TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

(IX) spooNs
542. East Dean and Friston, East sussex:
medieval silver-gilt spoon handle (2005 T361)
Date: 15th–16th century
Discovery: Found by Mr S Ellis while metal-detecting
between 1999 and 2005.
Description: The stem from a Medieval spoon, roughly
pentagonal in section and terminating in an acorn
knop. A very small part of the bowl survives.
Disposition: Towner Museum & Art Gallery, Eastbourne
hopes to acquire.
J P ROBINSON
543. Longford, Derbyshire: 14th–15th-century silver
spoon stem with diamond-shaped knop
(2006 T561) pAs ID: pAs-2A20C6
Found by Mr I Wild while metal-detecting in March
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
M MELLOR
544. Dunelme site, North yorkshire:
14th–15th-century silver-gilt spoon handle
(2005 T289) pAs ID: NCL-900C06
Found by Mr S Llewellyn while metal-detecting in July
2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
545. East of Colchester, Essex: 15th-century silver
‘diamond point’ spoon handle (2005 T461)
pAs ID: Ess-D6E876
Found by Ms S Lohberger while metal-detecting in
October 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
C McDONALD
546. martyr Worthy, hampshire: 15th-century silver
fig-shaped spoon fragment (2006 T6)
pAs ID: hAmp-593A27
Found by Mr R Cooper while metal-detecting in
October 2005; disclaimed, returned to finder.
D THORNTON
(X) sTRAp-ENDs AND CLAsps
547. market Weighton, East Riding of yorkshire:
medieval silver strap-end (2006 T109)
Date: 14th century
Discovery: Found by Mr P Hipwell while metaldetecting
in January 2006.
Description: A silver strap-end, with a tongue-shaped
terminal. The attachment end is elaborated into a
stylised vegetal form, with two tear-shaped cut-outs
on either side of a slender stem. The rivet, which would
have originally held the leather in place, survives.
Length 23.12mm, width 11.72mm.
Disposition: East Riding Museum Service.
J P ROBINSON
548. Aldingbourne, West sussex: medieval silver-gilt
strap-end and terminal (2005 T291)
Date: Late 14th–early 15th century (1); 15th century (2)
Discovery: Found by Mr D Mountford while metaldetecting
in July 2005.
Description:
1. A strap-end constructed in several parts, the main
section terminating in an elaborate trefoil, along the
outside of which runs a series of decorative elements.
The outline of the trefoil is emphasised by a band of
cabled wire from which springs a plain band into which
is inserted a tiny curled wire, forming two shoulders.
The frame of the strap-end is heavily chamfered, and
contains within it another plain and cabled band of
decoration. In the centre of the strap-end, fixed by a
single rivet, is the letter ‘R’. The frame of the trefoil was
further decorated by spheres mounted by two cabled
bands, but only one of these survives. The background
surface to the letter ‘R’ is cross-hatched and decorated
with four symmetrically arranged rosettes which
surround the letter. The reverse is plain and two of
the trefoils are badly damaged, revealing the under
structure.
2. Found in close proximity to the strap-end was a
silver-gilt mount in the form of a foliate terminal,
which is not associated.
Disposition: Chichester District Museum.
J P ROBINSON
549. West Clandon, surrey:
medieval silver folding strap clasp (2006 T191)
Date: 14th–early 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr R Mintern while metaldetecting
in 2003.
Description: The oval frame and folding component of
a silver folding strap clasp. Only a small fragment of the
folded sheet plate survives.
Disposition: Guildford Museum hopes to acquire.
D WILLIAMS
550. hatfield Woodhouse area, south yorkshire:
medieval silver strap-fitting (2006 T419)
Date: 15th century
Discovery: Found by Mr M Broadhurst while metaldetecting
in September 2005.
Description: A strap-fitting fashioned into the shape
of a scallop shell, which terminates in a loop. It was
probably attached to a narrow leather strap and
perhaps formed part of a clasp. Length: 14mm; width:
6mm.
Disposition: Doncaster Museum hopes to acquire.
J P ROBINSON
551. pulham, Dorset: medieval silver strap-end
or chape (2006 T349)
Date: Late 15th–early 16th century
Discovery: Found by Mrs M Palfreeman while metaldetecting
in June 2006.
Description: A late Medieval silver strap-end or belt
chape, U-shaped, cast with a scalloped lower edge,
a raised ridge, a central hole and three smaller holes
above, and then perpendicular-style edging across
the upper edge. On the back there are two studs for
attachments, with marks made by a metal file when
cleaning up the cast. Length: 20mm approx.
Discussion: For comparison see an engraved gold
example with St George and the Dragon in the British
Museum (P&E 1991,6-7,1), which suggests the above
dating.
Disposition: Dorset County Museum hopes to acquire.
D THORNTON
552. mileham Area, Norfolk: 13th-century silver-gilt
trapezoidal strap-end with foliate decoration
(2006 T503) pAs ID: sWyoR-C7b404
Found by Mr M Martin while metal-detecting in August
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
E DARCH
553. offley, hertfordshire: 14th-century silver
hexagonal, knopped strap-end (2006 T275)
pAs ID: bh-00C4E4
Found by Mr M Bowles while metal-detecting in May
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
554. hunstanton area, Norfolk: 14th-century
composite silver strap-end with spiked knop
(2006 T289) pAs ID: pAs-284322
Found by Mr S Brown while metal-detecting in May
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
A ROGERSON
(XI) TERmINALs & ChApEs
555. hamfallow, Gloucestershire:
medieval silver terminal (2006 T325)
Date: 12th century
Discovery: Found by Mr T Ball while metal-detecting in
March 2006.
Description: The terminal’s finial is formed from a
near-cube with the edges cut away to create five equalarmed
crosses inlaid with a thin sheet of gold. The shaft
of the terminal tapers to a flared socket which has two
small holes for the attachment of a thin rod or a strap.
The precise nature of the terminal is difficult to
determine. It may have formed the end of a pointer
or a manuscript marker. Related finds include North
Ormsby, Lincolnshire, and Rendham, Suffolk (Treasure
Annual Report 2001, nos. 119 & 120) and Woodbridge
area, Suffolk (Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 219).
Length: 17mm; diameter of socket: 4mm.
Disposition: Stroud Museum.
J P ROBINSON
556. bury st Edmunds area, suffolk:
13th–14th-century silver scabbard chape
(2006 T314) pAs ID: sF-2CD175
Found by Mr L Severson while metal-detecting in May
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
F MINTER
557. Gayton, Northamptonshire:
13th–15th-century tapering terminal (2006 T443)
pAs ID: NARC-C5E856
Found by Ms S Johnston while metal-detecting in July
2006; disclaimed, returned to finder.
J P ROBINSON
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