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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Menston', grid reference and parish protected.

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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