Record ID: OXON-731268
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy button of early modern date. The button bears the words 'RAILWAY POLICE' above and below the letter 'E & G'. This button is probably from the uniform of a member of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Police, which were operational in 1847 until they were absorbed by the North British Railway in 1865. Why this button should be so far from home is unknown. The reverse of the button bears the slogan 'EXTRA SUPERFINE : BEST QUALITY'. There is no indication of the name or address of the manufacturer, which is often seen on later 19th century buttons. The fasten…
Created on: Friday 4th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th October 2019
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Record ID: OXON-D3A034
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy link pin for a chain probably of modern (post-industrialisation) date. The link pin is cylinder shaped with two widened head terminals at either end, one of which is now mishapen. The barrel of the link pin is smooth but there are two indentations visible possibly as a result of use. The link pin is too big for a bicycle chain; it could be from a motorbike, chainsaw or similar. Recorded for reference and comparison.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B18F30
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (c. AD 1800-2010) flint scraper made on an ancient flake of uncertain prehistoric date. The scraper is broadly circular in plan with part of the platform and the buld retained. There is some re-cortication, through which the modern retouching is cut. The modern retouching is at the proximal tip and around the distal edge. It is possible that a farm worker (for example) may have created and used this scraper in Victorian (or even more modern) times. The Victorians also used to practice flint knapping; this example is of the incorrect shape to be a gun flint so was probably for…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: BERK-ED7EBD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged lead alloy (pewter) trade token dating to the 19th century. The token was issued by the meat depratment of the Ardington Stores (Oxfordshire, formally Berkshire). It has a face value of 5 shillings. The token appears to have been hexagonal but has suffered damage to all edges; some of the edges look like they've been cut to respect the hexagonal border the surround the token, so this may have been done after manufacture and before circulation. One edge of the token is broken. The token reads the same on obverse and reverse: ARDINGTON STORES 5 / - MEAT DePARTMENT …
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: BERK-F464CB
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper ally sundial dating to the modern period. The sundial plate is circular and plan and made of bronze. On the underside are three square sectioned shanks which would have fitted in to the (probable stone) pedistal base. The face of the sundial has the hours of the day in Roman numerals around the outside with the motto 'Sunny Hours' at the base between the numerals. In the centre of the dial are two facing mythical birds, possibly phoenixes above an eight armed sun with the points of the compass around it. There are two thick heavy rivets which would have secured the …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: BERK-861F2E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent copper alloy commemorative mount dating to the 19th century. The mount has two rectangular fields, slightly curved, one above the other, with the upper most field smaller than the lower one. The upper field bears the word WATERLOO, the lower field PENINSULA. Therefore this mount appears commemorate the British success of the Peninsula War (AD 1808-1814) culminating with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The mount may have been attached to a military company's plaque. Suggested date AD 1815-1900.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: BERK-A244AE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded lead alloy (pewter) token, pireced for suspension, dating to the early modern period, c. 19th century. The token is moulded and features on the obverse a man with money purse leaning over a fallen or seated man, with an inscription around the outer edge; due to the condition of the token only the word 'INDEPENDENT' can be clearly made out. The reverse of the token features clasped hands above crossed feathers or quills secured by a looped tie, all within a wreath border. Again the wear restricts any reading of the reverse inscription; a letter 'S' can be made out t…
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
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Record ID: BERK-719A0A
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy 'vine eye' dating to the early modern period. The pin is rectangular in plan and pyramidal in profile, with cast serrations down the two wider edges. The loop for attaching the wires or strings to train plants is broken and incomplete. The barbs would hold it in place once hammered into a wall. Late Victorian to early 20th century.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-DACC85
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but squashed silver thimble made from a thin sheet of low grade silver with decoration pressed into the sheet. The rim is folded upwards to create a raised border and is impressed with a series of close set diagonal lines. Above the rim is the inscription "+ REMEMBER + ME" in raised letters within a plain linear border. Above the inscriptions on the upper half of the thimble are the machine-punched pits which run in lines up to and on to the domed peak. The manufacture method and lettering font on this thimble strongly suggets a 19th or even early 20th century date. A simil…
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
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Record ID: BERK-F8CDF9
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and battered coper alloy coin weight of modern date. The coin weight has edges raised above the face of the weight, resulting in an H-shaped profile, however these edges are now worn and damaged. One side of the weight depicts a female crowned right, with the portrait appearing to be of the current Queen Elizabeth II (1952 - ). The reverse of the weight is also worn but depicts a crowned thistle. The weight weighs 3.1 grams or 0.1 ounces. No information on this object could be found by searching the usual sources nor by looking at the internet. One assumes that this must be …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2020
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