Commonwealth Vellum Document

Flat-section hoop in 5th-6th century A.D. Byzantine style with openwork median band flanked by filigree ropework, granule cluster to each shoulder, the bezel a tall tapering cell with cruciform and other granule clusters, inset slightly irregular ancient cabochon garnet. 7.55 grams, 28.74 mm overall, 21.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)



From a New York, USA, private collection. Acquired in the 1990s. Property of a North American gallery.

Including crucifix pendant, biconvex finger ring, brooch with rotating George III coin and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 175 grams total, 17-84 mm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.26 kg total, 10 x 9 - 9.5 x 10.2 in.



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.