Record ID: WAW-D1B1D4
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern (AD 1912) silver plaque which has been machined stamped. The plaque is a Toogood Championship Shield, Seedsman to The King and for 50 years to The Late Queen Victoria. The plaque was won by J. W. Whittall which has been engraved in italic script on the plaque. The lion position on the upper edge of the plaque is incomplete. The full inscription is: TOOGOOD CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD / WON BY / J. W. Whittall / PRESENTED BY / TOOGOOD AND SON, SOUTHHAMPTON / SEEDSMEN TO THE KING / AND FOR 50 YEARS TO THE LATE / QUEEN VICTORIA The hallmark is that of Birmingham dating to 1…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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Record ID: WAW-FF573D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval finger ring: The finger ring is a gold mourning ring which is circular in plan and a slender rectangle in section. The exterior edges are have a fine, linear beaded border. Either side of a central inscription there are three linear, horizontal ridges. The inscription in the centre is written in high-relief Roman capitals. Around each letter there are fine striations which suggest enamelled probably filled the field around the high-relief letters. The inscription starts with an ornate saltire forming a lozenge and reads; JOHN · DENT · OB: 21 · FEB: 1811 · Æ: 60. …
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drakes Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9DD223
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern medallion: A copper alloy medallion in the form of a Maltese Cross with a small pierced suspension lobe projecting from the upper face. The upper loop is broken, but not recently. Obverse: Crowned bust of king facing right. On cross arms, BORN NOVR 9TH 1841 / ACCESSION JANY 22ND 1901 / CORONATION JUNE 26TH 1902 / KING EDWARD VII. Reverse: Timber-framed market hall / town hall Ledbury . TO COMMEMORATE / THE CORONATION / KING EDWARD VII / LEDBURY JUNE 26TH 1902. The medallion measures: 34.89mm length, 33.22mm width is 1.86mm thick and weighs 5.91 grams The medallion i…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Sunday 25th November 2018
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Record ID: WAW-4C459E
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern medallion: A copper alloy medallion in the form of a Maltese Cross with a small pierced suspension lobe projecting from the upper face. The lower corners are broken, but not recently. Obverse: Crowned bust of king facing right. On cross arms, BORN NOVR 9TH 1841 / ACCESSION JANY 22ND 1901 / CORONATION JUNE 26TH 1902 / KING EDWARD VII. Reverse: Timber-framed market hall / town hall Ledbury . TO COMMEMORATE / THE CORONATION / KING EDWARD VII / LEDBURY JUNE 26TH 1902. The medallion measures: 37.25mm length, 34.02mm width is 1.54mm thick and weighs 6.37 grams The medalli…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Record ID: WAW-BCE6C0
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of discovery: The coins were metal detected from an area covering 3 to 4 yards2 and were found 9 to 11cm deep in a ploughed field. Description: Four sovereigns and eight half-sovereigns. Ruler No. of coins Victoria 12 Catalogue: 1. Half-Sovereign of Victoria, dated 1856. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1856 Young bust facing left. Reverse: BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF 35 in exergue. Crowned shield. Weight: 3.…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WAW-016D18
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The artefact is a finger ring which appears to be coiled four times with the two terminals forming snake heads. The coils of the are close together and although appear to be coiled are, on closer inspection are cast as one piece. The snake heads overlap the outer face of the finger ring and are decorated with fine crescents and notches. The surface of the finger ring is a shiny light silvery colour with some corrosion on the interior surface which is a brown colour. Dimensions: Length: 23.74mm Width: 21.32mm Thickness: 3.69mm Weight: 7.5g. Discussion: Th…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: WAW-327CB5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The button is circular and is slightly domed in profile. The reverse has a back plate which has a central attachment loop and a small circular hole either side of the loop. The outer face of the button has a bust in profile, possibly depicting Charless II within a zig-zag border. The surface of the button is slightly worn, and is a shiny mottled light grey colour. Dimensions: Diameter: 16.11mm Thickness: 3.84mm Weight: 0.9g. Discussion: The button, based on the surface condition, is made from silver. Although the bust is thought to be Charles II, the date o…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Record ID: WAW-A23E55
Object type: STATUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible sword from a statue: The object is a elongated triangle in plan whose upper edge is a flat edge with traces of a dark green patina. The edges of this terminal have some recent damage which is in the form of notches, dents and scrapes. This terminal is a point oval in section, and this continues to the tip of the sword. The tip is a blunt terminal which is slightly curled. The surface of the object has, towards the upper, wide terminal, a horizontal linear groove across the centre. The faces of the item show recent damage in the form of over-cleaning, scrapes an…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2013
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Record ID: WAW-CE9453
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern coin: Ottoman coin. The date of the coin is probably Hijra year 1255= 1839. This would make it a coin of Sultan Abdu Mejod, who ruled from 1255-1277/ 1839-1861 - Identified by Vesta Curtis. Since recording Paul Cannon has kindly further identified the coin and comments... "This would appear to be a worn copper coin of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Mejid. The Arabic of the obverse translates as "4/struck/in/Egypt(Cairo)/1255". From its size and weight it is no doubt a 5 para coin. It was struck in the 4th year of his reign ie AH 1259 (equivalent to AD 1843)".
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2013
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Record ID: WAW-2C44D5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy, zoomorphic toy fragment in the shape of a frog. It is probably from a 'clicker'. It is fragmentary and broken into two pieces which is in the form of a moulded frog (viewed from above). A very close parallel, LVPL-F0E3E6, was identified by Jim Halliday as part of a clicking toy. It lacks the lower, springy steel sheet. Pressing this would made the device give a clicking sound, which probably imitated the croaking sound of a frog or toad. It is Post-medieval or modern in date, probably 19th early 20th century. Other exact parallel was found at Hintl…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2011
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