Record ID: NLM-4EC586
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Cast handle from a teaspoon or similar, with moulded ovulos aligned down the centre line of its display side in a linear series which is continued by two or more stamped dots; bowl lost and terminal chipped. The metal is particularly pliable, so this was perhaps homemade. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1675-1775 Length: 61.7mm, Width: 10.7mm, Thickness (at lower stem): 2.3mm, Weight: 4.34gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enbsay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-12ABAC
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spoon. Cast spoon with a rounded bowl [two thirds lost] with a collar separating it from a short handle of plano-convex or D-section profile with a plain rounded end. The indistinct detail of mouldings may suggest this was perhaps a homemade copy of a better pewter spoon. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Length: 100mm, Width: 33.5mm, Thickness (stem): 5.3mm, Weight: 27.35gms
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-89F5A0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount with traces of white metal plating. Possible sword belt fitting. Small openwork mount, small trace of tinning/silvering. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 36mm, Width: 14.8mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 2.34gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-897842
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Two prongs on back, leather still trapped. Small openwork mount with two spikes at the back, still with remains of leather trapped. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Length: 33mm, Width: 14.7mm, Thickness [overall]: 5mm, Weight: 3.64gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-104E8B
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bell fragment. Cast open bell with flared mouth and an integrally cast round suspension loop at its apex; there is a sub-cylindrical knop on top of the loop. A small inserted internal loop retained a clapper [lost]. The provision for suspension may suggest this to come from a domestic setting, perhaps as a bell from servants’ quarters. The construction is light. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850 Height: 60.7mm, Width: 33.1mm, Thickness (wall): 0.9mm, Weight: 26.11gms
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Embsay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AF9F85
Object type: PENKNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible copper alloy penknife fragment. A small flat cast trapezoid strip broken from one end of a larger object, with a square-headed rivet projecting from one side, rust-stained on the other. These characteristics might qualify this as a side plate or middle plate [to separate a blade from its neighbour] from a small penknife. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900 Length: 17.9mm, Width: 10.1mm, Thickness (plate clear of rust): 0.7mm, Weight: 0.89gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AF52DA
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress hook. Cast openwork plate with a bifurcated plume motif within a circular frame which is surmounted by a rectangular loop. A double strongly moulded collar separates the head from a short sharp backward-pointing hook, cf. Read early post-medieval Class E type 3. A figure-of-eight link of drawn wire [diameter 1.1mm and length 14.7mm] passes through the loop as a rare surviving indication of the possible function of the object. Darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Length (both components): 37mm, Width: 12.8mm, Thi…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AD12C9
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton. Milled Nuremburg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (1586-1635), torn on one side, bent and darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Obverse description: central rosette surrounded by three lis alternating with three crowns. Obverse inscription: (H)ANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN N(-) Reverse description: Reichsapfel. Reverse inscription: (GOTES) GABEN S[--] Diameter: 20.7mm, Weight: 0.77gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AB49B6
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cuff link fragment. Cast and stamped fragment from a ‘Charles II and Catherine of Braganza’ commemorative set, bearing the bordered motif of an open crown over two hearts against a stippled ground, with plain canted rim, Lewis form 1 Type A. The back retains a pale grey-green deposit, perhaps fixative for a link between this and its counterpart. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1662-1715. In view of its material and age this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, ref. 2022 T763. Diameter: 12.7mm, Height: 2.1mm, Thickness (rim): 0.9mm, Weight: 0.97gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-974862
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible knife fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. A circular cast probably concavo-convex terminal, identified as a knife pommel by the finder, into whose hollow passes a stub of a corroded iron object, here taken to be the proximal end of a knife tang. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Length/Height: 8.3mm, Diameter (copper alloy): 9.9mm, Weight: 2.02gms
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5C3991
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver bodkin fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast rectangular-section pin fragment, broken across a longitudinal slot at one end, and also broken at the other end. Worn traces of finely incised diagonal lines appear on one side. Bent twice. These objects were used as hair or head-dress pins. In view of its material and date this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, Ref. 2022 T762. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 37.1mm, Width: 3.2mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 1.81gms
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5692E8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast bar mount with the stubs of two or three integrally cast fixing spikes on the back, one pair very closely juxtaposed. The display side is of baluster form with a central bulbous element separated from rounded knops at the ends by collars. Darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Early Post-Medieval, 1500-1600. Length: 33.2mm, Width: 9.2mm, Thickness (clear of prongs): 2.9mm, Weight: 4.20gms
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-566181
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), as kindly identified by the finder; third issue, dated 1573. Obverse description: Bust left, rose behind head. Mintmark Eglantine (27). Obverse inscription: ELIZABETHD.’G.’ANG’.FR’.ET:[--]REGINA Reverse description: shield of Arms of England and France, date over shield: 15 73. Reverse inscription; POSVI/DEV’.AD/IVTORE/MEV*. Diameter: 25.5mm, Weight: 2.75gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-47E56A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled farthing token of Richard Lyle of Pontefract (Williamson no. 265), issue of 1650-1673; the finder kindly suggests a halfpenny but Williamson is followed here. Obverse description: A castle, rendered as a single squat battlemented masonry tower. Obverse inscription: RICHARD LYLE ** Reverse description: worn smooth. Diameter: 16.3mm, Weight: 0.93gms
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-46F7FD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Rhomboid lightly concavo-convex plate with a rounded knop at each corner [one lost] and retaining a centrally set integrally cast square section tapered fixing prong of length 7.5mm on the back. Darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 17.5mm, Width: 16.3mm, Thickness (clear of prong): 0.5mm, Weight: 1.26gms
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-324E8C
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight. Cast square weight stamped with a circular panel on both sides: The obverse shows the crowned bust of James I (1603-1625) right, with legend: I R BRI. The reverse bears a tall crown over letters XIS, denoting eleven silver shillings or one half of a gold unite. File marks on edges, in fresh condition. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1604-1625 Length/Height: 14.2mm, Width: 14.6mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 4.77gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-321CEF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin. Sixpence of James I (1603-1625) as kindly identified by the finder, second coinage of 1604-1619, dated 1607[?]. Obverse description: portrait bust right, VI behind head, mintmark Coronet (74). Obverse inscription: IACOBVS.D’.G’.ANG[--]T.FR[--]REX Reverse description: Shield of Arms of England, Scotland and Ireland, date over shield: 1607. Reverse inscription: QVAE.DEVS.CONIVNXIT.NEMO.SEPARET. Diameter: 28.9mm, Weight: 2.97gms, die axis: 3
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2EDB42
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. A small curved bar with one pointed end and one rounded, with a straight-sided bar rising from within the curve. This might be a clock component though it does not appear to be machined. Probably coated with oil by the finder. Suggested date: possibly Post-Medieval, 1700-1800 Width: 18.3mm, Height: 7.4mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 0.66gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2CF5A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast plate of lightly concavo-convex form, hollowed at the back, with a central cockle shell motif with a lis projecting from its base and a knop opposite. Stained with oil from treatment by the finder. A pair of integrally cast tapered prongs of length 5.5mm project from the back, one inclined towards the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650. Length: 35.5mm, Width: 19.8mm, Thickness (clear of prongs): 2.5mm, Weight: 6.39gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1D8348
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount fragment. Small cast flat-headed circular mount with a scar from loss of an integrally cast fixing pin. The solid head is slightly domed. Part of a group considered as fittings from the same discarded strap by the finder; these include at least one example of later medieval type (see NLM-1A6239). Suggested date: Early Post-Medieval, 1500-1600 Diameter: 7.3mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 0.32gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.