Record ID: SWYOR-519A68
Object type: FOB
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold circular hoop or ring with a tubular element projecting at one point, that could be part of a swivel fitting, probably from a fob or watch chain. The object has no hallmarks or stamps, but the condition, style and construction suggest a Modern date of AD 1800 - 1980. The hoop is circular in cross-section. The tubular fitting has a square base with a circular recess, and then a reel moulded circular tube that passes completely through the hoop. It is 24.6mm long, 23.1mm wide and 3mm thick. 2.6g.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-364B5C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Modern opaque white glass, perhaps opaline glass, dating from AD 1700 - 1950. The fragment is a pointed oval in plan, and curved in profile, concave on one face and convex on the other. It could be part of a vessel or another object such as a light fitting or ornament. It is 38.7mm long, 16mm wide and 4.9mm thick. 2.9g.
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-357EAE
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic (stoneware) gaming piece of Modern date, for playing knucklebones, jacks or fivestones, dating from AD 1850 - 1950. It is a cube that has four concave fluted sides and two flat ends. The fabric is vitrified and dark grey throughout. The surfaces have a dark red grey colour where they are not worn. The corners and faces are very worn and smooth. It is 17.8mm long, 17.6mm wide and 17.2mm thick. 9.1g. Compare the glazed examples NLM-D10DFB and WILT-E28C6F.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F0B0A4
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern lead bag seal of Henry Tate and Sons Ltd. dating from AD 1869 to 1916. It is a sub-circular disc with two sideways slots through the thickness of the seal. It is 20.1mm long, 17.7mm wide and 4.7mm thick. 7.9g. Obverse: Vertical lozenge containing T Reverse: Raised circle border containing HENRY (curving downward) / TATE / & SONS (curving upward) / LIVERPOOL (curving upward). This is a Tate & Sons seal with a (early?) form of the well known trade mark - a vertical, more square lozenge containing the letter T rather than the horizontal lozenge with TATE …
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-711821
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of probably modern partially melted glass, probably dating from AD 1850 - 2000. It is translucent and colourless, with no internal structure visible. The two main faces and all the unbroken edges are sinuous, suggesting this is glass that has been melted and solidified, rather than a naturally occurring quartz crystal. Two edges are breaks displaying conchoidal fractures. It is 25mm long, 23mm wide and 7.7mm thick. 6.3g.  Modern glass would not normally be recorded, but it was found on a site of prehistoric activity where a knapped rock crystal lithic implement ha…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-23B4A3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded piece of thick lead sheet, of Post Medieval to Modern date, about 1851 - 1863, with a circular impression on the inner faces, probably from being folded around a coin. The lead is sub-rectangular, folded in half across the width, with the corners at each end of the fold trimmed off. The other sides are slightly concave and irregular. The sheet is 2.1mm thick. It was found folded closed, but when opened by the finder, the inner faces could be seen to have a circular impression on them. The circle is 32mm diameter and there are hints of a circumferential legend, suggesting…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-855001
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A metal unidentified object of modern date, with magnetic properties, perhaps made of steel, nickel or cobalt, perhaps in an alloy with other metals. It is a circular disc with rounded edges and a circular hole in the centre of one face. Each circular face is slightly concave, and the surface is damaged with deep dents and pieces missing, and is also faceted, perhaps from the impact of percussive blows. A significant crack, intersecting with the central hole, is also visible running most of the way across the face without the hole, and from the hole to the edge on the other face. Both…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-443AEF
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet silver spherical bell, made in one piece and without any obvious casting seams, probably of Modern date, AD 1900 - 2019. It has a copper alloy pea trapped inside. There is a circular suspension loop at the top of the bell, apparently cast in one with the walls. There is a sound slit across the lower hemisphere, expanding to triangular holes at each end. This slit is not aligned with the suspension loop. One known form of bell has a casting seam running round the edge of the loop and down the sides of the bell, being left open to form the slit. This bell has the slit at right a…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ED3F2D
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead bag seal dating from the Modern period, probably about AD 1896-1919. It is of discoidal form, with three slots through which wire or twine would have passed to secure the bag. It has a diameter of 19.38mm, a maximum thickness of 5.67mm, and weighs 8.69g. The seal is for the company of Spillers and Bakers who established a factory in Newcastle in 1896, milling flour, but also producing dog biscuits and equine food. The company changed its name to Spillers Milling in 1919, and as it is possible, with the eye of faith, to see the base of an ampersand in the legend, it is sugg…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-9D198C
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead seal dating from the Modern period, about AD 1896-1950. It is of sub-discoidal form, with three slots through which wire or twine would have passed to secure the bag. It has a length of 16.77mm, a width of 16.02mm, and a thickness of 5.33mm. It weighs 6.44g. The seal is for the company of Spillers and Bakers who established a factory in Newcastle in 1896, milling flour, but also producing dog biscuits and equine food. The company changed its name to Spillers Milling in 1919. The lettering on this example is indistinct, and it is problematic to ascertain which iteration of …
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-9D1183
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead bag seal dating from the late Post Medieval to Modern periods, probably about AD 1880-1950. It is of ovoid form, with three slots through which wire or twine would have passed to secure the bag. It has a length of 17.38mm, a width of 15.06mm, and a thickness of 2.69mm. It weighs 3.78g. The seal is uniface with lettering on one side which is illegible.
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B09E0D
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead bawdy figurine or possibly badge of Modern date, probably dating from around or after the Second World war. It is a plaque depicting an erotic scene of a man engaging in intercourse with woman, viewed from behind with graphic detail. Only the woman's bottom, vulva and legs can be seen. The man stands over her, bent double so also only depicted from the waist down, erect phallus suspended just above the vulva. The reverse is plain and there is no evidence of attachment. The object appears to be complete and has a casting seam round the edge. It is 55.2mm long, 36.5mm w…
Created on: Friday 26th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-B8DBD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring of Post Medieval to Modern date, about AD 1750 - 2000. The ring is bent out of shape. The hoop is rectangular in section. The outer face is decorated with a thicker plain band at each side, and a central raised band of short oblique, diagonal incised lines. It is about 4.5mm wide and 1mm thick (as described by the finder). There are no hallmarks or marks inside the hoop.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D0B380
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated ovoid lead weight of possible Modern date, AD 1900 - 2016. It is a solid ovoid weight, circular in section, with a tapering central hole from apex to apex. The central hole tapers from 4.5mm diameter to 2.5mm diameter. The weight has a think, light grey patina. It is 26mm long, 19mm diameter, and 43.7g. This weight was probably used a fishing weight or net sinker. Compare to NLM-0EC915 which suggests that this form is in use today for fishing weights, and the condition of the metal does not suggest an ancient date. However, the object could also be older than modern. …
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A4A179
Object type: PLOUGH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern metal wear pad from the coulter for a seed drill, originally recorded as an unidentified object of probably Modern date. It is a sub-rectangular block of a dense gray magnetic metal, perhaps steel. On end is rounded, and the other end is exceedingly worn, tapering in thickness due to wear on the upper face, and unevenly convex across the end. The other edges are bevelled, so the top face is smaller than the bottom, and the sides are carinated, with the carination closer to the bottom face. A circular perforation near the rounded end is filled with a spiral coil of what a…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-69BB07
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver heart shaped love token dating from AD 1836 onwards. It has been cut from a four pence (groat) coin of William IV (AD 1830 - 1837), dated [1]836. See Spink number 3837 (2003, page 399). The obverse has been polished smooth, obliterating the design. The reverse of the coin still has details of the figure of Britannia visible, as well as the first two letters of "FOUR PENCE" and the last three digits of the date: 1836. The coin has been very neatly cut with straight edges into a narrow heart with a pointed base and bilobed top. It is 15.6mm long, 11.5mm wide and 0.8mm thick. 0.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-63E047
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Modern (AD 1983 - 2018) gaming piece in the form of the forward facing mask of a grotesque boar or pig with horns and tusks. It could be a model of a Gamorrean guard from Star Wars. These characters first appear in the film of 1983. Gamorreans are also described as pig lizards. The object is solid and dense. It has a sub-oval base, and a three dimensional beast head. The hog is strongly moulded with pronounced brow ridges, furrows on the brow and folds of skin on the cheeks and jowls. It is 24.9mm long, 17.9mm wide and 9.6mm thick. 23.4g. It has a well developed yellow p…
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A027B1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, probably Modern object, probably dating from about AD 1850 - 1950. It is a subcircular disc of lead alloy with no obvious evidence of attachment nor breaks. The front face has a raised rim and a raised pellet in the centre. In the resulting groove are traces of coloured material, probably paint, in red and blue. The metal has a bumpy surface and a grey patina. The object is 16mm diameter, 2.8mm thick and 3.1g. It could be part of a toy.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-D749A2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy which is sub-rectangular in plan and flat. The two longer sides are original edges, while the shorter sides are broken on an angle. The plate tapers slightly towards the top. The correct orientation is indicated by a stamped crown motif near the lower break on one face. The metal has a grey green patina with red metal below. The fragment is 22.8mm long, 21.7mm wide and 1.9mm thick. 4.9g. The condition of the metal and the shape of the crown both suggest a fairly recent date. The function of this object is not known. It is too thick to be a clog clasp or s…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-FBC56D
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bale seal from a bale of flax, dating from 1814. Both sides carry lines of raised cyrillic script. The obverse has four lines, reading ЛД / ИMEPE / ИEPBЪ / 41 and the reverse has three lines reading ИP / ДШ12H / 1814. The first three lines of the obverse are the inspector's rank and name (ЛД = LD = L'nyanoy Dosmotr = Flax Inspector); the last line is the post at which he worked. The first line of the reverse, ИP, was used for flax until 1829 by all ports and the second line carries the grower or owner's name and the number of heads of flax in the bale,…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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