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Record ID: LANCUM-726737
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval 1300 to 1400 AD copper-alloy conical seal matrix. The die of the matrix is circular with a tapering hexagonally faceted handle extending from the reverse. The handle terminates in a lozenge-shaped terminal with central perforation which would have served as a suspension loop. The seal shows a crude representation of the head of St. John the Baptist on a platter. There is no legend. The death of St John the Baptist is a common subject on seal matrices. Similar toDENO-DC076F on the database.
The length is 20mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 7g.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B686DD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy buckle probably a forked spacer or possibly a king's head buckle or clasp, dating from 1250 to 1400 AD. The frame is rectangular and has slightly convex sides. King's head buckles and clasps are well known, and many examples are recorded on the PAS database, such as LIN-E203C7 and LIN-E4E327. See also Egan and Pritchard 1991, 120, no. 568.
The length is 32mm, the width is 18mm and the weight 9.11g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63EC3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring dating from the late Medievl to early Post-medieval period 1400 to 1600AD. The thimble is circular in plan and rectangular in profile. The surface is corroded and the edge is possibly broken. The outer face has been hand punched with four rows of regularly-spaced circular pits or indentations. The length is 21mm, the width is 18mm and the weight 5.37g.
Egan (2005) on page 132, fig.126, no.648 illustrates a similar sewing ring from Fastolf Place, Southwark which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th century.
Egan, G.,…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-FAFA21
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount or stud, possibly from a medieval book. The head is an octagon, the outer edge may have been fashioned to approximate flower petals. The upper surface is domed, flat in the middle and the underside is concave and has a single integral stud, which is wide and tapers in width. The surface of the mount is has a slightly abraded dark green patina.
The diameter is 30 mm and the weight 27.36g.
Compare SOM-EA31E5, LIN-9E8156, etc. Although they are very large and heavy for book mounts, and have strikingly long attachment spikes which seem incompatible with attachme…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-7CCA75
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface or blank lead sub-circular-sub-oval disc, probably used as a weight, token or gaming counter. Date is uncertain but possibly Medieval. The object is circular in form and semi-circular in cross section and appears to be undecorated and roughly cast. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 28.81g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7CBC2B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead conical weight with a pointed apex and circular base dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period 1400 to 1600AD. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. The apex has an integral central circular aperture that is 3 mm in diameter which may have been used with a hook to suspend the weight, but it is more likely to have been used as a standing weight. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. Similar weights are illustrated in Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations i…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7CB036
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy hooked book clasp probably dating c.1500-1700AD. The clap is broken, sub-rectangular in plan, with a flanged terminal. The upper plate is stamped with probably two sets of concentric circles in the middle of the clasp, one with open triangles surrounding the circle in a radiating pattern. There are two rivet holes near the edge of the plate which are 1.5 mm in diameter that would have held the upper plate to the bottom plate with the leather strap between. There is a he rivets are now missing. This two-part clasp hooked into a slot within a similar copper alloy hasp…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B8948
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the period ADc.1350- c.1400AD. The mount consists of a rounded body with two terminal lobes with surviving attachment rivets. The body is decorated with five ridges horizontal incised grooves. The body is convex and the reverse is concave. The length is 17mm, the width is 9mm and the weight 1.30g.
Please see Read (2001) "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. A Catalogue of Small Finds from Specific Areas of the United Kingdom". Page 23, figure 12, Nos. 149, 150 and 151 for similar. See also WILT-A35892 and WILT-88E107 on the PAS for other examples
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B5EF8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface or blank lead sub-circular-sub-oval disc, probably used as a token or gaming counter. Date is uncertain but possibly late Medieval to early Post-medieval. The object is circular in form and semi-circular in cross section and appears to be undecorated and roughly cast. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 11.28g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B401E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Buckle of Medieval date (AD 1350-1400). The object has a single loop sub-rectangular frame with expanded outer edges and sheet roller and a narrowed and offset strap bar with a retained unrecessed strap bar composed of a single plate. The lower end of the plate has a circular perforation and retained rivet. The metal is a dark brownish-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. The length is 23mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 1.22g. Whitehead (1996) gives this type a date of c.1350 - 1400 AD (Whitehead (2003), P 27, no 140).
Whitehead, R., 2003 Bu…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE9036
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval - Post Medieval cast copper-alloy Cauldron leg fragment, circa 1400 AD - 1800 AD. The leg has an old break, and is D shaped in cross-section. The reverse side is flat and plain. The surface is worn and abraded with a green patina. A similar item is published by Brian Read, History Beneath Our Feet (1995), page 95, No. 591. The length is 34mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 33.80g..
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE8B14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle plate probably dating 1200 - 1600AD. The plate is rectangular and undecorated that is constructed from a copper alloy sheet that has been folded in half in order to be wrapped around the strap bar of a buckle. In the centre of the folded end is a slot for the buckle pin. There is a single corroded iron rivet at the rear. The buckle is missing. The length is 24mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 2.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-95DC95
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy buckle 'D' shaped with rounded end 13th to 15th century AD. The pin is intact on the buckle frame. They were used widely for horse equipment. Similar to No 48 in Whtehead. R. 2003. Buckles 1250 - 1800. Greenlight. Witham, Essex. The length is 19mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 2.38g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-F056B9
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval rotary key of probably medieval date (c. AD 1300 - 1500). The key has a circular openwork bow with a cross. The stem is hollow and joins the bow with a moulded collar. The bit is rectangular in shape now broken. The outer edge of the bit appears has been rolled over to form a tube, part of which has been broken. The length is 75mm and the width 38mm.
This key was probably for a casket or chest. A key with a similar bow illustrated in Ward-Perkins (1940 Plate XXIX no. 13) is suggested to be 14th or 15th century.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Streethay', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-736366
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed tool made of copper alloy, possibly a sailor's Fid medieval to post-medieval 1300 to 1800AD. The tool is oval in cross section with a domed attachment at one end from which point the point of the tool narrows gradually to a rounded tip. A fid is a pointed tool that was used for opening up the strands of rope when splicing, they are usually made of wood or antler. It could also have been used as a pricker, a tool used in sailmaking, which are more often made of metal. It could be Medieval to Modern in date. The length is 32mm, the width is 17mm and the weight 5.78g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9080D6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval harness pendant dating to the period AD 1200-1400. The pendant is broadly oval with five semi-circular scallop shell knops.. The suspension loop is missing. The oval is enamelled in blue and decorated with a 3 flowers probably roses or possibly thistles. Preserved in fair condition with an even brownish patina, it measures 39mm long, 27mm wide at its central body, and weighs 14.41g
See also: BUC-704BF4 & NMS-362865.
The pendant is similar to Ashley (2002:17) ref. 163 which he parallels to an excavated 13th early 14th century example.
Ashley, S.…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-907504
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring probably dating to the medieval period 1200 to 1600AD. The object is circular in plan and hexagonal in cross-section. The ring varies in thickness where the object has worn probably due to wearing against another connection. It has a mid-green patina. Plain rings of such proportions have often been suggested to be Medieval or Post-Medieval harness rings (Geake 2001, 74), though they are typically un-diagnostic. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 7.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-109A81
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval cast copper alloy personal 'tall handle' seal matrix with a handle that is hexagonal in cross section and a die that is circular in plan. The die is slightly damaged around the perimeter and is 34mm in diameter. The central motif of the seal is a lamb and flag (the Agnus Dei or Lamb of God); the lamb is front facing with its head looking back over its shoulder at the flag which is in the top middle section surrounded by lettering: Seal of William possibly De Houdris legend *S WILDEHVODRIS*. The seal matrix is a dark-brown/black colour. The diameter is 23mm. The length …
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-1080A1
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring probably dating to the medieval period 1200 to 1600AD. The object is circular in plan and hexagonal in cross-section. The ring varies in thickness where the object has worn probably due to wearing against another connection. It has a mid-green patina. Plain rings of such proportions have often been suggested to be Medieval or Post-Medieval harness rings (Geake 2001, 74), though they are typically un-diagnostic. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 3.64g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-564215
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy weight of medieval to post-medieval date, c.AD 1300 - 1600. The weight is conical with a flat top and base and was likely formed by pouring molten lead into a thimble casing then allowing it to cool.
Although this object has been described as a weight, it may also be a gaming piece. The length is 27mm, the width is 12mm.
Thimbles have been in common use in England from the 14th century onwards and Geoff Egan (2010, p.265) states that no medieval thimble indisputably dating from before the 14th century has been found in England.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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