Record ID: CORN-DD7FF7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy pendant from a fly terret which was mounted on to horse harness. The pendant would have been suspended from a circular ring which had a screw fitting at the base which screwed into a securing nut that was fitted into the leather bridle behind the ears of the horse. It would have then stood proud above the strap and between the horse's ears. The pendant is circular in plan and flat in profile, with openwork decoration in the form of a central 8-pointed star, within a tressure of four arches. Four of the star's points have bifid connections to the bases of the arches. …
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
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Record ID: CORN-88FDAB
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern silver bracelet terminal in the form of a moulded zoomorphic head incised with circular pupils within lentoid eyes surrounded by a banded pattern of parallel chevrons with transverse grooves creating a scale-like skin, with moulded vertical ears with a central groove, and a curled upper lip and snout and an open mouth. The underside of the mouth and jaw also has a pattern of transverse grooves with perpendicular parallel incised lines between them, giving the appearance of scaled skin. The slightly recessed broken end is not a socket but solid, suggesting that this is a termina…
Created on: Sunday 28th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Hilary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB1404
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a cap that has been manufactured from a long seamless drawn out tube. The edge of the band has been machine bevelled and looks modern. The remains of cut hay are evident on the surface of the band and some fragments are embedded into the layer of corrosion product on the outside of the band, suggesting that it has decayed recently. The pink discolouration of the copper underneath the layer of corrosion product is also indicative of a modern piece.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB0A33
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small sheet brass one-piece thimble, possibly for a child to use, with flatish crown and broad border below evenly stamped concentric bands of circular dots. The crown has a different pattern of stamped squares. Read (1988) illustrates a similar example, in size, on page 193, No.1359, which he dates to c.1700-1750, but the crown is different. Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar example on page 14, No.41, which he dates to c.1850-1925.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB1116
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet brass thimble with domed crown and broad border below raised rib and evenly stamped concentric bands of circular dots which continue as a grid pattern on the crown. Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar example on page 14, No.35, which he dates to the Victorian period c.1837-1901.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-90D181
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast base white metal modern copy of a penny of Eric Bloodaxe, Second Reign (AD 952-954), moneyer Aculf in Northumbria. Obverse: ○ERIC / ○REX divided by a horizontal sword and with a trefoil above and below and an annulet before each word and under the sword hilt, all within an outer ring of pellets Reverse: X •A•C•V•L•F•M•O•N with pellet stops with the 'N' double-stamped around a central saltire cross within an inner ring of pellets Die axis is 3 o'clock. A bad copy from false dies (Martin Allen pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-1A9E34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper alloy annular brooch, circular in plan, made of three coiled copper alloy wires that have then been gilded. The rectangular hinge that held the pin remains on the back of the brooch along with the base of the catch on the opposite side, but the pin is missing. From the gilt areas that remain, it is clear that the process used to gild the copper alloy wire, once it was coiled, was by electro-plating, which suggests that the brooch dates from a time after this was introduced around 1840. See NARC-068077 for a similar coiled copper-alloy brooch, which is dated from the Post-M…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-90E423
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Aluminium copy of a Charles I sixpence, copying the silver shillings minted at Pontefract during 1648 and 1649, the so-called 'siege' pieces. Sixpences were never minted at Pontefract, but were at Scarborough in 1644-5 and Newark in 1646. However, these latter types are square or diamond-shaped in profile, not disc-shaped as in this case. This copy seems to have been stamped and then cut out as a disc, as it has an edge on the reverse that stands slightly proud of the surface of the coin but no edge on the obverse.
Created on: Sunday 20th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
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Record ID: CORN-C67EB7
Object type: WATER PIPE (ARCHITECTURAL)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy (brass) pipe fitting that was used as part of a connection or valve to attach copper pipework together. The fitting is cylindrical in profile and semi-circular in section. The copper piping remains on the surface of the brass fitting and was lead soldered on to the brass which has caused a pattern of decay to emerge where the piping looks ribbed in profile. The edge of the pipe has been machine-made and the inner lip of the opening meets the body of the fitting where it thickens, but the edge is worn so that its full extent is unknown. Possibly used to …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Perranuthnoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C2EE16
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy harness fitting or 'Roger ring', used for guiding reins, which dates from the late Post-medieval period to the early Modern period, from the 19th to the early 20th century (Garry Crace pers comm). The larger oval loop has little wear on the inside compared to the smaller strap loop at right angles to it. There is considerable wear at the base of this loop, suggesting that it had a leather strap running through it and pulling against it. The two loops are fixed together by a solid tear-shaped knop, which would not have allowed any flexibility or rotation, so that the …
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-AB65E5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast solid lead head from a male figurine that was probably part of a toy with a hat with a broad rim. The hat is similar to that seen on toy figurines of boy scouts made by William Britain, as seen in records NLM-A1ADDA and NLM-011B3F, which are dated from c.1910-1939. Britains started producing similar figurines of farmers in the 19th century but these were hollow cast. There is a casting seam running around the side of the head from the break at the neck around the top of the hat to the other side. This suggests that the piece was not finished as this seam would have been filed dow…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Sunday 26th June 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6138A6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nickel or chrome-plated cast copper alloy fragment of a reception bell with a slightly everted border around the base which is 6 mm in height and 2 mm thick. The surface is encrusted with corrosion product, but there are still large areas of white base metal which has been applied using electoplating as it is very thin. The central area of the crown or top of the bell is missing which would have had the button to depress in order to ring the bell. The base of the bell is also missing, but the diameter of 67 mm and profile suggest that this is a fragment of something similar to example…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-3CF5C3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early 20th century cast lead alloy seal from a Johnny Walker whiskey bottle or case. The seal displays the arms and crest of Kilmarnock on both faces, consisting of a shield with squirrels as supports, and a crest of a hand of benediction above. Similar examples of such seals are recorded on the PAS database, including: HAMP-EEC1B1, KENT-561BA6, LIN-05F723 and LON-311872. A detailed report for such seals can be found in LIN-05F723: The following identification is kindly provided by Paul Cannon: A lead seal, probably a 'Johnnie Walker whisky bottle'. The seal has a full coa…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6F52A3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead fabric weight, used for holding down the hem or a curtain or possibly a skirt. Flat and circular, with two central circular holes and an incised line about 1 mm in from the edge which runs within the circumference as a border. It has been bent since its loss. Despite looking like a button, these weights were and are used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. Examples can be seen on page 83 of Bailey's (2004) Buttons and Fasteners. They seem to come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Saturday 30th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Record ID: CORN-CDFE41
Object type: COMPASSES
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy incomplete compass or another similar item of equipment that had to pivot and rotate in order to measure quantities. The screw thread and circular impressions at the base of the object which act as a pivot point suggest that a movement like a compass. The bifid protrusion at right angles to this terminal would have clipped on to something else to allow it to rotate. The opposite end is open and the two halves have become separated, but there are some remains within which are likely to be wood which would have originally been screwed down within the clamp, like a penc…
Created on: Monday 27th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th February 2015
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Record ID: CORN-9DE932
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with seven settings for stones, including three large settings, aligned horizontally with the hoop, and four small settings surounding the central setting. Three of the four small stones remain intact, and appear to be colourless glass. One of the three large settings still retains its stone, which is facetted and looks to be possibly harder than glass as it is hardly worn, yet clear also with pitting inside. The central setting retains a layer of black enamel which may have been used to add depth to the missing stone above. The hoop is decorated with a moulded scroll…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Just', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C0F685
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery fragment of a finial in the form of a bird head made of black basalt ware with a dark purply-black manganese glaze and a fine buff-coloured fabric throughout. There are similar examples of figurative bird heads on black basalt ware vessels, dating from the turn of the 18th century, like two examples illustrated in Morley-Fletcher & McIlroy (1984) on page 289, Nos.9 & 14.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: CORN-5E0691
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy receptacle. "The Nanstallon brass is most likely to be 19th/20th century given the apparent lack of other impurities and the absence of tin, although this depends on the limits of detection in the analysis. It would not be impossible for it to be part of a Roman brass ingot but the few examples found and analysed have some lead in them. Another possibility would be 16th-17th century but I would expect some nickel and arsenic to be detected." (Dr. Peter Northover pers comm)
Created on: Monday 12th March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bodmin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-B90FF3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Solid die-struck copper alloy waist-belt plate of the Cornwall Rifle Volunteers with separate soldered wire loop at one side and a soldered flat strap hook at the back. The design on the front is in relief with a grained background. A scroll with the word 'CORNWALL' is draped above the Prince of Wales plume of three feathers within a coronet with the motto ICH DIEN in a banner across it. The three feathers and the motto "lch Dien", German for "I Serve", go back to Edward (1330-1376), the eldest son of Edward III. He was known as the 'Black Prince' because he had his suit of armour pai…
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: CORN-B79267
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast tin alloy hawking whistle, cylindrical in profile and circular in section, with two raised ribs which run around the circumference of the barrel of the whistle, on either side of the semi-circular sounding hole, which has since broken to form a larger aperture. The upper end of the whistle tapers towards the neck and then expands into a spherical suspension loop that has a drilled circular hole which would have taken the lanyard or cord to suspend the whistle. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece of the whistle is also broken so that it is open and the 'baffle' is loose…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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