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-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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Record ID: SWYOR-1AFDBB
Object type: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern weight from a piano key, originally recorded as an unidentified object, possibly a lead alloy weight of probable Post Medieval to Modern date, about AD 1800 - 1950. The object is a solid cylinder of lead alloy. Both ends are decorated with a slightly recessed rim and a proud circular centre. The rim is decorated with a sunburst design, or centrifugal triangles, on both ends. The centre part of one end also carries a design; the other end is illegible. The visible end has a letter S in relief within a sunken field, positioned towards the left side of the field. There are possi…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6FC04
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-part cloth or bag seal probably dating from AD 1700 - 1900. Originally it had two circular discs joined by a tab, but only one now survives. The surviving disc has an integral oval tab which was pushed through a circular hole in the other disc before the seal was stamped. Part of an impressed deisgn is visible on the oval tab, in the form of raised, obliquely crossing lines. The complete disc is marked with scratched cursive writing which may read: (J)obb & / Ste(rl), but the letter forms are not clear. The seal measures 20.6mm long, 18.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. 5.3g. Co…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6BE58
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bag or bale seal dating from the 18th or 19th century. Both sides carry raised Cyrillic lettering. It reads: NP / [-]H 12 (K) / 1[...] and on the reverse there are four rows, but the letters are mainly illegible owing to damage in the form of two grooves across the face of the seal. Two slots pass obliquely horizontally though the sub-circular disc from side to side. It measures 22.8mm diameter, 5.3mm thick and 14.12g. It has a flaky white patina. This seal corresponds with the normal format for Russian bale seals: the obverse is in three lines with the top lin…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A675F2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy bag seal dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. It is circular with a slot through the seal for the cord to which it was attached. This seal is for a bag containing the spice Sumac, which was produced around Palermo in Sicily. It is 17.6mm diameter, 3.7mm thick and 6.9g. On one face is the central design of two flowers above two leaves. The legend reads: [...]W / PALERMO. The reverse shows a stem bearing three flowers and two leaves, and the legend reads: STEAM * GROUN[D]. Compare examples on the Bag Seal Gallery website such as: http://www.bagseals.org/ga…
Created on: Sunday 11th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-C7ED6E
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bale seal dating from the 19th century. The seal is from Archangel and is a quality control seal for Tow (hemp). The seal is a circular disc with a hole through it sideways (Bulla type). Both sides are stamped with a cyrillic inscription. The Peacehavens website is a very useful resource on Russian seals. Comparison to examples listed there help understand the coded information. This example is very similar to number ARC LO3 (http://peacehavens.co.uk/BSARCHANGEL.htm). Obverse: ДЕСЯТ / TИMO: ЗB / ЯГИHЬ meaning Manager Timothy Zvyagin. (ДЕСЯТ is a…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-0CAB1F
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bag or bale seal dating from AD 1824. Both sides carry raised Cyrillic lettering. It reads: NP / TL 12 K / 1824 and on the reverse: ӅД / Ӆ:ӅOБ / KOBБ / H 8. Two slots pass obliquely horizontally though the sub-circular disc from side to side. It measures 22.7mm diameter and is 5.3mm thick. 11.76g. It has a smooth cream patina. This seal corresponds with the normal format for Russian bale seals: the obverse is in three lines with the top line indicating the name of a port, (NP for Narva in Estonia, or CAB for St Petersberg) (http://www.mernick.co.uk/lead…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-3E93D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded, lead alloy seal, possibly a modern cloth inspection seal dating from AD 1800 - 1950. The seal is a single sheet of lead which is folded double and fastened shut with a central rivet. One face, pierced by the fastening stud, has a rounded end and carries an impression in relief reading: "[...]IM(P)SON A[...]" round the edge. There are also two numbers: "36" which have been crudely inscribed with a sharp tool. The other face has a square end and carries an impression in relief of three lines of small, rectangular cartouches each containing a letter or number that read: [-]45//…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-CAB916
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead alloy whistle in the form of a fish, probably dating from the 19th century. The object is hollow and comprises the rear part of the fish; there is a collar around the edge of the hollow at the head end. The head which contained the mouthpeice is missing. The fish is carefully detailed with scales and fins. The tip of the tail is also missing. Compare SUR-8574C1 which is a complete example, and SUR-BEBF41. The object is 27.86mm long, 15.4mm wide and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 4.6g.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-E19C51
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy bag seal dating from the early 20th century. The seal is a single disc which is unusual in ot have any hole horizontally through it. A matching seal is recorded on the bag seal gallery at http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3523. The record notes that: "The seal has the same stamp on both sides. It depicts a pelican with spread wings, standing on a nest with five chicks, all within two inscribed circular bands. The inner band reads, G & T EARLE LIMITED HULL, and the outer band, LEAD SEALED PELICAN BRAND. G & T Earle, a major cement manufacturer esta…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-3C5055
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bale seal which dates from 1842. The seal is sub circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side has: "[...] / ЛBAЬII / COPIЪ / M. K. / 1842". This stands for the port with the date and possibly the producer in code. The other side is almost illegible with just: "A[...] / KOE[...] / H[...]" visible. This is likely to be the title, initial and surname of the control officer with a reference number. Die axis 11o'clock. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and ear…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-B943A0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Parts of an unidentified object or objects of Post Medieval to modern date. The fragments are made of layers of lead sheet and pieces of leather, held together by copper alloy rivet and roves. There are two large pieces and eight less complete pieces. The two larger pieces are made of three sheets of lead stacked up, with several layers of leather on the top and bottom. The rivets fixing them together go through all the layers. One end of the pieces is rounded and the other is straight, but it is not clear which are breaks and which (if any) are complete edges. It is also uncerta…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE8811
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably modern imitation lead alloy coin in the form of an Early Medieval silver coin. The piece appears to be inspired by a coin of Eadgar (959 - 975), Pre-reform two line type (959 - 973). It is very similar to North number 741, but the moneyer's name is 'NORB/ER' which is not one of the listed possibilities. The finder has had the piece tested using XRF and it is made of a high lead alloy. The crosses in the design seem thinner and cruder than the illustrated genuine coins. The piece is 22.63mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 3.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F1C335
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy toy gun. Only the butt of the gun survives. It is hollow and probably would have had a firing mechanism. An almost identical example is SUR-DE1421. It dates from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-A77F66
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy seal probably dating from the late 18th to 19th century. It is formed of two circular discs joined by passing a tab through a hole in the centre of one, and then stamped with what is probably the City Arms of Leeds. This is a shield with a biconcave top, with three stars at the top, and probably a fleece below. There are scratched numbers on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F34A76
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Russian bag or bale seal dating from 1812. The seal is circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side has: […] / (ABAN) / 1812”. The missing top row would indicate the port from which it was exported, the next row is codified data about the producer, and then the date. The reverse has: “?[-]?? / ?OBS / H[…]”. This is likely to be the title, initial and surname of the control officer with a reference number (H means number like No. in English). It has a diameter of 20.90mm, thickness 5.48mm, weight 12.92g. Seals like these were used to monitor th…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-C5A538
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable bag seal which probably dates from the 18th or 19th century. The seal is circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side reads: "WLT / 9K". On the reverse is a shield containing a plain cross with five pellets in the upper angles. An almost identical seal can be seen in the Leaden Token Telegraph issue 21. The dies axis is 11o'clock.
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-C59E02
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable bag seal which probably dates from the 18th or 19th century. The seal is circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side reads: "WB / 12K". The middle strokes of the W cross, and the 2 is very like a Z. On the reverse is a shield containing a plain cross with five pellets in the only visible upper angle. An almost identical seal can be seen in the Leaden Token Telegraph issue 21. It has a diameter of 22.70mm, thickness 3.96mm, weight 9.47g. Die axis 12o'clock.
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-C59627
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Russian bale seal which dates from the 18th or 19th century. The seal is circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side has: "N : P / CC:I:2H / 1778". This stands for the port, Narva in Estonia, with date and possibly the producer in code. The other side has: "(ЛI) / ШEА(B) / ПИНЬ / N 334". This is likely to be the title, initial and surname of the control officer with a reference number. It has a diameter of 23.77mm, thickness 5.11mm, weight 14.13g. Die axis 3o'clock. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2012
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