Record ID: NMS-E822FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type TR 3.2 and similar, as far as it survives, to ibid Pl. 89 Nos. 14690 and 5464. The trumpet head and the upper part of the flat pelta-shaped plate are extant. The rest of the plate and the lower bow is missing and only the stump of an integral loop survives on the top. On the reverse of the head there are a pair of very minimally protruding stumps, one on each side: remnants of the spring axis-bar retention lugs, each with an incomplete perforation. All breaks are well worn.  The head flares to a D-sha…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-C1771B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy plate brooch of Roman date, c.AD 80 - 250. Mackreth 2011, Unclassified Plate Brooch, Type 1, plate 121, no.8442. The brooch is a pointed ovate with a slightly narrowed waist to the rounded end and worn edges. The upper surface of the plate bears blue enamel. Three evenly spaced circular cells retaining yellow enamel are present. Each is set within a recessed circle which no longer retains enamel. The central circular cell has a border of blue enamel within a second recessed circle which no longer retains enamel. To the reverse of the brooch, a double lug h…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-BC81A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy emamelled and moulded British plate brooch dating to the 2nd Century AD. The plate is oval with six small rounded peripheral lugs of which four partially remain, each decorated with a moulded dot-in-annulet. The centre of the brooch comprises a raised oval boss with stepped rim and a flat upper surface with a central transverse band of three ridges of retained metal which separate two recessed semi-circular fields. These would have held enamel, which is now lost. The flange of the brooch has decoration in the form of a border of small radiating lin…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-96CA11
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant dating c. 1300-1400. The pendant is shield shaped with the stub of an incomplete integral suspension loop set at 90 degrees to the plate. The blazon depicts an enamelled red (gules) rampant lion that has a forked tail, advancing left in raised relief; the background appears to be undecorated . The reverse of the pendant is flat and rough with a brown patina with green areas.  Length: 40.8 mm Width: 24.1 mm Thickness: 2.6 mm Weight: 10.78 g
Created on: Saturday 6th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-7E4CC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of what is probably a knee or trumpet type early Roman brooch. The head is circular and behind it are the remains of the fixing plate for the spring. This is a raised rectangular section which fills the full diameter of the head and would have extended perhaps 3mm or 4mm upright. The remains of this have a worn curve in the centre which would have formed a fixing hole when complete. From the front of this head a circular section piece extends which has a central rib down the length of it. This curves at approximately 75 degrees, sloping down from the head, then vert…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-52F333
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy enamelled heraldic harness pendant dating c. 1300-1400. The pendant is shield shaped with the stub of an incomplete integral suspension loop set at 90 degrees to the plate. The blazon depicts an enamelled red (gules) rampant lion that has a forked tail, advancing left in raised relief; the background has traces of gilding . The reverse of the pendant is flat and rough with a brown patina with green areas.  Length: 35.1 mm Width: 22.3 mm Thickness: 2.8 mm Weight: 8.6 g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-17CF6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of decorated trumpet variant dating to the 1st - 2nd century, 75 - 150 AD.  Only the head remains, with a small section of the pin intact. A truncated loop sits at the top of the head plate. Decoration on the front of the bow consists of a voided triangle at the top of the bow which is divded by a central ridge running the length of the bow till the worn break. Below the voided traingle on either side of the central ridge sits two opposite crescent shapes, the right still contains traces of enamel decoration. The reverse of the bow is undecorat…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-051B9C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy umbonate brooch, with enamel decoration, dating to c AD 100 - 250. Mackreth type British Plate, Petalled Boss Type 7.a. (Mackreth 2011, vol. 1 p.166, vol. 2 pl. 109 no. 12640). The pin is missing, the curl of the catchplate incomplete and a loop on the outer edge probably to attach the brooch to another via a chain, remains only as a stub. It is sub circular but six equidistant lugs on the perimeter, the damaged loop and a larger lug lying opposite the loop, make the brooch more properly octagonal. In the centre, on the upper su…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-02C120
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch dating to circa AD 75-175. The extant piece consists of the lower bow, foot and catchplate. The lower bow is plano-convex in section and terminates in a moulded rounded foot.The front face of the bow is decorated with median longitudinal lozenges. The field surrounding the lozenges retains traces of red enamel. The lozenge cells themselves would have also carried enamel but none now survives. Projecting from the reverse of the foot is a V-shaped flat catchplate with folded outer edge. 
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-02328D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and enamel lozengeiform brooch of the Roman period, 1st to 2nd centuries AD. It is diamond shaped, with the longer axis being horizontal. In the centre is a number of cells which form first another rhomboid, which is inlaid with blue enamel (intact) and inside this are four smaller diameter circles. The outer circles are inlaid with white enamel, which survives, the inner circles do not have enamel in them, and may alternatively have contained gem stones, it is not possible to confirm this. The outer frame is again a lozenge shaped, div…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nether Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-842D16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy brooch (Umbonate) of Roman date (c. AD 75-300). Description: The brooch is broadly circular in plan with a loop at the top, a roundel at the bottom and three knops at each side. The plate has a circular domed boss at its centre with a central knop. A deep groove encircles the boss which is decorated with moulded cells which take the form of a five-petalled flower. The petals are inlaid with yellow enamel while the surrounding field is inlaid with red enamel. The rest of the plate is decorated with 14 petalled-shaped cells which encircle the centr…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7125C3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy horse harness pendant dating to the medieval period about AD 1200-1400. The pendant is shield-shaped with a straight top and convex sides tapering to a point at the base. There is a circular suspension loop projecting from the centre of its top edge at right angles to the plane of the pendant. The front face of the shield is decorated with a zoomorphic heraldic design of a lion rampant facing left with traces of red, white, and blue enamel remaining. All three colours are on the body of the lion and may represent a single colour that ha…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-1E738C
Object type: DISC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc. Circular ornamental disc, pattern of squares, some with remains of now yellowish discoloured enamel. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 25-60 Height: 21.6mm, Width: 21.7mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 5.86gms
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-08E07A
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button and loop fastener. Large and beautiful toggle fastener of Ball and Petal type with cells for enamel on ball and end plate, some traces of red and yellow, Wild Class 4.a. Bar vertical on back. Suggested date: Early Roman, 100-200 Length: 48.7mm, Width: 21mm, Thickness: 16.2mm, Weight: 23.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-064C1F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Flat quatrelobed mount, very good green patination onback, central field underlaid with corrugated gold foil, little dots in outer field also gilt. Red stones possibly glass, turquoise enamel, outer field colour uncertain, now whitish. Height: 24.0mm, Width: 24.1mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 5.67gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-05E56A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy enamelled bow brooch of continental type (cf. Mackreth type PL CONT 2.a). The wings are short and cylindrical, encompassing an iron axis bar for a hinge copper alloy pin, a portion of which is retained. The head is sharply angled to the bow, which is flat, tapering slightly to the foot and comprises a single large recessed field containing five oblong blocks of millefiori enamel in white, red and blue. The central panel has a blue spiral on a white field, the other panels have blue and white checks; each panel and the whole design is surrounded by a …
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-057B20
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Head of a Headstud brooch, possibly Mackreth type Headstud 9.b. Database accompanying source record card states: 'Stud cast on stilt and bent across bow, stylised exactly like the Ball and Petal Toggle fasteners, remains of red enamel'. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-150 Length: 20.7mm, Width: 14.9mm, Thickness: 9.7mm, Weight: 4.17gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-053F8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Very nice Roman Knee brooch with blue and red enamel., Mackreth type KNEE 1.b2. Suggested date: Roman, 150-250 Length: 38.6mm, Width: 14mm, Thickness (?): 13.7mm, Weight: 5.96gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: OXON-EECFA7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy heraldic horse harness pendant, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1500. The pendant loop is missing to an old break. The pendant is in the shape of a square topped shield (Heater shield), with straight top and convex sides meeting at a point at the bottom. From the middle of the top edge projects an integral transverse loop which is truncated almost immediately by an old break. The front of the mound has a heraldic design of enamel. This comprises a blue (azure) background with three transverse lines running across the widt…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-DC98CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy enamelled brooch, apparently a hybrid of bow and plate types, complete except for the hinged pin, much of the enamel and perhaps the tip of one of the wings. The wings are cylindrical and contain an axis bar in-situ. One is slightly shorter than the other, the shorter one perhaps terminating in a worn break. They are divided by a pin slot at the rear.  The wings are joined to one end of a large rectangular flat plate by a short bridging element which  projects from the front-centre of the wings and curves slightly downward, like a bow. It is moulded o…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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