https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/double-loop-buckles/double-loop-oval-buckle-with-plate-59327.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:54:33 GMT Double loop buckles  

Description:		A double loop oval buckle, complete with folded sheet-metal plate. The frame has a narrowed strap bar and an expanded straight outer edge to each loop. The plate is rectangular, unrecessed, slotted for the (missing) pin and fitted with a single copper-alloy rivet.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Double loop buckles
Category:		Double loop buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/mounts/zoomorphic-mount-59319.html Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:42:39 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A zoomorphic copper-alloy mount of the medieval period. The mount is moulded in the form of an uncertain animal's head, the forehead of which is decorated with incised cross-hatching. There is a single vacant rivet hole, drilled somewhat off-centre, in the brow.
Category:		Medieval, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/harness-pendants-and-pendant-suspension-mounts/harness-pendant-59313.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:01:20 GMT Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts  

Description:		A complete shield-shaped heraldic harness pendant of the medieval period. The pendant is quite unusual in that it bears the heraldic arms on both sides. Although some of the detail is worn and unclear, a composite interpretation of the blazoning would appear to be: Azure, a fess dancetty Or between in chief four crosses fleury Or and in base a cross fleury Or between two bezants Or. The following information has been sourced using AI, and it has not been possible to corroborate it independently:  The original or inherited arms are Azure, a fess dancetty Or; the crosses are secondary additions. The four charges in chief are family decoration, and the three charges in base are personal differencing. The only families known to bear this coat in the right period and region are Edgar / Eger / Ager, northern gentry with documented movement of members into Lincolnshire ecclesiastical lands. The most likely bearer of the arms is a cadet member of this family serving Spalding Priory or Crowland Abbey.
Category:		Medieval, Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts
Category:		Harness pendants, studs and suspension mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/lighting-equipment/candlestick-59311.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:25:17 GMT Lighting equipment  

Description:		An incomplete tripod base from a candlestick. The base is cast in copper alloy and consists of a central ring with three radial legs equally-spaced around the periphery. Two of the legs are now broken and incomplete, but the surviving one terminates in a moulded animal-foot. It is likely that all three legs would originally have been of the same form. The central ring would have held a vertical stem, surmounted by the candle holder, either a pricket - a spike onto which the candle was fitted - or a socket, often with a surrounding drip tray or 'wax-catcher'. Cf. PAS: BUC-9C114B For a more recent example of generally similar type, see UKDFD 56399.
Category:		Medieval, Lighting equipment
Category:		Lighting equipment

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/buckles-belt-hooks-and-belt-clasps/belt-clasps-hooks-and-miscellaneous-items/s-shaped-belt-hook-59309.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:04:42 GMT Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items  

Description:		An S-shaped belt-hook in the form of a flattened three-dimensional serpent with scales on the body and a decorative moulding at the centre..
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Buckles, belt hooks and belt clasps, Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items
Category:		Belt clasps, hooks and miscellaneous items

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/mounts/quatrefoil-mount-59296.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:46:20 GMT Mounts  

Description:		A quatrefoil-shaped mount of the medieval period, possibly from a book cover (see below). The mount has a hollow, conical central boss and four peripheral pierced lugs at the cardinal points. The exterior of the boss is decorated with eight triangular recesses, equally spaced and arranged radially, such that they create the effect of the mount having eight spokes. The peripheral lugs appear to be moulded in the form of devolved animal heads with angular, rearward-facing ears. All four, however, are broken across the piercing.  For protection against wear and tear, valuable books of the medieval period were adorned with matching conical or domed mounts that were placed at each corner, and often also in the centre, of the outer covers. See also UKDFD 57420.
Category:		Medieval, Mounts
Category:		Mounts

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/early-medieval/pins/hair-or-dress-pin-59294.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:19:16 GMT Pins  

Description:		An incomplete copper-alloy hair or dress pin, consisting of the head and a very short length of the shaft. The head is of polyhedral form with ring-and-dot motifs on each of the facets. The surviving part of the shaft is of slender proportions with an indistinct collar immediately below the head.
Category:		Early Medieval, Pins
Category:		Pins

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/finger-rings/finger-ring-59293.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:58:27 GMT Finger rings  

Description:		A copper-alloy finger ring of the late medieval to early post-medieval period. The ring has a slender oval bezel and a hoop of D-shaped cross-section, which tapers slightly at the shoulders. The bezel is decorated with an incised motif in the form of a pentagram, or linear five-pointed star, within a border of multiple punched dots. The motif is possibly symbolic. In medieval times, the pentagram was regarded as a Christian symbol representing the Five Wounds of Christ and also as representing the five senses. For further details, see the 'Pentagram' entry on Wikipedia.
Category:		Medieval, Finger rings
Category:		Finger rings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/brooches/bow-brooches/colchester-two-piece-brooch-59292.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:57:50 GMT Bow brooches  

Description:		A Colchester Two-piece brooch of the early Roman period. It is of the type that has a double-pierced lug for the sprung pin mechanism, the lower perforation to hold the axis bar of the spring, and the upper one to secure the chord. It has short, semi-cylindrical, undecorated wings. The bow is arched and D-shaped in profile; a pronounced midrib occupies the upper section, it then tapers to an understated foot. On the back of the bow is a triangular, perforated catchplate with curved return. The spring remains in situ; the pin is missing.
Category:		Roman, Brooches, Bow brooches
Category:		Bow brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/la-tene-iii-brooch-59290.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:50:25 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete late Iron-Age brooch of La Tène III type. The bow is undecorated, rectangular in section, and arched in profile; it tapers towards the foot and terminates with a solid sub-triangular catchplate. The bilateral spring and pin are missing. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the continental Nauheim type. It evolved on the continent around the beginning of the 1st century BC and was brought to Britain by the Belgae.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

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