Record ID: NLM-DC19E8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, kindly identified by the finder as a commemorative issue celebrating the Preliminaries of the Peace of Amiens (1801), engraved by H Kettle, by reference to the Numista website. Obverse description: Shield with Union Jack blazon and circumferential legend in three orders. Obverse inscription: PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE / BETWEEN /[GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE] / SIGNED / [OCTOBER 1 1801] Reverse description: Dove flying above quayside scene within laurel wreath border. Reverse inscription: PEACE COMMERCE [& PLENTY] Diameter: 24.0mm, Weight: 2.42…
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9E89E5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead button. Cast uniform button front with its hollow back filled with lead, and with two disturbed areas in that filling which may mark the loss of either a loop or other provision for its attachment, whether as button or badge is uncertain. The front has an applied plaque bearing a military badge comprising a Garter with a Latin motto: DESDIC[---]PERO, enclosing a seated lion left beneath a crown with five upright jewels - i.e. not the Crown Imperial commonly seen on more recent militaria. White metal plating appears to have covered both the button front and the ap…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B563BC
Object type: WHEEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron wheel, Cast wheel with four equidistantly spaced spokes with slightly concave sides, and with the stub of an iron axle remaining at its centre. Traces of untrimmed casting flash remain between the inside of the rim and the sides of the spokes. The finder originally considered this to be part of a toy vehicle of recent date. A suggestion of an identification as a votive object was then canvassed by this reporter. Craig Cook corrects this, with reference to the advice of Ben Paites, FLO for Essex. Ben kindly suggests that the provision of an axle distinguishes this…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-766F59
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast chape from a buckle with a separate chape on a steel spindle (lost). Cast plate with its bifurcated wider end drilled to receive a spindle through circular housings, narrowing towards an oval-ended button chape which has lost its stud. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720. Length: 34.5mm, Width: 16.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 4.33gms.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E0ADF7
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Cast ring, possibly originally of rounded section. The band is narrowed by wear at opposed points on its sides, possibly stretched out of shape, and is slightly bent in profile, though it is not robust enough to have served with animal harness or in any similarly demanding role. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900. Diameter: 27.0mm, Band Width: 1.9mm, Band Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 1.30gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0A27E
Object type: CURTAIN FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Cast ring of D section, probably a curtain ring. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Diameter: 35.3mm, Band Width: 2.2mm, Band Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 2.45gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0971D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight: a flat discoid weight with a central depression on one side occupied by a pair of stitching of diameter c.2mm. Bent and possibly clipped, patinated. This object is smaller than most hem weights seen by this reporter; it may have been trimmed to this size. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Diameter: 22mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 9.75gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E08B61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Upper or lower side of a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal buckle with a separate steel spindle [lost]. The end of the buckle , which is thin, is bent forward. An incised decorative scheme comprises a longitudinal medial line with a centrally placed pellet which is flanked by diagonal cuts arranged in a chevron pattern. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720. Length: 32.5mm, Width: 6.4mm, Thickness (at spindle housing): 3.5mm, Weight: 2.91gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0706D
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. Gently concavo-convex discoid plate with a central aperture 6mm square. The convex outer surface bears a low rim, and is coated with black material. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Diameter: 28.7mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 6.47gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0DCF8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Hollow composite biconvex discoid button possibly made in two halves, though a single blow hole in the back might indicate a one piece construction comparable to that of cast spherical bells. A drawn wire loop passes within the back of the button. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750. Diameter: 14.3mm, Height (overall): 14.4mm, Weight: 1.69gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0D0D7
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rivet. Cast square section shank, with a square rove now corroded to a domed head of diameter.5mm at one end, and burred at the other. The technique of fixing is an ancient one, best known from the construction of Early Medieval boats, where the rivets were of iron and are known as clench bolts. In this case a more recent date is certain. Lightly bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900. Length (shank): 20.8mm, Thickness (shank): 1.8mm, Width (rove): 9.9mm, Weight: 1.91gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0C625
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears the stamped legend: [--]TTING & SONS / LONDON. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1920. Diameter: 17.1mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 4.34gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A0BAAB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs joined by sprue which have been clenched together. The larger disc bears the Roman numeral XII. This may indicate a cloth of 12 yards length, or may indicate the weight of a cloth. There are no other indications that the seal represents official inspection. The use of Roman numerals to denote length or weight is known from seals of later 16th to 17th-century date (Egan, G. et al, 1994; Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, London, [British Museum] Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities Occasional Paper no. 93, page 89). …
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A091E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Upper or lower edge from a rectangular buckle with a separate steel spindle (lost). The display face bears moulded floral or vegetal decoration. Abraded. The slight curvature may suggest a function as a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790. Length: 23.1mm, Height: 6.7mm, Thickness (spindle housing): 4.4mm, Weight: 1.85gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A05C09
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spoon fragment, as kindly identified by Gordon Bailey, correcting an initial identficatiob as a slightly later pipe tmper. Cast baluster shaped handle with a flat discoid end; the rest of the stem is lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650 Length: 31.2mm, Diameter: 14.4mm, Weight: 8.79gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-ABA73C
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy clog clasp, as kindly identified by the finder. Rectangular pressed metal plate with four rectangular cut outs, a border, and a D shaped lug projecting from one end on a narrower stalk, the latter bent back at the inner end of the stalk. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 20.8mm, Width: 13.6mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 1.53gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB9C57
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast rectangular weight with an indistinct stamped motif on one side; this appears to incorporate a figure within an inner circle. The other side may also bear a motif, though if so, it is unclear save for a group of rays or petal at its centre. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 14.9mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 2.17gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB8F3F
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron spur fragment. Cast rowel spur with D section sides and a simple figure-of-eight terminal, and with a short up-turned split rowel box which retains a corroded steel spindle for the rowel (lost). The object surface has a silvery sheen which may suggest it to be plated with tin. The small size might suggest this to be for a child. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 65mm, Width (in excess of): 60mm, Thickness (side): 4.0mm, Weight: 24.08gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB84B7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Mount, as kindly identified by the finder. Oval or teardrop shaped plate with a rounded lug opposite the pointed end with a drilled fixing hole of diameter 3.6mm, and with a flat-topped conical projection at its centre with a dimpled top and a circular basal ring; the projecting part is hollowed on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850. Length: 41.6mm, Width: 29.9mm, Height (cone): 13.6mm, Thickness (plate): 2mm, Weight: 11.90gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB776E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead palm guard or sailmaker's glove, as kindly suggested by the finder. Cast sub-rectangular object, of plano-convex section and with markedly indented sides. Both sides are pitted, the flat side more extensively. Lightly patinated overall. The convex face nestles in the palm with the concave sides fitting against the base of the thumb. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 50.6mm, Width: 50.8mm, Thickness: 9.0mm, Weight: 135.93gms.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.