Record ID: SOM-B8F871
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post medieval whistle dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1650. The tubular whistle is made of silver sheet and soldered lengthways along an abutting seam. Two collars composed of spiralled silver wire divide the whistle into three sections. Threaded through each spiral is a silver wire core. The first section comprises an obliquely angled mouthpiece with a D-shaped aperture. The obverse face exhibits a D-shaped sound-hole. The second section is decorated with a grid of punched squares creating a lattice effect. Upon this background is a zig-zag panel which runs aro…
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-166636
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably incomplete Post Medieval - Modern silver whistle in three parts. The whistle is now squashed with the top and bottom plates separated but found together. The whistle is bulbous in shape with an originally circular cross sectioned mouth end widening and thickening to a rounded, circular or oval cross sectioned end. The whistle is made of a front and back plate with a flat plate running down the centre internally dividing it completely into a front and back section. The front and back plates have become detached with the central plate still soldered on to the 'front'. Each fro…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-77474D
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T629: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Silver gilt 'body' or 'buoy' from a late 16th to 17th century 'bosun's' whistle. The buoy consists of a hollow oval shape formed of two elongated hemi-spheres with the join at the centre covered in an applied rib. The rib has a plain raised base on which sits a moulded chain design running around the circumference. At one point this is interrupted by a large circular sounding hole. Soldered to the body to one side of the hole, and again interrupting the central rib, is a projecting rectangular bar supported below …
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brent Knoll CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E93B19
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T533 Description: A complete Post-Medieval silver hawking vervel. The vervel is flat in cross section and circular in plan, with a large, central circular aperture. Both faces of the vervel are inscribed in seriffed capitals: *IOHN* // *STRANGWAYES. A small line of black material, perpendicular to the circumference and extending between the external and internal edges possibly a tarnished, less pure silver, appears to be a repair. The vervel has an external diameter of 12.0mm, the central aperture is 5.4mm in diameter and it is 1.3mm thick; it weighs 0.87g. Discus…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-212F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thumb piece or handle from an unidentifed cast silver item of probably 18th century date. The thumb piece is complete with a oval panel connected to a curved rectangular sectioned arm which is in turn connected to a broken hollow attachment which would have linked it to the rest of the item. The oval panel has a moulded, raised bust on each side, it is helmeted and draped, possibly Minerva. The bust is within a line border with stippling in the field between the line and bust. From the base of the oval section projects a small oval shaped flat knop moulded into a face on both sides, o…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5C1A00
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver object, possibly part of larger object. Flat on both sides. In plan one end of the object begins with a semi-circular shape, and is then cinched towards the centre. Above this follows an oval shape after which the object is cinched again. This is followed by a flat oval collar. Above this is a baluster shape, with a joining collar from which a sub-rectangular shape begins. When viewed from the side, the entire object is sub-rectangular and appears designed so that a spindle or rod can be inserted through the semi-circular end and the edges of the object wrapping around the sp…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle Abbotts CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DB8182
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T211: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Post Medieval hollow terminal from an unidentified object. The terminal has been squashed flat but appears to have originally had a flat back and convex front. It has a trilobed end with the large vertical lobes divided by lines of raised pellets. These lobes appear to have ended with an abruptly stepped in base below which was a recessed and narrowed but still convex section. This section is divided in two by a horizontal indented line with a row of raised pellets along its centre. Above the line is a pair of op…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-55ED98
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver attachment from unclear item, probably small vessel. The attachment is complete but at one end is solvered to a second curved silver object, probably a vessel wall, too little survives of this second part to identify it. The complete piece is flat with an ornate outline and openwork. The central portion is broadly oval extened at one end into a round ended terminal and at the other into a squared off end. The rounded terminal has three knops, one to each side and one at the end and a central circular piercing. The central section has an open centre containing a…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4DB7AA
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Acquired by the Somerset Museums Service Description: A cast silver toothpick/ear scoop with the pick partly missing and the scoop broken. The pick is sickle-shaped and triangular in cross section with a thicker inner edge and thins and narrows to the tip which is missing to an old break. The pick emerged at right angles from the body of a stylised animal, shaped to serve as a handle. There is a plain raised collar between the two and no evidence of a maker's mark on the pick. The zoomorphic handle has a moulded head at one end and a bar like body ending in a thickened 'heel' op…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Musgrove CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9464E2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2011 T458: Disclaimed Description: A silver thimble. The thimble has fairly straight sides, a slight domed top and a distinct carination between the sides and top. The sides are decorated with three incised lines above the rim, creating two narrow bands around the base with a wider band in between. There is a circular hole at one point within this wider band, 1.5mm in diameter. Above the third line, the thimble is decorated with regular, square indentations arranged in slightly irregular lines up the sides to the beginning of the dome, the top row is incomplete. Simila…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hardington Mandeville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2CA4DE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T1059: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A silver domed thimble of two-piece construction. The thimble has a crack down one side where the two ends of the strip of silver that forms the lower, ring shaped section, were connected. There is also a circular hole near the rim at the back, presumably to allow it to be suspended. The top and sides are decorated with regularly spaced small circular indents arranged in rows on the sides and a grid on the top. There are plain areas where the top and sides meet and down the join on the side. At the rim is a pla…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E80FD1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A sheet silver thimble made in two pieces, dating from the c. late 17th-early 18th century AD. The thimble has a high domed top and originally slightly sloping sides, now squashed in places. The top was made separately from the body and they were soldered together, this solder has now cracked, and they were detached when found. There is also a partially cracked seam running down the body which again has been mended by the finder, who was unaware of the thimbles age. The upper part of the body and top are covered in abutting slightly irregular rows of raised rings sepa…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F91FCB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T814: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A sheet silver thimble made in two pieces, dating from the c. late 17th-early 18th century AD. The thimble has a high domed top and originally slightly sloping sides, now squashed in places. The top was made separately from the body and they were soldered together, this solder has now cracked and they are only partly attached together. There is also a partially cracked seam running down the body. There is a circular hole punched form the inside near the base and vertical seam. The body and top are covered in a…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winsham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-62A2F8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2012 T134, disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: Silver thimble, split down the side and at several points around the rim and bent open with the top missing. The outer side is covered in multiple rows of small, closely spaced indented sub-square pits a part from a band by the base. This design is known as waffle-shaped and may indicate it was made on a lathe. On the band are incised two horizontal lines with a motto between them: BE YT + AS x GOD . WYLS cx, in Roman capitals. The last symbol is broken across the split but appears to be an alpha or cx. An addit…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F97398
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T832: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Post Medieval silver thimble formed of a domed top soldered onto a slightly tapering cylinder. The top is decorated with two recessed rings encircling an unrecessed crown enclosed by a recessed outer border with raised foliate decoration. The sides have a plain band top and bottom. The central part is decorated with regular rows of indented squares with a raised grid between them creating a 'waffle' pattern. Cutting across this pattern is a broad continuous zig-zag line running around the middle of the thimble. …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heathayes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-22215E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  Post-medieval silver thimble formed of a tapering cylinder, squashed and incomplete, and a separate missing domed top. The sides have a plain band top and bottom, the lower band wider and with an inscription. The central part is decorated with regular rows of indented squares with a raised grid between them creating a 'waffle' pattern. Cutting across this pattern is a pair of lines formed of a plain line flanked by incised lines. The lines run along close to and parallel to the bottom and top crossing at two points in an X with slightly double curved lines of…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C95F6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T1057; disclaimed returned to finder. Description: A composite silver openwork dress fitting. The body of the object is flat and broadly oval in plan, although it is missing the tip on one side of the oval (c. 5% of the total object). The openwork design is symmetrical along both axes, with an openwork quatrefoil at the centre, with a central lozenge shaped void. The side arms of the quatrefoil are pointed oval and connect directly to the outer frame, the vertical arms are squatter and circular, leading first into a further open work annulet and then connecting …
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-48A99C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T917: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A late Medieval to Post-Medieval silver spoon, broken and bent at the handle with the end of the handle and knop missing. The bowl is fig shaped with a probable town mark or makers or workshop mark on the front near the stem. The mark appears to be multiple pellets, within a pellet line circle. The handle is joined to the bowl with a V which extends slightly onto the back of the bowl. The handle is hexagonal in section, worn and corroded with no marks now visible. The broken end of the handle has been bent over 12…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3A2E3C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The handle of a silver spoon in the shape of a horse’s leg and hoof. The handle is curved through 180 degrees in a shallow curve. The terminal is shaped as a horses hoof with a flat base, thickened fetlocks and a thinned ankle before expanding into the shin to form the rest of the handle. The flat drop shaped (piriform) base of the terminal is inscribed W over CW with the W flanked by stars, a contemporary owners mark for a married couple named C[…] and W[…] W[…]. The curved leg is pointed oval in section with a round point on the inside and outerside of the curve. There…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caundle Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-650212
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver handle in three pieces from a caddy spoon, decorated with a foliate pattern within a dotted border on the upper face. On the back of the handle are four hallmarks: lion passant, bust, anchor, and lower case seriffed 'g' with a complete lower loop, and the maker's mark 'IS' within an oval. This suggests that the spoon was made in Birmingham in 1804. Similar handles of caddy spoons, which were used to measure tea, that date from the late Georgian period have been seen on the web.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.