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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Bodkin | SF-8B1843 |
Post medieval | Suffolk |
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| Incomplete silver bodkin, bent and sheared off just below the longitudinal opening. Rectangular shaped shaft tapering towards a hooked terminal. Traces of engraved ornament at the thicker end, below where the opening would have been. 87mm in surviving length, 5mm in width, c2.5mm in thickness. ... | |||||
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Pin | SOMDOR-D1AE12 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| A small silver dress pin with bent wire shaft and near-spherical head comprising two hemispheres, each with applied filigree roundels containing bosses, gilded, with knop on top. This is a small example of a typical Tudor 'ball-headed' dress pin, English 16th century, of which examples are regula... | |||||
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Needle holder | SOMDOR-E5BB12 |
Post medieval | Dorset |
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| A heavy, silver fluted needlecase with one projecting cast handle in the form of a foliate scroll; broken off projections all around the surface of the case seem to indicate that there were a number of similar handles all round it, presumably to hold on a lid, threaded through with leather thongs... | |||||
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Finger ring | BERK-443993 |
Modern | Oxfordshire |
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| A Modern silver gilt finger ring with green stone setting (1800-1900). The thin hoop has a D-shaped cross-section and is moulded decoratively on either side of the bezel. The filigree decoration forms a small ring, than a triangle with rounded corners; a ring and dot, and finally a mirrored cur... | |||||
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Personal grooming and hygiene item | SUSS-8F0F05 |
Post medieval | East Sussex |
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| Treasure case 2006 T75: Acquired by Rye Museum Fragment of a cast post-medieval toothpick, broken off at each end. Handle comprises short section of silver wire with beaded terminal, from this springs a foliate element with suspension loop below. In the middle of the foliate element is the wor... | |||||
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Strap fitting | SOMDOR-B82E81 |
Medieval | Dorset |
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| Late medieval or early post-medieval silver strap-fitting or belt chape, U-shaped, cast with scalloped lower edge, raised ridge and central hole, three smaller holes above, perpendicular-style edging across upper edge. On the back, two studs for attachments, mark made by metal file cleaning up th... | |||||
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Personal grooming and hygiene item | SUSS-D883E2 |
Post medieval | East Sussex |
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| Treasure Case number 2006 T405 Fragment of handle of a silver cast toothpick, flattened body of quadrangular section with two sunken compartments along its length, perhaps originally containing white enamel; serrated lower edge with integral suspension loop halfway along its length. Upper edge... | |||||
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Hooked tag | SOMDOR-9B24F7 |
Post medieval | Wiltshire |
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| Silver dress hook comprising triangular pinked backplate with three applied hemispheres with filigree spirals and knops. At the centre, a flower-shaped element made from silver sheet, with dome-headed gilt pin at the centre. This pin attaches the flower element to the backplate with a butterfly c... | |||||
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Button | SOMDOR-84A977 |
Post medieval | Somerset |
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| A silver button made of two flower-shaped elements formed from filigree, joined with a central stud and soldered at the edges. Remains of attachment loop on one side. Although filigree decoration appears on 16th century dress hooks and pins, this object, made entirely from filigree, suggests a la... | |||||
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Coin | IOW-D8AA20 |
Iron age | Isle Of Wight |
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| British Iron Age gold stater of Tincomarus; Southern (Atrebates) type; VA-/BM765. | |||||
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Hooked tag | SWYOR-699EE7 |
Post medieval | South Yorkshire |
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| A silver and silver gilt hooked tag which is post medieval in date. The tag is 39.5mm long, 29.7mm wide and 11.7mm thick. Dora Thornton of the British Museum writes: “Silver dress hook with lozenge-shaped backplate, recurving hook soldered at top, rectangular attachment bar with illegible mar... | |||||
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Finger ring | LVPL-00A457 |
Post medieval | Cheshire |
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| Gold posy ring from the late 16th to early 17th centuries. Treasure find- 2007-T156. The British Museum curator report- 'Small gold finger ring, slightly out of shape. Foliate design on the external surface and inscribed inside + DON + DAMI, followed by a sprig. Very slight traces of black enamel... | |||||
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Vervel | BH-01EC33 |
Post medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| A silver hawking ring, or 'vervel'. Several examples of similar type are in The British Museum, and others have been reported through the Treasure Act. All the evidence - including the script on the ring - suggest an early 17th Century date. Similar rings are illustrated in hawking treatises of 1... | |||||
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Coin | LON-A544B1 |
Post medieval | Greater London |
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| A Post-Medieval French copper alloy coin: double tournois of Louis XIII (AD 1610-1643). Barrie Cook, The British Museum, states that it is stylistically a little unusual, however, there were lots of contemporary counterfeits of the French copper coinage at this time, and it can be hard to be sur... | |||||
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Clasp | HAMP-BAA204 |
Early medieval | Hampshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper-alloy hinge or clasp of early-medieval date (c. 600 - c. 650 AD). The object is sub-trapezoidal in form. It narrows from 17.1mm at the attachment end to 7.4mm at the current terminal. There is a horizontal break at the terminal. It is presumed that the object would ha... | |||||
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Ear ring | SOM-68B1D1 |
Modern | Somerset |
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| Silver lozenge-shaped bead, hollow, with integral suspension loop and ring; hole at other end. Decorated with applied filigree circles and loops. Though the decoration is reminiscent of that found on 16th Century dress pins reported through the Treasure Act, this object seems to me to be machine-... | |||||
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Knife | LIN-4FD258 |
Neolithic | Lincolnshire |
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| Flint knife made from a light brown translucent flint. The flint is roughly triangular in plan with working along one edge and along one of the flattened sides. | |||||
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Weight | BERK-CB6AF1 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| Cast lead weight. Tear-drop shaped with iron pin running down through the centre. Probable Roman date due to shape and iron pin although lead weights are notoriously difficult to date when found out of context. | |||||
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Thimble | PAS-8ECB44 |
Post medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| post-medieval silver thimble Squashed and flattened silver thimble, domed top missing, plain edging. The body covered with regular waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, in the centre a transverse band of engraved ornament with lozenges containing rectangles of indentations interspers... | |||||
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Key (locking) | LVPL-5251B6 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| Cast copper alloy casket key from the 13/14th centuries. The bow is circular and wider on the lower part. The shank is plain and has a rectangular cross section. The bit is rectangular with a triangle out of one side. After the bit the shank is much narrower and has a circular cross section. | |||||
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Finger ring | LON-85BAD5 |
Roman | Buckinghamshire |
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| A Roman silver fragment from a finger ring in the form of a snake head (AD43-410). Curator's report: Fragment of Roman silver finger ring in the form of a snake's head, a terminal of a ring originally of spiral form. Only the well modelled snake's head and a small section of the circular sec... | |||||
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Finger ring | LON-AA2432 |
Post medieval | Greater London |
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| A complete Post Medieval gold finger ring dating to the 16th - 17th century. Curator's report: Date: 16th-17th Century Description: Small gold ring, the exterior keyed for enamel, with traces of black substance, perhaps the original enamel. Inscribed inside: TAKE THIS IN GOOD WORTH. Discussion:... | |||||
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Brooch | NLM-6871E2 |
Post medieval | North Lincolnshire |
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| A complete Post Medieval silver annular brooch. The brooch is made up of a slightly convex silver sheet with striated decoration only around the base of the pin. On the back, maker's mark MC. The diameter is 22.5mm, the thickness is 3.1mm and the weight is 2.91g. Without the mark one might be tem... | |||||
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Linch pin | GLO-DB46F7 |
Iron age | Gloucestershire |
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| Cast copper alloy terminal (foot) from a Late Iron Age linch-pin length 59mm, width 17mm, thickness 14.5mm, weight 44.06g. The main body of the linch-pin foot is sub-circular in cross section with a flattened back, the sides gradually taper inwards to the elongated domed head which is finished b... | |||||
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Tooth pick | YORYM-5874B1 |
Post medieval | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| TREASURE CASE : 2004 T190 A silver toothpick, broken along the shaft. The pick in the shape of a bird’s talon, emerging from the fleshy part of a bird’s claw, etched with lines to imitate skin at the point where the talon joins the claw. The shaft is of engraved foliate form with transverse b... | |||||
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Finger ring | SOM-46AC14 |
Roman | Somerset |
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| An incomplete Roman copper alloy ring. Only the empty circular bezel with a recessed oval central section and both shoulders remain. The shoulders swell on either side of the bezel, before beginning to thin and taper inwards. The ring would probably have been 'D' shaped, suggesting that it is a H... | |||||
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Linch pin | CORN-32D017 |
Iron age | Cornwall |
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| Cast copper-alloy terminal (foot) from a linch pin in the form of a bulbous cone which extends at the apex round into a 'button' terminal, sometimes referred to as a 'hoof' type. The terminal face is circular, 14 mm in diameter, with in a raised oval border, 21 mm in length. The face is decorated... | |||||
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