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Record ID: DUR-1CE2D0
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Sunderland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver, or other modern white metal, bracelet dating to the later Post Medieval or modern period (c.AD1800-2000).
The bracelet is in the form of a slightly misshapen thin silver hoop. There is a soldered join forming the hoop, and two slight knops on one edge of the hoop, positioned at 5 and 9 o'clock in relation to the join. There are no hallmarks or other stamps present.
Dimensions:
The bracelet was discovered on a section of beach close to an access point/steps following a high tide that had stripped away some of the sand to reveal the clay below .
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: NARC-F29572
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Bell of Modern date (AD 1800-1950). The object is composed of sheet copper alloy and is sub-spherical in form. There is a horizontal seam where the upper and lower plates attach, to form an upper and lower hemisphere. At the apex of the upper hemisphere is an incomplete loop which is rectangular in section with a break at is apex. There is a break in the upper hemisphere resulting in the loss of approximately 40 % of the hemisphere. The lower hemisphere has two circular sound holes, between which is a rectangular sound slot.
The metal is gree…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-EF8659
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible toy fragment. Cast solid disc or wheel with a thin outer rim with faint fine radial lines and with a small central pit, possibly from a toy motor car with a tyred wheel or spare wheel represented. Patinated. The character Noddy, a creation of 1950s children’s author Enid Blyton, drove a yellow car which would be equipped with wheels like this. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1960
Diameter: 18.7mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 7.09gms
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WMID-6F933B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A twisted silver finger ring formed from three twisted strands of wire. The ends of the wires are brought together to form a spiral bezel, which has been bent out of shape and now stands perpendicular to the ring instead of flat. There are terminals either side of the bezel.
Measurements:
Diameter: 15.8mm
Diameter of bezel: 5.8mm
Thickness of wire: 2.2mm
Weight: 0.9g
This finger ring is similar in style to DENO-188490 (which is made of two strands of wire rather than three). DENO-188490 has been dated to the early modern period. In addition, styles of rin…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-DEC2E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin, plain, gold Post Medieval finger ring dating circa AD 1724 - 2000.
The ring is severely bent and mis-shapen, becoming sub-anular in plan, U-shaped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. The surface of the ring is a uniform and even gold colour, with no decoration present. There is a surface break visible near one of the bend points.
Measurements:
Length: 16.3mm
Width: 11.4mm
Thickness of band: 1.4mm
Weight: 0.6g
Due to the undecorated nature of this band, it is challenging to date this ring with any certainty. Bands of a similar style have be…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-DCE066
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Five Centimes coin of Napoleon III dating to AD 1864. Eagle facing right in reverse.
Diameter: 25.09mm, Thickness: 1.32mm, Weight: 3.4g
Obverse: Laureate bust left, NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR 1864
Reverse: Eagle facing right, EMPIRE FRA[NCAIS] CINQ CENT[IMES]
Die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DC6756
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tobacco pipe, dating from the second half of the 19th century AD, moulded into the form of a Turk's head, with drooping moustache and a cylindrical Ottoman style hat. The neck is sharply angled to emerge from moulded leaves and a rounded collar at the socket (19.2mm diameter) connecting to a separate stem, which has been lost. The bowl is incomplete but was around 29mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DA1857
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled copper alloy promotional traders' advertising token referencing the Great Exhibition of 1851. The obverse has text reading: RICHARD COCKERILL / TEA / & / COFFEE / DEALER / 92 / SHOE LANE / . FLEET STREET . The reverse has a view of the Crystal Palace and the text EXHIBITION PALACE / LONDON / 1851.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-C7A7D5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy half ounce trade weight of Victorian dating (AD 1837 to AD 1901).
The front exhibits multiple stamps: 1/2 OZ (half ounce weight); a Staffordshire knot, with C beneath it; a crown with VR and 33 beneath; a five petalled flower; a possible W; and several scratch marks.
It has a diameter of 23.4 mm, and a maximum thickness of 5.47 mm. It weighs 13.19 g.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-C7470F
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hindu Offering stamped into silver OM NAMAH SHIVA in sandscrit Om Namah Shivaya (Devanagari: ॐ नमः शिवाय; IAST: Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya) is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and the most important mantra in Shaivism. Namah Shivaya means "O salutations to the auspicious one!", or "adoration to Lord Shiva". It is called Siva Panchakshara, or Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara meaning the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., excluding the Om) and is dedicated to Shi…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-753318
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy pressed furniture fitting or mount of modern date (c.AD 1800-1900). The object is square in plan with a convex obverse and concave reverse. The face has a central rivet hole which is surrounded by four triangle shaped petals, surrounded by four larger triangular petals. The object has a green patina.
Dimensions: Length 14.7mm, Thickness 3.0mm, Weight 0.91g.
Similar modern pressed decorative mounts on the database include: SWYOR-F9A538, OXON-9608F4 and NLM-F57B90.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-71F0DB
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy bag seal of modern date, c.AD 1800 – 1900.
The seal is circular in plan with worn edges and a roughly rectangular cross section. It is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running parallel across its diameter through which wire or textile ligatures would have fitted to secure a bag. Both sides are worn almost smooth although some stamped text can still be seen on one side. A surrounding legend now only reads 'MO[------]'. The central text is similarly illegible, reading 'RU[----]' along with 'KIR…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-5FB7A0
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anti-aircraft shrapnel fragment. Cast fragment of the casing of an anti-aircraft shell with grooves on either side running in opposite directions so as to maximise fragmentation; torn by explosive force. This shell will have been fired by one of the numerous heavy anti-aircraft batteries tasked with the defence of the Humber region. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945
Width: 50.3mm, Height: 23.2mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 22.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-5E5838
Object type: DECANTER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal decanter label. A milled oval plate of lightweight white metal with stamped details as follow: a blank oval panel appears at the centre of a plain cross with florets on it viewed against a finely lined background, and with a cabled ring appearing as an outer order between the beams of the cross. Part of a loop appears at the top [as viewed here]. Lightly crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925
Width: 69mm, Height: 49.1mm, Thickness (plate): 0.8mm, Weight: 4.62gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-499D78
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Pressed metal badge of the Highland Light Infantry, described by the Imperial War Museum website as: ‘diamond-cut Star of the Order of the Thistle, an Imperial (King's) crown superimposed on the upper point and having at its centre a French bugle horn, the twist of which encloses the monogram 'HLI'. Below the horn is a small scroll marked 'ASSAYE' and below that again, and over the lower point of the star, an elephant on ground’. A drawn wire loop is brazed to the back as a catch; pin lost. Perhaps a ‘sweetheart brooch’ as…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Broughton Night Soil Field', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-35B4D4
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern lead seal dating from AD 1850 - 1950. It is circular and there are two thick discs stacked on top of each other. Two short lengths of curved wire project forom the side. The top disc is marked in relief with a crown over three illegible letters or symbols. The first symbol resembles an upward pointing chevron.
Measurements are; length 23.4mm, width 18.9mm, thickness 7.0mm and weight 15.97g.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-35A8C5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy masonic pendant dating from Post Medieval to Modern period, AD 1830 - 1950. The pendant consists of a cast plate which is trowel shaped (kite shaped) with an incomplete suspension loop at its broad end set at right angles to the plane of the plate. The upper surface has a raised rim that surrounds a central masonic set square and compass motif in relief. the background is gilded and decorated with multiple swirl motifs. The reverse has a scar near the top. The pendant has a green patina to both sides.
Measurements are; length 23.6mm…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-356CDD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern copper alloy religious token issued in Belfast in the 19th or 20th century. It is circular and has been pierced near the edge.
Obverse: Wreath of roses. GOD IS / LIGHT / [1 JOHN 1.5] / [N P O 42 ANN ST] / (BELFAST).
Reverse: Within a wreath of roses, an open book inscribed HOLY BIBLE / THE / LORD / BLESS / THEE / [...]
Measurements are; diameter 22.1mm, thickness 1.2mm and weight 2.36g.
An example in better condition is https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325904797170.
Another medal in the same series, also produced by the Northern Publishing Office in Ann Street, Be…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-CE12EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete though damaged silver finger ring of modern date, c.AD 1800 – 1950.
The finger ring comprises a circular hoop with sides which expand smoothly to a rectangular bezel. The hoop is D-shaped in section, the bezel has a thin rectangular section.
The bezel is incised with the initials FWD. The W is slightly smaller than the other letters and overlays the back of the D. The letters are capitalised and formed of parallel irregularly spaced lines. The initials are framed by an incised rectangular border though the lines do not meet at the corners. Three central parallel line…
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-C99BF9
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete machine-made silver thimble of modern date, c.AD 1850 – 1950.
The thimble is flattened and folded with the dome lost to old worn breaks. The upper half of the thimble is decorated with regular tessellating hexagonal pits. The lower half displays foliate decoration formed of stippling and machine pressed grooves. The rim is folded over.
The metal has a dark grey patina and is in fair condition. The object is 22.6mm long, 14.9mm wide, 4.9mm thick and weighs 3.1g.
Similar thimbles are recorded as CORN-7BCCC5, WMID-E4D322, BERK-902AD5, SUSS-D4CC00 and YORYM-800494. C…
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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