Record ID: CORN-0F42E4
Object type: KEY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy key, possibly to the bolt of a netting vice, with a broken openworked head above a moulded rib and bead neck, leading to a tapering shank. The object may also have been used as a button hook as the tapering point may have originally been curved into a hook. The end is now bent slightly, but if it was originally straight, it may have fitted into a cylcindrical bolt which was then turned within a vice to hold the netting while it was used for crocheting. Walker (1994) illustrates examples of netting vices with similar moulded decoration on page 87, and button hooks o…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0F1686
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal of four-disc form, stamped on the inner discs, with the initial of the alnager: 'S' surrounded by the word 'HAMPSHIRE' inside a raised ring border: the other disc is stamped with a bird within a shield, which is in turn also within a ring border. The bird has a hooked beak and bells on its legs, above the claws, suggesting that it is meant to portray a hawk or a bird of prey. This seal dates from the 17th century (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0EA871
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped lead cloth seal of four-disc form: Disc 1: a tripartite motif with the number 24 below, which is presumably the length of the cloth in yards as measured. Disc 2: the initials of the alnager: TB to the sides of a flower (perhaps a pun on the surname - ? = Bloom/Blossom etc.) surrounded by a ring of pellets, with the legend 'HAMSHIRE' around the outside. Disc 3: a crowned heraldic rose. Disc 4: 'searched' written as SER/CHE/D. This seal dates from the 17th century, c.1600-1650 (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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