Record ID: NLM-40ADB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. Fine oxidised fabric with slight mica dusting on its surface. Miniature wheel thrown-vessel, in the form of a jug with plain rim – no pouring spout – and with a biconical body with expanded pedestal base [turning lines on base] and with an applied corrugated strap handle with a trefoil lower end. Dark-stained on one side, chipped at rim. Probably a tourist souvenir from the Mediterranean. The finder kindly reports that Roman material was discovered when nearby houses were built [on Roman Way], and miniature vessels were used in the Roman period, especially as grave…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DC6756
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tobacco pipe, dating from the second half of the 19th century AD, moulded into the form of a Turk's head, with drooping moustache and a cylindrical Ottoman style hat. The neck is sharply angled to emerge from moulded leaves and a rounded collar at the socket (19.2mm diameter) connecting to a separate stem, which has been lost. The bowl is incomplete but was around 29mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: NCL-70339C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval black ceramic teapot lid knop, c. 1750-1800 AD. The artefact is a moulded black basalte ware knop from a teapot lid or similar vessel in the form of a sitting woman wearing a veil, her head leaning against her left hand and holding a basket in her right hand. She wears sandals which peek out from beneath her dress, and a jug and barrel lean against her left arm. The figure sits atop a small pedestal, beneath which is the broken body of the lid of the vessel. The underside of the lid reveals circular marks revealing that it was turned on a wheel. Over…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-26E1CB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. Hard fired fine oxidised fabric; spall from the rounded rim of a large [estimated diameter 320mm] vessel with a moulded pattern of hexagonal scales on its outer rim. Probably a planter or ornamental flowerpot. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1970 Length: 114mm, Weight: 38.71gms
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-810DA2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Modern ceramic ointment vessel c. AD 1750-1900. It is a circular stoneware vessel with a raised lip on the upper face creating a circular depression and a central pedestal foot on the lower face. The side is incised with  'Singleton's Eye Ointment' in cursive script and filled with mid-blue glaze. The artefact has an overall white/grey glaze with some minor chips. Unlike other ointment vessels, a mercuric oxide ointment was placed on top of the upper face, covered in wax paper and sold in a cardboard box. A version of Singletons was produced as e…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F79429
Object type: KILN WASTE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of the partly vitrified kiln muffle from a clay pipe kiln.  This was a permanent chamber constructed within the kiln structure that held the pipes during firing.  It is typically made of previously fired pipe stems that were used like the sticks in wattle and daub to support the walls during construction.  The walls are typically composed of tempered pipe clay and the interior surface was repeatedly smeared with white clay in between firings to seal any cracks and prevent flue gasses from entering and discolouring the pipes.  Muffle kilns were used for firin…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FCD6C6
Object type: KILN WASTE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of seven fragments of ‘stem slag laminate’ waste from a clay pipe kiln (Peacey 1996, 93-94 and 168-171). The largest fragment measures 126.8mm in length and 249.68g in weight. This type of material was used to create a temporary cover to seal the pipes in a muffle kiln during firing.  It is characterised by a layer of previously fired pipe stems which was used to support a coating that was typically made of clay, ash and horse dung.  This coating fused to form the slaggy layer during firing and protected the contents of the muffle from becoming …
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC9F1B
Object type: KILN FURNITURE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of nine curved kiln furniture supplements - mainly ‘applied strips’, which are hand formed clay rolls that were used to stabilise the load in the kiln during stacking.  The fragments have sub rounded cross sections varying from 7 to 15mm in thickness. These typically have contact impressions of the pipe stems or bowls on them and were only used once, being discarded after the firing.  The more tightly curved piece may be a ‘wad’, used to bed a mushroom support in the centre of the muffle against which the unfired pipes were stacked.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC7F3D
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of six curved clay pipe stem fragments of early 19th century date, probably of a long-stemmed "churchwarden" type. The stem diameters vary from 8.1mm to 4.4mm and all have off-centre stem bores of between 1.5mm and 2mm diameter. There are no visible marks or decoration.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC4F5F
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe of early 19th century form, 37.6mm in height and with a cut rim 18.3mm in width. The bowl has no decoration aside from leaf designs on both seams from rim to heel. The stem is around 7mm in diameter with a small off centre stem bore around 1.5mm in diameter. The heels have small spurs with serrated circles on both sides. This was a common symbol mark used by many different manufacturers and has been found with a number of others amongst kiln waste that can be attributed to William Swinyard of Guildford and probably represents one of h…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC3AB6
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clay pipe of early 19th century form, 41.8mm in height from spur to rim. The bowl is undecorated, and flares to a rim with a cut finish which is 19.6mm in width. The spur, which juts forward slightly, has maker's initials SL on the sides. The stem is around 7mm in diameter. The only other pipe recorded from Surrey with the initials SL has leaf decorated seams but was also found in Guildford (Higgins 1981, 231). 
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC2029
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 4 clay pipes of the same design, from the same location and probably manufactured at the site. The bowls flare to rims with a cut finish with a maximum width around 18.6mm. The bowls have no decoration aside from leaf designs on both seams of the bowls from rim to heel. The stems are around 7mm in diameter with a small off centre stem bore around 1.3mm in diameter. The heels have small spurs with maker's initials WS on the sides suggesting an attribution to William Swinyard of Guildford, Surrey (1790-1864) who moved to the area in about 1815…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FC0186
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four clay pipes of the same design, but with two different mould types represented, both of which have a leaf design on both bowl seams from rim to heel.  They were all found at the same location and probably come from kiln waste that had been tipped in the river c1815-40.  The bowls flare to cut rims with a maximum diameter around 18mm and are decorated with emblems representing the Oddfellows, one of the popular Friendly Societies at the time.  On the right side is a heart in hand motif beneath an ‘All-Seeing Eye of God’.  On …
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FBAFA3
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 12 clay pipes of the same design, from the same location and probably manufactured nearby. The bowls are 47.5mm tall and flare to cut rims with a maximum diameter of around 21.8mm. Decoration on the right side comprises a seated Britannia design, facing left, with trident and with a halo of five stars around and, on the left side, a man in late Georgian style naval or military uniform with epaulettes, facing right, with a halo of seven stars around. There are leaf designs on both seams from rim to heel. The heel has a projecting spur marked with six-rayed stars on …
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NLM-696E4C
Object type: BRICK
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic. Oxidised coarse fabric with occasional pale inclusions to length 1.5mm, with a pale smooth salmon pink external surface which is fluted, probably a chip spalled from a moulded fire brick. Suggested date: Modern, 1950-2000 Length: 24mm, Weight: 4.38gms
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Halton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-56E258
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a ceramic Vessel of Modern date (AD 1800-1850). Probable Basalt Ware. The object is a base and partial body sherd. The base retains concentric circumferential bands. The fabric is dark grey stone ware and is hard with a slightly gritty texture and no visible inclusions. The inner surface has consistent black glaze. Height: 28.92mm, Width: 33.58mm, Thickness (base): 3.97mm, Weight: 4.8g
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 31st March 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: NLM-68B22B
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fired clay figurine. A handmade oxidised terra cotta bust depicting the face of a moustached and bearded man wearing a pointed Phrygian-style cap. Below the beard, the object tapers to form a narrow oval-section pedestal base. The face is limited by a bevelled vertical edge on either side between the level of the beard and that of the lower edge of the cap. The flat back was casually gouged before firing leaving an irregular hollow behind the face in which fingerprint traces appear. The face has prominently arched brows, almond-shaped eyes which protrude in low relief with irises and …
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-9BB068
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Modern tobacco pipe made from a cream coloured clay and likely dating to AD 1800-1900. The fragment comprises most of the bowl and a minute part of the stem. Whilst around half of the bowl is missing, the surviving sections would suggest that the internal diameter was 16.31mm and the external diameter was 23.28mm. There are c. 0.85mm wide raised ribs that start from near the juncture of the bowl and the stem and extend around 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up the height of the bowl. There is no surviving heel or spur and not much evidence to suggest that there was one, which woul…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-9AD1C7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval to Modern tobacco pipe made from a cream coloured clay and likely dating c. AD 1790-1880. The fragment is part of the bowl of the pipe, consisting of just under half of the bowl, and would have represented a hand holding the bowl when complete.  Only around one fifth of the entire rim remains intact. Towards the bottom of the fragment, there are the remains of four fingers. These bear some similarity to those found on other clay pipes recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, including NLM-D64D35, NLM-DA4D74, ESS-CF1055, and WMID-AB1…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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