Record ID: NMS-62D556
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with an offset, narrowed bar and a broad outside edge which is concave on the reverse. Both the convex front of the edge and the sides are decorated with twelve radial grooves which are inlaid with a black material, perhaps niello or lacquer. Weight 1.98g. Length 14mm. Width 19.5mm. Late 12th - 13th century. 
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D39354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval annular brooch, broken, approx half survives, one end with sub-lozengiform plate with drilled perforation for the missing pin, the other end broken before the probable pin rest, the surviving triangular-sectioned side has a single projecting collet which is empty. Diameter c. 31mm (excluding projecting plate). Weight 2.55g. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-711E2D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age Terret ring dating to the 1st century BC to 2nd century AD. MacGregor Platform type, Spratling IX(B) and Leeds 6.  A fragment of a copper-alloy Platform-type terret ring of late Iron Age to Roman date (100 BC-AD 200). The object is the lower and one side of a 'platform decorated' type. The main body has a 'D' shaped cross-section.  Just under half of the surviving piece being a rectangular-sectioned strap bar at its base. The strap bar is demarcated from the frame by the presence of a single raised ring&nbs…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-06D11A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of copper-alloy medieval finger-ring with probable glass setting. It consists of a raised sub-conical bezel with a sub-circular sunken centre in which there is an incomplete shiny turquoise setting, probably glass. There is a broad groove or step across the bezel to either side of the setting, making a kind of shoulder, after which the hoop tapers to the breaks. The entire object, including the breaks, is worn. Surviving width from side to side, 13.0mm. Surviving length parallel to this, 6.7mm. Thickness (width of bezel) 5.1mm; depth of bezel (thickne…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-45103B
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness ring or scabbard suspension fitting of Iron Age date. The ring is 36.5mm in diameter and 5mm wide with an internal diameter of 25.7mm. The exterior edge has deeply inset cells for decorative inlays running around the entirety of the circumference, These are symetrical in arrangement and comprise sets of opposed triangular cells to either side of the ring, with two sets of three circular cells offset by 90 degrees to these and with four sets of rectangular and single circular cells between. White coral (?) inlays remain in two of the circular cells, the oth…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3D7007
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Knee brooch, Mackreth 2011 KNEE Br 1.a.1, with the upper end of a pierced tab on top of the head and part of the catchplate missing. On the front of the hollow-backed bow there are four round cells and a long narrow cell running the full length, all inlaid with dull grey material, At the foot a short projection is curled forward. The axis bar is of iron. Close in form and decoration to NMS-F3F636 on which there are six round cells (with inlay identified as silver). Weight 4.0g. Extant length 32.7mm. Width 9.8mm. 2nd - mid 3rd century.
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
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Record ID: KENT-A5B845
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hook section from a post-medieval toggle clasp, probably from a sword belt and dating to the 16th-17th century. Description: The clasp has a waisted subrectangular plate with moulded foliate decoration and two rivet holes. The hook comprises a transverse lozengiform bar with further moulded foliate detail. The object's rounded hook has broken away leaving a worn but even break. There is probable black lacquer within the detail of the rondel foliat decoraiton at the top. It is folded back on itself slightly. Measurements: 23.26mm, 15.65mm long, 8.59mm…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-878BB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman dragonesque type brooch dating from AD 50 - 150. It fits into Hunter's (2010) class B4a, a non-enamelled, zoomorphic brooch with scalloped decoration radiating from the central boss. The brooch has matching terminals at the head and foot, each shaped like a zoomorphic dragon or beast head with ears sloping backwards, and a damaged snout which appears to be scrolled. A deep concave setting, perhaps for a missing inlaid decorative feature, forms an eye on each head. The body is S shaped and decorated with moulded curving ribs or scalloping, radiating fro…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd April 2022
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Record ID: NLM-F94464
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy annular brooch. A cast ring with eight cylindrical collets of height c.3.5mm and diameter 3.4mm equidistantly distributed around its display side, of which four retain traces of white fixative or otherwise degraded contents. The band may be beaded between the settings. A short drawn wire pin is wrapped around the frame. Abraded and lightly twisted. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300 Diameter: 26.5mm, Band Width/Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.22g.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-44E5C8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy pendant, probably horse harness, dating to c AD 1200 - 1400. Ward-Perkins Type 1. It is shield shaped with a loop on a short stalk, at ninety degrees to the face of the shield. It is probably pseudo-heraldic (decorative) but has lightly moulded into its face a quite complex motif. A chevron lies across the centre with three indistinct devices within it, perhaps florals or quatrefoils. In the upper field are sets of three devices, one in each corner (six in chief), and in the lower field a set of four of the same fur ermine (four in the base). The d…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5CB18C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a copper-alloy end-cap from the handle of a scale-tang knife from the late medieval to early post medieval period. The item takes the form of an eagle's head and neck, with shaped and coloured glass embedded in the cast piece as decoration. The decoratons in glass consist of a circular raised piece coloured amber, a triangular piece of plain colour and a semi circular piece coloured yellow. There are three small rivet heads, one near the beak and two at the base, that would have joined to the other half of the end cap. The rear of this half of the end cap has approx one q…
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
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Record ID: NLM-9D4BA6
Object type: PENANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penannular brooch. Cast round section band with narrowed and sharply turned terminals which lie against the band in the same plane, Fowler type D, Mackreth type PEN f1. A probably drawn wire pin with flattened end is looped around the band. The band itself has a mustard-yellow cast while the pin is duller; this might represent gilding, or decayed white metal plating, or may include an applied surface and more recent treatment by the finder. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 25-80 Diameter: 32.2mm, Band Width: 2.4mm, Band Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 4.78gms
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-F6BB9D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting Post Medieval Date (AD 1500-1700). The object may be a dress hook or, since it is decorated on both sides, a watch winder. The face is decorated in a floral motif framed by incised lines forming an elongated crown shape. Both lateral points of the ‘crown’ terminate in sub-rectangular knops (5.9mm wide) with the central point terminating in a hexagonal knop (5.1mm wide) with a central recessed circular cell (2.5mm diameter). The bottom of the ‘crown’ is decorated with incised linework in the shape of a fan or floral motif with pointed en…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6DC63B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy trapezoidal buckle of 15th - 17th century date, The buckle is fragmentary and incomplete, missing one side and broken in a similar place across the opposite side (with a length of 39mm, a width of 52.6mm and a weight of 18.6g). The outside edge of the frame is rectangular sectioned (9.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick), decorated with notched edges outside of a grooved border and central column of pellets. There is a central transverse groove for the pin. The sides and bar are sub-circular sectioned (2.4mm – 4.0mm diameter). The surface is cor…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-308252
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy early Post-Medieval button dating from the period AD 1450 - 1600. The button has a circular front with a raised decoration on its surface of a central nipple, surrounded by short lines radiating towards the buttons edge. There is an undecorated gap between the apex of the pellet 'nipple' and started of the moulded lines that creates a concentric circular appearance. The front surface of the button changes angle at the junction between the plain mid zone and outer moulded lines. Its reverse is flat with an integral shank extended from its centre, towards th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-301516
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy early Post-Medieval button dating from the period AD 1450 - 1600. The button has a circular front with a raised decoration on its surface of a central nipple, surrounded by short lines radiating towards the buttons edge. There is an undecorated gap between the apex of the pellet 'nipple' and started of the moulded lines that creates a concentric circular appearance. The front surface of the button changes angle at the junction between the plain mid zone and outer moulded lines. Its reverse is flat with an integral shank extended from its centre, towards th…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th January 2021
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Record ID: WILT-B699CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy hinged brooch, probably dating to 300-150 BC. The brooch is now incomplete, but originally probably consisted of a lozengiform frame with a relatively large circular lobe in each angle, decorated with a recessed ring-and-dot pattern. Traces of a possible coral inlay survive in the central 'dot' of one lobe. A transverse perforated double-lug projects from the reverse of one lobe, retaining an iron axis par and section of pin. Length 27.5mm; width 25.6mm; thickness 10.0mm; Weight 9.09g. This brooch can be compared to a hinged brooch found near Caster…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2020
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Record ID: LIN-F298E5
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper-alloy, post-medieval bullion weight. Circular in shape and flat on either side, it has a stamped D above an XII on both faces. Notes: From the 17th to early 19th century silver coins were often heavily worn or clipped and were therefore traded by weight rather than face value. This weight would have been used for weighing 1 shillings' worth of silver which was set from 1601 as 6.02g. This convention continued until the introduction of the gold standard in 1816. Several similar examples are recorded on the database including: BH-CE3194, LVPL-F0C4FD, YO…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: WAW-9434CE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidenitfied object of unknown date. The object is circular in plan and slightly D shaped in profile. It is decorated on the front with a geometric pattern worked in what appears to be champlevé enamel; all cells are still filled with a pale yellow substance which could be degraded enamel. There are three crescent shaped apertures in the decoration at equal distances set around the edge of the object, each of which has two small circular perforations. The back of the object is undecorated, but the remains of a possible rivet are visible in the centre. The object is dark brown…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: DENO-05B16E
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late post medieval, reverse painted button with a copper alloy frame and glass painted inlay (c. AD 1750 - 1900). Likely a waistcoat button, given its small size. The button is discoidal with the obverse glass inlay depicting a painted female bust wearing a crown. The reverse of the button is flat with an integral attachment loop intact. Diameter 13.7mm, thickness 3.3mm and weight 1.73g. The portrait bears some resemblance to a 19th century depiction of Matilda of Flanders (AD 1031-83), the Queen consort of William the Conqueror, now held in the National Portrait Gallery (…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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