Record ID: DUR-1D5592
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of what is likely to be a larger piece of jewellery, possibly a brooch or part of a necklace. The item comprises three broken bands of copper-alloy, wrapped and held together with a further short band. In addition there is a further broken section of a band. The outer surface of the bands have a pressed Greek key (or meander) pattern with gilt inlay. The art-deco style pattern and decoration suggest the object is modern, possibly dating from the 1920s. The object is a total of 40.18mm long, 18.7mm wide, and up to 5.6mm thick. Each of the bands are 0.86mm thick. The…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Record ID: DUR-D55B32
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete machine drawn silver thimble, with inner steel core, of Post Medieval to Modern date (19th to 20th Centuries AD). The exterior thimble consists of a tall conical shape, with a rounded top. The top two thirds of the thimble has been decorated with a stamped design featuring small hexagonal 'pits' with radiating groves or lines, to create an interlocking floral type pattern. Below the pattern is a horizontal incised, separating the decorated section of the thimble from the lower undecorated section. This lower section is stamped with the hallmark 'DURA 8'. The interi…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2017
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Record ID: DUR-E6866B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy General Service Army button with looped shank, dating tot he modern period (c.AD1901-24). The circular face of button is crimped over the smaller circular base after the loop shank was fixed into the base. The obverse is hollow, originally convex but now crushed, with relief insignia of Royal coat of Arms: lion (left) and unicorn (right) supporting royal quartered shield with garter circlet having crown above and motto below (DIEU ET MON DROIT). The metal is cracked with a small section missing at top edge. Reverse is hollow with rim surrounding central c…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: DUR-E92DA1
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy military badge ('shoulder title') of modern date (c.AD1910-1920) Moulded "NOTTS AND DERBY" curved top and bottom, with three attachment loops brazed to reverse, the fourth loop is missing. Surface is rough and casting appears irregular. Colour is bright gold, not brass probably a yellow base metal. 44.8 x 38.38mm 11.1g The Regiment became known officially as The Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire) Regiment from 1902. During the First World War, the Sherwood Foresters had 33 battalions in service, of which 20 served overseas: mainly on…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Littletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-171D96
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete modern copper-alloy military badge. The badge features the heraldic motif of the Prince of Wales, comprising three white ostrich feathers emerging from a gold coronet, with a ribbon below the coronet bearing the motto 'ICH DIEN' (German: 'I serve'). The badge is now the associated with the Royal Welsh, an amalgamation of three Welsh regiments, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Territorial Army's Royal Welsh Regiment. Previously it was the cap badge of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles, and a plethora of other regiments of Co…
Created on: Friday 16th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Record ID: DUR-3A62E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver openwork brooch of uncertain date. Description: The brooch has a cruciform arrangement, the four arms each formed of a stem and bud framed by slender leaves extending from a central hollow circular setting. Between each of the arms in each quarter is a pelta, also projecting from the centre. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorated, with a single rivet at the centre of the circular setting. The pierced lug housing the hinged pin is well-preserved, as is the hooked catch-plate; the pin itself is missing.   Dimensions: Length: 33.03 mm; Width: 31.53 mm; Thickness…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensworth area', grid reference and parish protected.

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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