plate, 19.4mm wide. The mount is decorated with raised cells of retained metal, with four small square cells around a central circular cell, all holding a red enamel inlay. The surface of the mount around these cells is gilded. The edge of the plate has a narrow recessed lip which appears to be beaded. The reverse is flat and undecorated with stumps of two integrally cast attachment prongs on the outer edges of the plate, which may represent rivets or (given the positioning) part of an attachment loop. Probably of med…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-40E20C
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pilgrim badge dating to the late medieval period (c. AD 1400-1500). The badge depicts a nimbed and draped Saint Barbara with a tower to the left. She is depicted holding an open book, sacramental wafer or perhaps chalice in her left hand and a palm frond in her right hand, symbolic of martydom. The badge has been moulded in relief to the front with faint traces of gilding surving in two places on the tower.  The reverse of the badge is flat with a small flattened attachment loop fitting. The badge measures 15.22mm wide, 25.42mm high a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-40A4A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a silver gilt finger ring of medieval to post medieval date (c.1400-1900) Description: The fragment is rectangular in plan, and D-shaped in cross section. The outer face of the fragment is undecorated. The fragment has no inscription on the inside, and has heavy scratches on the interior surface which also retains some gilding.  Measurements: Length: 14.7m, Width 7.4mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 1.26g The object appears to consist of more than 10% silver, but cannot be dated to before 1723, and therefore it falls outside of the provi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-2F21B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, made out of a sheet, with a circular hole at one end, and the remains of another hole at the break end. There is a thin folded sheet at the top with the remains of an iron pin in situ. There is evidence of gilding on the surface.  Width 42.17mm Length: 21.70mm Weight: 5.00g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2D9426
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Cast or die-stamped circular plate with eight tiny knops [one lost] projecting from a prominent rim; the centre of the brooch is flat and featureless, retaining gilding traces. An applied pin seat retains the stub of a drawn wire pin; the catch is lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Diameter: 19.5mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 1.5mm, Weight: 2.70gms
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2C2E87
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy French jetton issued by Charles VI dating to circa AD 1380-1422. Shield of French type. As Mitchiner 1988: nos 440-459. Obv: Shield of France modern. [] Rev: Triple standard cross flouretty within 4 arched tressure. []
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-2BEB91
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Medieval copper-alloy harness pendant dating to circa AD 1200-1400. Plano-convex in section, the piece consists of five - broadly tear-shaped - lobes representing petals arranged in a 2-2-1 formation. At the apex is a transverse projecting collar set below a D-shaped suspension lug. The reverse is plain. The front face retains significant traces of gilding. It has a brown-green patina.  No precise parallel can be found on the database. The gilding would suggest a Medieval date although the patina could potentially suggest a Post Medieval date.  Length: 30.9m…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-2BC006
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gilded cast copper alloy decorative strap mount. The plate is triangular, with four sequential panels of indistinct moulded foliate(?) decoration. The wide end has a trefoil terminal, the narrow end has a small pointed knop. The reverse has a pair of integrally cast hooked attachment rivets.
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-2B658D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval double-loop trapezoidal buckle with lobes at either end of the recessed strap bar. The outer edges are pointed and the outside edge of the buckle is bevelled. The surface has traces of gilding.
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-18F8A3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt badge in the form of a recessed roundel with two concentric circles forming a deep frame, the edges of which are dentillated. The centre of the badge is engraved with a crowned 'I' between two Tudor roses on a hatched background. The reverse of the badge is soldered with a strip of metal which has been broken off at the point where it doubles back forming a looped pin. The relatively small size of the badge and the shape of the pin suggest its function as a hat-badge. Diameter: 25mm Weight: 1.09g Scientific analysis at the British Museum produced a silver content …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: SF-18A9B9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval Limoges figurine. The figurine depicts a three-quarter length standing figure that is cast flat and rectangular in form with the exception of the head. This is cylindrical with a flattened top and back face and has moulded decoration comprising of  eyes, nose and mouth, the eyes consist of inlayed blue glass. The reverse of the face has an integral cyclindrical rivet for attachement. The figure is depicted wearing a long gown that hangs in folds creating multiple small fields originally filled with enamel. The arms of the figure are …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.