Record ID: BERK-4A2338
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sectional fragment of a cast copper-alloy Medieval to Post Medieval purse frame c. AD 1400 – 1600. The purse frame is possibly of Williams Class A1. The fragment is rectangular in form and slightly curved with an L-shaped cross- section. The reverse is hollow. The exterior is decorated with incised double-strand lattice that may have had a niello infill. Length = 80.3mm, width = 6.92mm, thickness = 2.0mm, weight 15.1gm. Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database: SUR-3FF9D1, SUR-5CD912, and SUSS-80C935.
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
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Record ID: BERK-57B739
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic strap-end of Thomas's Class A, dating to the period c.775 - c.925. The strap-end is of flat section and is broadly rectangular in plan, its long sides converging slightly, towards the bottom end, where a pair of moulded ears above a number of incised chevrons create the impression of a forward-facing zoomorphic mask terminal. At the opposite end of the object are the remains of the two attachment plates. A Trewhiddle style beast, defined by niello-filled grooves, occupies a rectangular panel on the upper surface of the strap-end's body. Thi…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: BERK-10E81A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, collard bi-conical decorated Roman hair pin head, probably c. 50 - 400 AD. Only the pin head now remains. The top of the head has incised groves at the quadrants with a dot in each space. The lower surface has a circumferential ring of dots at its outer edge and a collar leading to the circular form shaft (now missing). There are blackened remnants of what may have been has a silvered niello surface but the piece is much abraded, leaving a light green patina
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Record ID: BERK-294D9C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One arm from a late medieval / post medieval purse bar, dating from c. AD 1450-1600. The arm displays decoration in the form of double saltires ("X"s) within a vertical line on each side. The decoration has Niello inlay.
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2017
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Record ID: BERK-EECCA2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval purse frame fragment with old breaks. On the curved face there is a criss-cross niello decoration, the inside face is plain. Dates to the period AD 1400 - 1600
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2017
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Record ID: BERK-D4EA6C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast silver gilt early medieval pin, comprising most of the pinhead. The fragment is flat and sub-rectangular in surviving form, with a rounded top and a flat lower edge. In the centre of the lower edge is the broken stub of the pin's shaft. The pinhead's shape is formed from two opposing birds in Salin's Style II, the design repeated on each face of the pin. Their heads, with sharp curving beaks, meet at the top of the pinhead and their backs form the sloping outer edges, wings tucked into their bodies (the tip of one bird's wing is broken off) and tails extending to for…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-12CCB3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gilded silver pyramidal mount. The four faces are decorated with incised lines to mimic garnet cloisonné inlays. Two designs alternate across these faces: a central curved Y-shaped flanked by rounded triangles in the lower corners; and a stepped Y-shape forming three stepped 'cells'. The top of the pyramid is flat and inlaid with a square red garnet within a gold cell. The mount is hollow underneath with an integral transverse bar along the base. Two of the lower corners are damaged.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton Grey CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-92294E
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of one arm of a later medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (AD 1400-1500), Ward Perkins' Class A2. The arms would have extended from either side of a central boss which housed the suspension loop. The arm is broadly oval in section and has a rounded expanded terminal at one end. There are two integral lugs that extend from the lower edge of the arm with an attachment hole whcih would have been sewn to the purse itself. The arm has an incised inscription on each side which was then filled with niello inlay, little of which now survives. The inscription is in …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 15th July 2018
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Record ID: BERK-C90D45
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle to late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1, split attachment-end with twin copper alloy rivets holes, complete but missing the rivets. The face is decorated with an indistinct design due to wear - it appears to be interlaced (Trewhiddle style) and a very small amount of niello inlay survives. The animal-head terminal has engraved ears and a raised snout with twin oblique mouldings on both sides forming the eyes. These strap ends dominated the cheaper end of the market (Thomas 2003:2) and can be dated to c. AD 750-950.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wallingford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-129DD5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A now broken copper-alloy zoomorphic strap-end, dating from the Middle to Late Early-Medieval period. The strap-end is of flat section, bifurcating at the attachment end. This attachment, located at the top, comprises two plates (the upper slightly damaged) with a scalloped top side and two rivet holes below, separated from each other by the central strap slot. One copper alloy rivet remains intact. The outer sides of the body bow outwards slightly, before converging towards the zoomorphic basal terminal. The upper surface of the body is occupied by an incised panel of symmetrical dec…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wallingford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-61B794
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar dating to the medieval period. The find consists of one arm of the purse bar which belongs to Ward Perkins Class A2. The bar has a flat arm with a rounded rectangular section and a flange with three holes for suspending the purse bag. The arm terminates in a rounded knop separated from the main arm by a narrow neck. Both sides of there purse bar are decorated with an inscription inlaid with niello; inscriptions are characteristic of Class A2 bars. One side reads [S]TMARIA and the other reads CRISSTE. The first S of CRISSTE is reversed and…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2013
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Record ID: BERK-10F714
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end of the middle to late Early-Medieval period (AD 750-1050) of Thomas' Class B, with parallel sides, wedge-shaped split end and zoomorphic terminal. There are indistinct geometric shapes on the body and terminal of the object. There is evidence of niello inlay on the upper surface towards the strap attachment; the pattern appears intertwined but is otherwise indistinct. One rivet out of two survives.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
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Record ID: BERK-EC5623
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy bead, roughly spherical with a sub-rectangular cross section and an off-centre sub-circular hole 4.15mm in diameter. The outer circumference of the bead is decorated with three shallow grooves, each of which is filled with what appears to be a niello or silver-like substance. This method of decoration suggests an Early-medieval date; Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian c. late 8th to 10th century AD.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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Record ID: BERK-C6EB42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman Hod Hill brooch, dating from the mid 1st Century AD. This brooch is a varient of Hull's type 63. The brooch has two ribs above the bow and four cast knops at the top and bottom of the bow - the bow is wider at the top and has a raised median panel with badly worn decoration - possible chevrons or arcs and there is possibly a fragment of niello remaining. The base of the bow has the remains of two smaller knops but below this point the rest of the brooch is missing. The brooch measures 28.56mm long, 23.75mm wide and has a maximum thickness of 3.06mm. It weig…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-992BD2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end with zoomorphic design. Two copper alloy rivets are used as animal eyes. The 'back' of the animal consists of multiple triangular lines with some surviving niello / enamel. This strap end dates from the 9th-10th centuries and measures 29.35mm long, 10.17mm wide and is 2.73mm thick. It weighs 4.9gms.
Created on: Thursday 29th October 2009
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
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Record ID: BERK-FEA9F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end dating to circa 9th century. A zoomorphic design, the strap end has two lozenge-shaped panels behind the creature's head which would have been for the surface decoration probably niello. Two small fragments of possible niello with incised spiral designs survive on each panel. This decoration may have been intended to represent wings or scales. The strap end measures 42.07mm long, 10.56mm wide, 2.36mm thick and weighs 5.7gms.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-571876
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a silver strap end, the tip missing. A small and narrow strapend with damaged upper edge and tapering sides with beaded edges. The central field contains silver interlace set into a niello field, most of which is still intact. The lower end of the strapend had snapped off and the edge is stained with iron corrosion and bent upwards. Two large, knob-headed rivets are visible on the front and fully preserved on the back. Here, they sit in a mass of iron corrosion products, which may contain organic remains of the original strap. Scientific report: Non-destructive X-ray fluore…
Created on: Friday 13th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penton Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FAA846
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval object, probably a strap end. In plan the object is in the form of a banded sub-rectangular strip with a zoomorphic design at its terminal end. The plain reverse side has traces of ferrous corrosion. There is low-relief grooved decoration along the front face of the strap end which is probably inlaid with niello. The terminal end is a stylised animal head with the facial features and ears delineated with fine grooves. Behind the head in the direction of the attachment end there are three transverse bands along its length, and beyond this …
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FDC803
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete mid-late Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's Class A, type 1 (Thomas 2003, 2). The strap-end is flat (2.06mm thick) and the overall shape in plan is sub-oval (14.15mm at its widest and 54.11mm long). The split attachment end is shaped at the top with a central point. The v-shaped split would have received the end of the cloth or leather strap and a pair of rivet holes have been punched front-to-back to secure the strap in place; one of these rivet holes is slightly misaligned on the reverse. The front of the strap-end is decorated in low relief with a pair of hig…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
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Record ID: BERK-570494
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy stirrup strap mount (11th century). The stirrup strap mount is a Class A, sub-triangular mount, debased Type 8 (Williams 1997: 47). At the apex of the mount is a large zoomorphic head with two smaller projecting heads on either side of the base. The flange does not extend along the entire length of the base, just between the two heads. From the upper head with its prominent eyes projects a series of looping and bifurcating tendrils which end in lobes. From the lower heads part of the body and a single limb are depicted; a prominent wing ext…
Created on: Monday 12th March 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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