Record ID: WAW-7F0EE9
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Two incomplete silver dress hooks. The objects are both sexfoil in plan with a domed top plate and frilled edge. The design motif on both hooks consists of a central circular moulding flanked by three similar mouldings: two to the upper left and right and the third below the central moulding. At the end of each point of the sexfoil are rounded pellets. The larger dress hook has filigree trefoils with pellet centres in between the three mouldings flanking the centre. Filigree also appears to decorate the central moulding and encircle the central and flanking mouldings on t…
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
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Record ID: WAW-6F8E04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1574 to 1578. Second Issue: North No. 1997.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-6C52F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval coin; silver groat of Philip and Mary (1554-1558), minted in London between 1554 and 1558. North No.1973.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-6C3867
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) minted in London between 1558 and 1603.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-6C140A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: threepence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1570 and 1572. Second Issue: North No. 1998.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-5FE0B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver quarter thistle merk of James VI of Scotland (AD1567-1625) dated AD 1601-4. Edinburgh mint.
Created on: Sunday 27th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: WAW-5FD919
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin; groat of Mary (1553-1554) minted in London between 1553 and 1554. North No. 1960.
Created on: Sunday 27th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: WAW-9CF8AD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval trade token of William Swift of Worcester. Williamson No. 165, Dickenson No. 165-7. Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal copper coinage was introduced and the trade tokens were then banned (Besly 199…
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-9CCA1B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (late 16th to early 17th centuries) strap fitting, in the form of a hook. The copper alloy fitting has an inverted triangular body, with rounded edges and a wide 'V' along the upper edge. The body has a circular rivet hole. In the rivet hole there is the traces of an iron rivet. The lower tip of the triangular body is narrowed before forming an integral hook by being curled towards the reverse. The surface of the fitting has a mottled brown-green patina. The strap fitting measures 30.72mm long and 12.45mm wide. It weighs 2.13g. Margeson (1993) illustrates simila…
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-9A44A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: halfgroat of the Commonwealth (1649-60) minted in London. North No. 2728.
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-71210A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: silver penny of James I (1603-1625) minted between 1604 and 1605 North No. 2106/1.
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-4C737E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver possible dress fastener, probably dating to late 15th to 16th centuries. The item has a hexagonal body and is inscribed in the centre with the Christogram IHC. The letters stand for IH[VS] C[HRISTVS] (Jesus Christ). The surround has six petal-like projections around the circumference that have rounded edges and small indentations at the centre. Within the hexagonal body that is slightly raised from the surrounding petals, is a border formed from a series of oblique indentations. The reverse is undecorated, but bears the remains of a horizontal attachment hook or fit…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th October 2021
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Record ID: WAW-4AC26F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (mid 17th to late 17th century) trade token issued by Christopher Coxal of Boston, Dickinson No. 19-20 Trade tokens were issued between 1648 and 1672 at a time when there was little low denomination coinage being issued by the crown. As a result traders and business proprietors began issuing tokens as an alternate coinage with equivalent denominations of a farthing, half penny or penny. Such trade tokens rarely travel far from their place of issue and provide an insight to the trade of the time. In 1672 regal copper coinage was introduced and the trade tokens were the…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-F8866D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy post-medieval circular trade weight, dating to the period c. 1558 - 1603 AD. The weight is circular in plan and rectangular in section, with a raised rim on the upper face. The upper face is stamped with the sword of St Paul and an ewer, denoting that the weight was made by the Founders Company in London. Also stamped are the crowned letters EL, attesting that the weight was approved during the reign of Elizabeth I. These motifs are arranged around a central sub-circular depression with central dot. The back of the weight is flat and betrays linear score marks where the o…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-F184D8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1600- 1800). The ring is D shaped in section with a flat inner side and a slightly rounded outer hoop. The inscription on the inner side reads ' Vertue paseth riches’ (Virtue passes riches)' all letters in italics. A makers mark is visible, this is I.W stamped in capital letters. The finger ring is a dark yellow colour, with an even shiny surface patina. Dimensions: Diameter: 19 mm, Thickness: 2 mm, Weight: 2.5 g Discussion: A number of direct parallels in regards to the inscriptio…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-B3F043
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1602 and 1603. Third Issue: North No. 2015.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-47A3C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) minted in London between 1566 and 1567.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-475C83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval coin: shilling of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) minted in London between 1595 and 1598. Third Issue: North No. 2014.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 6th October 2019
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Record ID: WAW-2176EE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval (16th century) knife cap terminal: The terminal is copper alloy moulded into a decorative form. Both terminals are oval shaped in cross-section and show the remains of a blade which has been broken. In plan the cap is a 'T' shape on its' side. The horizontal section of the cap is wider than the vertical section which is slightly tapered. The horizontal section is decorated with two vertical lines. The patina is a mid green with corrosion where the remains of the blade are seen. It measures 18.84mm in length and 20.42mm in width. It weighs 13.27g. End-caps such as…
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: WAW-1CF91C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (15th to 18th century) incomplete annular buckle: The copper alloy frame has a narrowed, oval sectioned strap bar bisecting the frame. The frame is sub oval in section. The outer face of the frame is decorated with linear grooves which are obliquely angled and may be simplistic leaf motifs. The pin is curled around the strap bar and is an elongated triangle, but it is incomplete as it does not reach the frame. The surface of the frame is has a well-developed dark green patina. The frame measures 51.84mm diameter, 8.05mm thick at the curl of the pin and wei…
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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