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/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sentimental-hair-brooch-59383.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:47:55 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A copper-alloy sentimental hair brooch from the Late Georgian - Victorian period. It has an oval die-formed frame with two concentric rows of integral collets, which probably held paste seed pearls; the centre of the brooch may have held human hair artfully arranged under glass. The hinge and C clasp on the back of the brooch survive; the pin is missing. The brooch appears to have been in a fire, which has melted and fused the delicate components. A hair brooch could be a sentimental keepsake or a memorial to a loved one. Image 3 shows an undamaged brooch of generally similar type of the late 18th -19th century.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/paleolithic-to-neolithic/leaf-shaped-arrowhead-probably-59381.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:48:42 GMT Paleolithic to Neolithic  

Description:		A leaf-shaped arrowhead  (probably) of the Early to Late Neolithic period. On a secondary dark brown triangular flint flake. There is invasive scarring on both surfaces; the dorsal surface retains a portion of the cortex. One corner of the butt is missing
Category:		Paleolithic to Neolithic
Category:		Paleolithic to Neolithic

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/paleolithic-to-neolithic/barbed-and-tanged-arrowhead-59379.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:03:56 GMT Paleolithic to Neolithic  

Description:		An incomplete barbed and tanged arrowhead of the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, on a secondary grey-brown flint flake. The arrowhead's tip is now missing. Both surfaces have been worked; the dorsal side retains a substantial amount of the cortex.
Category:		Paleolithic to Neolithic
Category:		Paleolithic to Neolithic

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-14847.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A crescent-shaped swinger from a fly terret. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-29331.html Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A heart-shaped swinger from a fly terret. It is of openwork design with a knotted rope motif occupying the upper part and a heart-shaped cut-out at the base. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-37684.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		A brass swinger from a fly terret. It is of openwork design and cast in the form of a sexfoil within an engrailed ring. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-47781.html Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		An ornamental axe-shaped swinger from a fly terret. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/harness-and-saddle-fittings/swinger-from-fly-terret-59367.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:05:50 GMT Harness and saddle fittings  

Description:		An openwork brass swinger from a quatrefoil-shaped fly terret. The swinger is flat in profile and quadrilobate in plan. Three of the lobes have circular holes, and the fourth is solid with a short rectangular tab, which was originally the base of a recurved suspension loop, now broken off and missing. The tab is pierced and fitted with a very small rivet, which rotates freely and originally secured the returned end of the suspension loop. The centre of the swinger has openwork that resembles the spade emblem of a playing card. Interestingly, all four playing-card suits, clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades, are represented as openwork decoration on these harness ornaments. The swinger is a little unusual in originally having had a formed suspension loop, rather than the more usual type that has a solid cast and drilled lug. This possibly indicates an early stage of the development of the fly terret in the 19th century. PAS: CORN-FC89D8 is possibly another example with a formed suspension loop, although corrosion deposits preclude certainty. Fly terrets were one of a range of ornamental brasses worn by draught horses, and were fitted to the top of the headband. A complete example of generally similar type, but with solid cast and drilled suspension lug, is illustrated as Image 3.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Harness and saddle fittings
Category:		Harness and saddle fittings

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/spears/spearhead-fragment-59365.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:00:45 GMT Spears  

Description:		The pointed tip of a socketed spearhead of the Middle or Late Bronze Age. The fragment is leaf-shaped with a bilateral midrib to accommodate the socket.
Category:		Bronze Age, Spears
Category:		Spears

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/toys-and-miniatures/toy-musket-59363.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:44:20 GMT Toys and miniatures  

Description:		An incomplete 17th-century toy musket. Cast in one piece with a faceted barrel, curved stock, and a pierced fishtail butt. The stock and butt have punched ring-and-dot decoration. The trigger guard is missing.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Toys and miniatures
Category:		Toys and miniatures

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