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Die | CORN-4EA550 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast cubical lead die, square in plan, profile and section with impressed annulets or ring and dot motifs in groups of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on different sides: 1 is opposite 3, 2 is opposite 4, and 5 is opposite 6. The sides (or faces) of the die each have a circular recessed area within the four ... | |||||
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Coin | CORN-4DFDD4 |
Post medieval | Devon |
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| Silver half crown of Charles I (1625-1649), Tower Mint, mintmark anchor, c.1638-9, Group III, Third horseman, Type 3a2, Spink 2775, North 2211. | |||||
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Coin | CORN-4D8182 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Group G (under Parliament), late 'Aberystwyth bust with riveted shoulder, Tower mint under Parliament, mintmark sceptre, c.1646-48, Spink 2819, North 2247. | |||||
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Harness mount | CORN-BDD2F0 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast lead alloy bridle boss, or harness mount, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, missing its rectangular attachment loops for the strap. The boss has a plain raised circle in the centre, with a recessed groove beyond and then two concentric borders: the first is a raised wavy line and... | |||||
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Coin | CORN-BDA145 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Copper farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), with the date on the reverse in exergue, which appears, though mostly illegible, to be 1672 as the base of the 2 can just be made out; Spink 3394. | |||||
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Sundial | CORN-BD6A00 |
Post medieval | Devon |
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| Cast copper alloy pocket or portable sundial, circular in plan, and made up of two annular bands which have been soldered together internally where a semi-circular loop attaches them at their outer edges. This loop would also have attached to a chain so that the sundial could be suspended. There ... | |||||
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Button | CORN-7E6A42 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy two-piece domed button with soldered attachment loop. The face of the button is very worn and hard to make out but the back mark is clear: .FIRMIN & WESTALL. STRAND which operated in London from c.1794-1812. The letters within the seven-pointed star of the Order of the Garte... | |||||
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Shot | CORN-53E127 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery piece... | |||||
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Crotal | CORN-2B7097 |
Post medieval | Warwickshire |
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| Cast copper alloy crotal bell, or closed rumbler bell, spherical in shape with a central mid rib that runs around the circumference of the bell at its widest point, which is 53 mm in diameter, where the two hemispheres have been soldered together. The top hemisphere of the bell has two larger sou... | |||||
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Cannon ball | CORN-251B02 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast iron cannon ball, spherical in shape, pitted and corroded on the surface but not damaged from use. The diameter of 82 mm and weight of almost 2kg of the cannon ball compares well with examples of Civil War shot in the Royal Institution of Cornwall's collections, in particular a cannon ball f... | |||||
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Bowl | CORN-1AEFD1 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Fragment of a cast copper alloy bowl, from the base of the rim, following the curvature of the body of the bowl and tapering towards the base where it has broken away from the vessel. The curvature in profile shows that the bowl would not have been very deep, perhaps 120 mm in depth. The the curv... | |||||
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Vessel | CORN-F0C156 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a large bowl or cooking vessel with an internally bevelled rim that is semi-circular in section and flush with the upper edge of the vessel. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly to suggest a reasonably deep straight-sided bowl or a deep straight-sid... | |||||
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Cauldron | CORN-EBBDA2 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy receptacle leg, probably from a small cauldron or skillet, triangular in plan, profile and section, with a large central mid-rib, flanked by a slightly narrower rib either side, and tapering from the triangular fragment of the body of the vessel at its upper end, to a pointed en... | |||||
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Token | CORN-7FF1B8 |
Post medieval | Wiltshire |
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| Copper farthing token of Bristol, with the letters C B signifying CIVITAS BRISTOL and the date of 1670 on the obverse, and with a shield with the arms of Bristol in the form of shield with a ship issuing from a castle on the reverse (Williamson, 1967, Volume 1, 241, No.20). Obverse: *A BRISTOLL F... | |||||
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Seal | CORN-F50077 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Cast lead cloth seal for sealing woolpacks or other textiles, circular in plan, but missing its connecting strip. One face has what appears to be a privy mark on it and the other, the back of the seal, is blank. This would have been the seal of a clothier, weaver or searcher if what is left of th... | |||||
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Coin | CORN-F4DBE2 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| Irish silver shilling of James I as King of Ireland (1603-1626), First coinage (1603-4) with title ANG SCO FRA ET HIB REX, second bust with pointed beard and martlet mintmark, Spink 6513. | |||||
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Coin | CORN-F4CEC4 |
Post medieval | Dorset |
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| Copper alloy double tournois of Charles II Gonzaga (1609-1631), dated to 1631 on the reverse, who was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Mayenne, and was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henry of Lorraine as Duke of Mayenn... | |||||
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Coin | CORN-F4B902 |
Post medieval | Dorset |
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| Incomplete Irish silver sixpence of James I as King of Ireland (1603-1626), Second Coinage, c.1604-7, rose mintmark, Dublin mint, with TVEATVR VNITA DEVS on reverse, Spink 6517. | |||||
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Coin | CORN-F47D20 |
Post medieval | Dorset |
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| Two fragments of a silver half groat of James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage (1604-1619), with stops on reverse and I D G ROSA SINE SPINA on reverse, with smaller crown on obverse, mintmark looks like plain cross (c.1618-1619) but very worn, Spink 2660 | |||||
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Spur | CORN-F3AE48 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Incomplete cast copper alloy spur with only one terminal remaining, the other side having been broken in antiquity. The sides of the spur have been bent outwards and the terminal has been bent back towards the side that it would have originally been in line with. The terminal is an enclosed sub-r... | |||||
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Coin | CORN-D56A12 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Issue (1561-1577), dated to 1568 on reverse, confirmed by mintmark of coronet, North 1998, Spink 2566. | |||||
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Coin | CORN-D539B2 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Silver 4 sols of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715), minted at Lyon and dated on reverse to 1676. Obverse: IVDOVICVS XIIII D GRA; draped bust with annulet curls facing right Reverse: FRAN ET NAVARRE REX 1676; Crown above fleur-de-lis cross, D within. Krause & Mishler 2003 (17th century, 3rd edit... | |||||
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Jews harp | CORN-CA4A22 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy jews harp, with bevelled edges so that it is lozenge-shaped in section, which flattens out as the body extends into the tapering arms. At the apex of the loop there are two parallel grooves where the iron tongue would have been attached originally. This small lyre-shaped musical... | |||||
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Dress hook | CORN-C98581 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Incomplete ast copper alloy dress hook fastener with the hook end having been bent straight and the loop end broken and missing. Two pointed projections are all that remain of the base of the attachment loop. The body of the fastener is circular in plan and domed in profile with a larger central ... | |||||
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Pin | CORN-C93882 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy buckle pin with a drilled circular hole for the spindle and an incised groove on both sides just below the loop where the pin then narrows and is recessed and tapers to a flattened point. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar incised and recessed pin on a shoe buckle on page 10... | |||||
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Mount | CORN-C8C480 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Sheet copper alloy mount or escutcheon plate in the form a flower with a central raised roundel and four trefoil petals in a cross formation. One of the central petals in one of the four groups has broken away so that it is flush with the other two petals either side. This broken edge may have or... | |||||
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Door fitting | CORN-C85006 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy, likely brass, knob terminal from a door or drawer handle, circular in plan and semi-circular in profile. The fitting is in the form of a daisy with a central raised dome. The dome is defined and bordered by two concentric rings which are surrounded by twelve petals that form th... | |||||
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Book fitting | CORN-0DB4D3 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Sheet copper alloy book clasp with expanded bifid terminal at one end and hook at the other. The clasp also retains its shorter rectangular back-plate, though it has broken in half, and its three rivets, holding the front and back plates together, around the leather strap, now missing. The upper ... | |||||
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Buckle | CORN-4BF8A8 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper alloy buckle in the form of an 'S' with a stylised beast's head at each terminal. The head is a combination of a bird-like and serpent-like creature, with raised ears or a crest on the back of the head and a projecting upturned beak, with lentoid eyes and an open mouth with a defined ... | |||||
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Bird feeder | CORN-11D2F5 |
Post medieval | Cornwall |
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| Cast lead alloy bird feeder or water trough, D-shaped in plan and section with the flat side designed to fit on the wall or the side of a cage. The base of the feeder is also flat and the body flares upward from the base, with a flanged rim. The object is undecorated, apart from a series of paral... | |||||
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