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-954B6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fantasy coin, a cast imitation probably of 20th century manufacture. Its designs are based on reverse designs of Iron Age silver tetradrachms attributed to the Eastern Celtic peoples of the Danube basin. Genuine coins of this type are themselves imitations of tetradrachms of Philip II of Macedon (and his successors) dating from about 400 BC - 100 BC. For the side with the right-facing horseman and the inscription, reading PHILIP[] in Greek, see D Allen, Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum, Volume I, Silver coins of the East Celts and Balkan peoples (J Ke…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-F810C7
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy scoop or spoon, probably from a 19th century seed drill or similar piece of agricultural machinery. The object has similarities with Roman toilet spoons and ligulae (such as those in Crummy 1983), but the lack of decoration, the thickness of the scoop and shaft and degree of finishing all suggest a Modern date. The object is a rod which is oval in section and cigar shaped, thicker in the middle than at the ends. The rod or shaft is 58mm long. It has a maximum diameter of 5.1mm and a diameter of 3.7mm at the bowl end. The sides of the rod are slightly faceted and…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-33D941
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Historical Medal commemorating the 1814 Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, which ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The medal depicts Louis XVIII on one face with the legend VIVE LE ROI / LOUIS XVIII, and says: PEACE / 1814 within a wreath on the other, with the legend: THE GLORIOUS RESULT OF BRITISH PERSEVERANCE around. The medal is pierced at 12o'clock and this type is catalogued as number 811 in British Historical Medals by T Kettle. The Louis face is very worn on this example.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8CFC7
Object type: ICON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a copper alloy enamelled hinged fitting dating from the Post Medieval period. It is square with two tubular fitting on one side which would have interacted with a similar central tube on the missing half of the hinge, via an axis bar. There is also a small square transverse suspension loop in the centre of the top edge. Unusually, both faces of the hinge plate are decorated, so either it is unclear how the hinge fitted to any larger object. The outer side has a floral design; a large central six petalled flower with annulets and trilobed elements in the corners. The background…
Created on: Wednesday 12th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-EF19C7
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A brass, die-struck, octagonal apothecaries' weight for the value of two scruples dating from 1850 - 1971 AD. The weight is 17.96mm long, 15.31mm wide and 1.15mm thick. It weighs 1.74g. this is rather lighter than it should be, but corrosion has probably caused the object to lose some of its mass. The weight is rectangular with the corners cut off in plan. It has a beaded border and on the obverse it reads "STANDARD" across the top. In the middle is a lion standing on a crown with a diamond shaped design registration mark on each side. These marks are like copyright marks and the d…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-829D11
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five copper alloy nails. They are circular in section and are probably made from drawn wire, suggesting a late 19th century or later date. Four do not have distinguishable heads, similar to modern oval headed nails, and one has a inverted conical head with a flat top.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Sunday 28th April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1C0F80
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern copper alloy token probably dating from 1811. It is a Georgian token half penny which was issued in Walthamstow, Essex. It has a diameter of 28.43mm, thickness 2.23mm, weight 8.32g. See www.coinmac.com/Miscellaneous-utf8.html for further examples.
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-45EE63
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy apothecaries' weight dating from the Post Medieval period. It is a sub-square shape in plan, and flat and is marked with five annulets on each side as a mark of value, and also has an illegible maker's mark or owner's initials. It measures 14.73mm by 14.65mm and is 4.17mm thick, it weighs 6.30g. It was probably a weight for measuring 5 scruples, which would be 6.5g, which allowing for some corrosion is a fairly close fit. Similar weights for grains can be seen in Biggs' Apothecaries Weights and a similar example on the database is ESS-5716A1. The weight probably dates f…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-BDD158
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
Two tombac (?) button fragment, one domed with star design at the centre, the other flat with stylised flowerhead, both probably 18th Century Considered to be Not Treasure
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharncliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6D52F1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Victorian half-ounce trade weight. The weight resembles a shallow cup shape with the short side tapering to the base. On the top surface, there is a central crown mark present with 'VR' beneath. This belongs to the Victorian period. Also, there are more off-centre marks, with another crown and '[W]W' beneath, and a strange symbol. It measures 25.24mm x 5.35mm, weighing 13.14g/0.46oz. This weight dates between 1837 and 1901.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B2ABA5
Object type: SCOOP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy scoop of probable nineteenth or twentieth century date. The scoop, which appears to have been cast in one piece, has a glossy dark green patina. The bowl is circular in plan, has a pronounced curvature and is slightly corroded around the edges. The inside of the bowl is almost conical and faint and thin concentric rings are visible. The stem tapers into the underside of the bowl and is of oval section. The stem is broken a few millimetres from the bowl. The piece measures 22.9mm long, 18.1mm wide and 6.8mm high. Unusually, the bowl does not have a centrally rounded base…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-29FC60
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object probably of modern date. The object is circular and is decorated with yellow and white enamel in an abstract design that appears to have similarities to Art Deco style, particularly certain enamelled vases created by Camille Faure in the 1920s. The walls of the cells for the enamel are integral with the copper alloy base. Puzzlingly the design appears to continue off the edge of the object and the cells do not have end walls. However, there is no other evidence for the object being broken. The edge is solid and there are striations that run around the…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-5A0422
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy seal matrix fragment or printer's block from the post medieval period. It is rectangular with convex sides and the face is finely engraved with a monogram consisting of the letters "I", "E" and "M" intertwining. The ends of each stroke of the letters are ornate and foliate. There is a small circular hole at each side. This was probably either to fix the matrix to a handle, or if the object is a printing block, may have fitted over pins in the tray to keep the block in position. The block is 17.6mm long, 16.1mm wide and 5.7mm thick. The metal is hard and brassy and may h…
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8AE94
Object type: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mouth piece from a brass instrument. The object is tubular and is 53.7mm long, 24mm wide at the mouth end and 18.4mm thick also at the mouth end. The mouth end is rectangular in section and have a turned over lip which is cracked at one side. The mouth end tapers and there is a projecting collar between the tube and the flared mouth piece. The tube end would have slotted into the rest of the instrument. It tapers to a minimum external diameter of 8.8mm. The mouth piece has a very thin light green and brown patina. A brass instrument specialist has looked at a photogra…
Created on: Saturday 9th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-48E722
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An illegible copper alloy button. The circular disc is quite thick and there is a faint mark in the centre of one side which may be the remains of attachment to a sewing loop which is now missing. Traces of a design or lettering are visible but they are unintelligible. It is probably modern. It has a diameter of 17.7mm and is 2.4mm thick.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-CE0AA4
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy apothecaries' weight which is sub-square in plan, measuring 10.7mm long, 9.7mm wide and 3.6mm thick. One face is marked with the "traditional" symbol for two scruples and on the other face is the numeral "2" above "Scrupl" written engraved in a script like font. The weight weighs 2.47g which is slightly under the correct weight for two scruples which should be 2.6g. The weight probably dates from the nineteenth century which is when lettering started to be used in addition to the symbols. The weight is dark brown in colour with and is in good condition. Diagonal file ma…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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