Record ID: PUBLIC-4A1022
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy seal matrix of post-medieval date. The object is conical and hexagonally facetted; there is a loop for suspension at the top that is worn through at one point. The surface of the die, on the underside of the matrix, has a well-defined pattern of criss-cross grooves. BERK-437220 and NCL-0592E7 have similar cross hatching but different shaped bases also see UKDFD-27095, UKDFD-1082, UKDFD-4746 and UKDFD-8163. also recorded as UKDFD-34294. The following information is copied from UKDFD- Note re face of seal In English law a distinction is made between co…
Created on: Monday 24th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C44502
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One jewelled button probably from a cuff-link dating to the late 17th or mid 18th century. It has been cracked in situ. The button is circular with a flat back and a concave front, into which a faceted purple glass stone is set. The rim around the setting is beaded. The central integral shank has broken off. Information from UKDFD. Refer to LON-E712B6 also recorded as UKDFD 34127. Brian Read Metal Buttons BC-AD 2nd edition.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C0BE87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy penannular brooch. The object as been distorted and is 74.29mm long but would originally have been approximately 28mm in diameter , 3mm thick and weighs 5.6 grams. The brooch has the remains of a copper alloy pin that is wrapped twice around the brooch with a pointed piece protruding by 4.91mm. The object should be torque-shaped (penannular). The ends are capped with knurled spheres that are 5.39mm diameter and flattened at the ends. The Brooch has been fractured 18mm from one end and bent back almost 90 degrees. The brooch is in fair condition, with a patchy gree…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9B2D12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed North Eastern gold 'domino' type stater of the Corieltavi, dating from 50 BC to AD 10. On the obverse is a vestigial head of Apollo, facing right right, struck from a worn die. On the reverse is a disjointed horse, facing left, with a rectangular cartouche containing a line of four pellets above, and a four armed spiral below. It is 18.5 mm diameter and 2.5mm thick. It weighs 5.3 grams. The coin is a rose gold colour from the copper content of the gold. Refer to LIN-AA2382. a more worn example. References: VA 829-3; Mack 448; Spink 393; ABC 1758. Classification Do…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2011
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-781687
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy pot leg, 21.89mm long, 12.92mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a pale green patina and a weight of 17.9 grams. The object has a square form and a slightly rounded base. The object has the appearance of an elephants foot and is angled at approximately 45 degrees where it has broke away from the vessel. Refer to LEIC-32C113.
Created on: Saturday 1st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-77AE05
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bawdy object or figurine, possibly a pipe tamper dating from the 18th or 19th century. It is made from lead alloy and is in the shape of a pair of naked female legs spread apart to show the vagina. This example is uniface only depicting a woman's legs, but other examples are known which show a woman's legs on one face, and a man's legs and genitals on the other, for example IOW-736146. The Isle of Wight find is also different because it is made of copper alloy. A more similar parallel is NCL-DAC295. There is also a similar one in the January 2009 Searcher magazine. Erotic objects …
Created on: Saturday 1st October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-76A4B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy flat plate rivet repair (late 15th - late 16th century). The repair (a folded rivet) is made from a lozenge-shaped piece of copper alloy sheet folded to form a a rectangle. This example has been used to repair a vessel of approximately 2mm thickness, it was folded with two wings shaped into triangles projecting at 90 degrees to the rectangular plate and inserted through the thin crack in the vessel after being annealed to make it pliable then the wings where folded back against the sides of the vessel forming a repair. The copper alloy ha…
Created on: Saturday 1st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-498821
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of Late Iron Age or early Roman date (1st century AD). At the head, the wings are plain flat rectangular pieces with rounded outer ends (17.26mm in total width). From the centre of the underside of the head the integral spring as been pulled out and it has a piece of iron in the coil. The spring has three coils remaining. The bow rises at 75 degrees from the head before curving through 90 degrees and running straight to the foot. It is oval in cross-section with a slightly flattened underside. It tapers in w…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FA9EB5
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval key with hollow stem and L-shaped round bit. The bit has a rectangular cleft, 3mm x 22.67mm, along it's length underneath to form eight wards. The handle (bow)is broken but is a small open work tri-foil. It as a worn slot on one side of the stem it is 79.74mm long x 22.54mm wide, the stem is bulbous where the bow joins on and is 11mm diameter at this point, the stem is 8.48mm just beyond this point widening to 9.4mm at the end where it is cut or worn off at approximately 30 degrees, it weighs 38.1 grams. YORYM-15C6D3 is a very similar example.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A129C7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An asymmetrical strap end or mount with a separate sheet backplate attached with two rivets. The larger end of the mount is heart-shaped, and the smaller end is in the form of a trefoil or fleur-de-lis. The rivet at the larger end is separate and of iron, and the one at the smaller end is integral with the copper-alloy mount. It is likely that both rivets were originally of the integral type, and the iron rivet, and possibly the backplate, represent a makeshift repair. Recorded on UKDFD No 10494 also refer to UKDFD No 3400. Brian Read:- Metal Artifacts of Antiquity. From UKDFD.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3B3055
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hooked clothes fastener of the early post-medieval period. It consists of a lozenge-shaped body, cast in lead, with an integral loop connected to two sides at one end. At the other end, there would have been an embedded iron hook, but it is now missing. The plate has a moulded-in-relief design consisting of a quartered lozenge with a central pellet, all surrounded by a pelleted field and a lozenge-shaped border.It measures 19.28mm x 18.99mm x 2.15mm thick and weighs 8.8grams. See also UKDFD 25152 Also recorded UKDFD-No-3348. the previous & following information…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2883E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single looped copper alloy Medieval oval buckle with a narrowed and offset strap bar and a pin notch. The frame has an ornate expanded outer edge with two angled knops flanking two transverse ridges. The pin is missing. Also recorded as UKDFD-21838. Refer to IOW-F12747 and PUBLIC-A85507. Ross Whitehead Buckles 1250-1800 no. 100 The FLO adds: this could be seen as an example of a Meols type 8 buckle dating from 1250 - 1450 AD.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2836B3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy domed button, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (15th to 16th Centuries AD). The button can be described in two parts: the head and the shank. The head is oval in plan and D shaped in cross section. The shank is oval in plan and rectangular / flat in cross section. The head is of the plain / domed / convex style, with no trace of decoration remaining. The shank was cast integrally and consists of a flat plate, located centrally on the rear of the button. The shank has been set at right angles to the head. The attachment hole in th…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-27D191
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unassuming small lead cross pendant, possibly from a burial, of probable Medieval date. It is made from white-grey lead alloy with a small suspension hole of 1.17mm diameter at the end of one arm. It measures 23.49mm x 23.29mm x 3.3mm thick and weighs 6.4 grams. It is unevenly made with two adjacent arms shorter than the others but looks more even if viewed as a X. It is rectangular in section and the ends of the arms are all smoothly and gently rounded. Refer to:- NLM4667 and NLM4666 for similar lead crosses, one of which is inscribed. See also GLO-6C30D5 and DENO-61E4C6
Created on: Friday 16th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-277992
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key for a small lock, probably on a casket. The key has an oval bow with a circular hole through it, a shank with an oval cross section and a simple rectangular bit with two opposing notches half way down the sides. The end of the shank is hollow with a deep recess. The shank and bow taper in thickness from 4.88mm at the end of the shank to 3.75mm at the bow, the bit steps in on both faces to 2.71mm thick just below its junction with the shank. It is slightly bent in plan, now 36.04mm long, the bow is 13.75mm wide, the shaft 4.79mm x 5.30mm and…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-26CB38
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual Medieval buckle of which only the plate, pin and part of the frame survive. The plate is a folded rectangular sheet-metal buckle plate. It is recessed for the frame, slotted for the pin, and has a single rivet hole, with a copper-alloy rivet in situ. The front plate has two ring and dot markings which are visible but faint. About half of the copper-alloy wire buckle pin survives, looped around the bar. It is 0.98mm in diameter. The frame is unusual because it is made from sheet copper alloy. The remaining bit of frame is 14.14mm long x 3.55mm wide x 1.88mm thick with …
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0BDE65
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy elongated heart shaped belt mount with two attachment spikes on the back. It has been bent while in the ground, and it measures 30.77mm x 16.52 and weighs 3.0 grams. It has a brown-green patina and is slightly bevelled around its edge and appears to have been originally patterned along this area. The front is convex and the back is flat. The spikes are bent to grip the leather and are both broken. Refer to:- UKDFD-22290,UKDFD-17916 and UKDFD-5558. Very similar examples are NARC-34A764, HAMP-7E1975 and BH-14ACB4. Compare also DEV-56DF01
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0B8501
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete rectangular buckle plate of the medieval period. The plate is made from folded copper-alloy sheet, and has two copper-alloy rivets at the open end. One of the (two) hinge lugs is missing. Punched linear decoration on the front consists of a lattice pattern of double lines within a rectangular border. The punchmarks are triangular and may have been applied using rouletting, similar to the designs found on medieval mirror cases.The back plate is also rectangular but smaller than the front. The plate has a deep green patina. The frame in pin are missing. Also recorded…
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC8AD5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or Post Medieval (1200-1800) copper alloy leg from a cooking vessel. It is triangular in section and rather crudely cast. It measures 70.62mm in length and weighs 121.99grams. The top of the leg is broken on the diagonal and in a curve, where it joins the body of the vessel. This area measures 33.12 x24.90mm. There is a triangular raised ridge along the centre of the leg. The foot is pointed and is also triangular in cross-section. The surface is smooth with traces of soot. It has a nice dark green patina all over except for the curved section where it jo…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F912A6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small light grey spindle whorl measuring 17.26mm diameter x 10.99mm thick and weighing 14 grams. It is flat on one face and domed on the other and is not decorated. It has a central hole that tapers from 5.16mm to 4.52mm in diameter. Precise dating of lead spindle whorls of this type is not possible, unless from a secure context. Whorls first appear around the Iron Age but were used right through to Medieval and later periods, when they were at their most popular. This shape is known to have been used in the Early Medieval period (see page 25 of Walton Rodgers, 2007). Refer …
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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