Record ID: NARC-342733
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead disc, 26mm in diameter and 6mm thick, weighing 39g. Each face has an image of a Henry II or III voided shortcross penny. Obverse: HENRICVS REX with sceptre Reverse: Voided short cross legend reads cf.: [ ] GNVNAL ON SNOT[ ] The coin has been made using a die ie., it is not a retrograde impression from a real Henry penny. The patina of the lead is a dark grey. This is highly likley to be a modern museum replica or trial piece manufactured by the known commercial replica manufacturer Grunal Moneta (website active on date of this record - http://livinghistory.co.uk/hom…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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Record ID: NARC-20F5F8
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy golded figurine representing Jesus on the cross. The reverse is hollow with flat edges to enable it to sit flush against a wooden cross. The left arm is outstretched and raised, the hand is incomplete. The right arm is missing at the shoulder. The legs are close together and the feet are missing. the head is slightly forward and leaning to the right. The hair is long and swept across the back of the neck, resting on th left shoulder. The hips lean to the right and are covered by a cloth, twisted to form a band at the waits. The features, especially the hair …
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-A1014C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pennanular brooch. The panannular frame is 26mm in diameter and 3mm wide. It is decorated with floriate design which appears to have been etched into a wider sheet and then shaped into its current form. The terminals are domed and adorned with filigree (alternate triangles and circles) and topped with a square cut green glass stone which sits atop the dome. the base and green glass have filigree borders. The frame terminals are 7.5mm in diameter and sit 5mm high. The pin is 44mm long and is attached to teh frmae by a rectangular notch allowing the frame to move freely around…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-C96603
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
WWI cap badge. The phrase HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE (Evil be to him who evil thinks) is used on several British regimants coats of arms. In this case, the George Cross on the central oval boss represents the Coldstream Guards. This is a rank "pip" for the Coldstream Guards. If bronze or bronze finish it would be for wear in officers' service dress which was introduced in 1902. made by Firmin and Sons Ltd in Birmingham.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: NARC-B9B6A2
Object type: URN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1920s/30s Art-Deco urn (garden decoration) made from a conglomerate man-made material best termed as concrete. The object stands 230mm high, with an outer diameter of 185mm. The walls of the top of the piece are 32mm thick.The 'cup' is 80mm deep. The base has a diameter of 132mm. The object has been cast in concrete, probably mass produced in a mould. There are no tool or working marks that would be visible had it been carved or ground from stone, even a soft stone such as sandstone. On the inside edge of the urn is visible a small strip of iron embedded into the surface. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
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Record ID: NARC-D6F2CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver square looped buckle, complete with pin. Hallmarks on the reverse. Recorded for reference.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: NARC-BC5422
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (probably Victorian) forgery of a Civil war era Scarborough, or seige, Shilling. A rectangular flan (30mm long. One edge = 23mm wide. The opposite edge 28mm wide), slightly concave, with a castle and sun stamped into it. Below the castle is stamped an S and an I, representing a value of one shilling. There is a vertical groove along the left edge of the piece. The reverse is plain, but with the outline of the design on the obverse being slightly visible. Some scratch marks, possibly from use-wear but potentially from post-depositional damage, are on the upper right edge…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Record ID: NARC-2A6CF5
Object type: TAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy solid pelta shaped object, probably a modern barrel tap handle. The inside edges of the loops and the outside edge of the main curve are bevelled from a central ridge, due to filing down the casting seams.The central rectangular section has an uneven break. On both flat faces of the object is stamped WARNER, giving the object a modern date. 58mm long, 31mm wide and 6mm thick. Weigh: 50.32g. A number of very similar broken peltaic objects of similar construction and proportions have been recorded on this database, cf. also: SUSS-85A5E2, ESS-632E…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-BA9DE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount, commonly used as horse furniture in the late Georgian and Victorian periods. The mount has suffered some post-depositional damage and so some holes have appeared in the structure. Made from pressed copper alloy sheet (likley to be brass), the edges are scalloped with floral and pellet raised and depressed motif. A raised sexfoil border contains an eagle facing right with a five petalled rose at its feet. At either side of the raised border are borders of raised pellets. At the revesre are two prongs flattened at the ends, one pointing upwards and the other poi…
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2013
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2013
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Record ID: NARC-A0DB46
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pendant in the shape of an arrow, with two notches taken from either sides. A triangular depression sits at the top of the pendant, where a collar, triangular in cross-section and decorated with cross-hatch grooves. An oval suspension loop sits atop this triangular collar, perpendicular to the axis of the pendant. This pendant is modern, and is modelled on a stylised tribal arrowhead. Similar can be found for sale on this website (website page active as of 14.08.13): http://www.tribalhollywood.com/Detail.bok?no=27
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 13th August 2013
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Record ID: NARC-EC67D6
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A commemorative medallion, or medalet, of William IV. The obverse has the bare head of William IV right. The inscription reads: WILLIAM IV / crowned Sep.8.1831 The reverse features a soldier holding a sword with horse reared on its hind legs, with dogs(?) in front advancing towards the horse. The inscription reads: BY TRAMPLING ON LIBERTY I LOST THE REINS 1830 According to R.N.P Hawkins (1960) of the British Numismatic Society in his article 'Minor Products of British Nineteenth-Century Diesinking', in the 1820's there appeared an increase in the appearance of cheap medalets …
Created on: Saturday 29th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spratton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-6E7E81
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
David Higgins of Liverpool University comments: "These bowls are presumably made of some form of pewter or lead based alloy rather than pure lead - probably the same material as they make die cast metal soldiers and cars from....this type of bowl comes from a toy whistle of late nineteenth or early twentieth century date" (Pers.comm 4/7/12). Further information on this artefact type can be seen in the Society for Clay Pipe Research Newlstter 76, page 43 'Metal Pipes and Toy Whistles' (2009). The pipe bowl is incomplete and mis-shapen, but initially had a diameter of approximately …
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
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Record ID: NARC-E97244
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Modern cast-lead pencil sharpener of 19th century date (c. 1850-c. 1900). The lower part is hollow and cone-shaped to house the pencil. It has a rim at the base and a vertical slot at one side. On the opposite side of the slot there is a raised cartouche or similar feature with the initials SO. The decorative handle end is sub-triangular in plan and pointed in side view. Two scrolls rise from each side of the cone to form a six-sided opening. The scrolls support a scallop-like feature which has an almost similar design on each face with a circular hole at the base. …
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-E94AF3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy belt fitting. Square in plan, with concave sides and etched design which suggests lettering. The reverse has four rectangular lugs, one at each corner, which are each broken at approximately 3.5mm high.The design and patina suggest a modern date.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-E8C674
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead strip. A similar object has been recorded on this database WMID-EF3192 and has been interpreted as a plaque commemorating Napolean Bonaparte. Cast into the plaque is decorated with an eagle with wings outstretched, standing left. The Eagle was adopted by Napoleon as his standard, and its presence on this plaque suggests that it held a similar function to the one recorded at WMID-EF3192. The reverse is plain and the object is broken and bent.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-A7D326
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of the type known as puzzle rings. Three inter-linking gold hoops square in section and 1.5mm wide. The hoops are mis-shapen and twisted, but were approximately 20mm in diameter when in its original shape. Similar has been recorded in the Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, (2005 T518), figure 880, page 171, and reported on by Judy Rudoe. In this report, Rudoe states that: "Although examples are known , puzzle rings are not common before 1700", and there is no contextual or stylistic evidence to date this ring to before 1711. This finger ring has therefore not been r…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
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Record ID: NARC-917EA7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The lead mechanism and hammer for a 19th century toy gun. The trigger is fixed into place by corrosion.The whole object is 42mm long and 32mm wide. It is 7mm thick. The handle is missing, as is the barrel. A small portion of the trigger remains in place, corroded into the casing. two iron rivets hold the two halves of the casing together. In good condition with a cream patina. Toy pistols of this date usually fired matches.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
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Record ID: NARC-912E18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
George III copper alloy penny. Fourth issue. Issued 1806. Soho mint. This coin has been modified by flattening areas around the edge, giving the impression of a 12 sided coin. This modification makes the coin unusual and worthy of a database record, despite its 19th century date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
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Record ID: NARC-714AA6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1918 issue of a George V halfpenny. A copper alloy V soldered onto the obverse, presumably celebrating the end of World war I or II.
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Record ID: NARC-5E89D2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete machine made thimble of post-medieval to modern date. Slightly squashed at the base, with a diameter of 15mm. 21.5mm high. 11 grooves run around the base of the thimble, alternately plain and vertically grooved. the upper half of the thimble has diamond shaped depressions. The top, domed surface is plain, apart from concentric grooves showing that the thimble is machine made. There is a circular hole 4mm in diameter. The hole has been deliberately cut out, rather than caused by wear.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
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