Record ID: CORN-E8EE9C
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post-medieval moulded pewter bridle boss dating from the 17th century. The fragment is 42 mm in length, 33 mm in width, 2.5 mm in thickness and 8.5 g in weight. The fragment consists of one incomplete and three largely complete lobed knops of a multifoil bridle-boss, together with one radial arm. The knops are sub-triangular, 11 mm in height and 10 mm wide at the base and are integral with the remnant of an annular band 5 mm wide. The moulded design of each knop consists of a three-lobed terminal above an inverted heart shape which extends into the integral band, below w…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: CORN-E8D8AB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to early Post-medieval cast copper-alloy double loop spectacle buckle with serrated outer edges, dating from c.1450-1600. The buckle is 20.5 mm in length, 14.5 mm in width, 2 mm in thickness and 1.35 g in weight. The buckle is thickest at the strap bar, which is 1.5 mm wide and undecorated; the two loops are 3 mm wide at the outer edges, where the central knop projects most, and are set at a slight upward angle so that the buckle is a shallow V-shape in profile. The loops are internally oval, but the outer edges are decorated with a series of knops. There are large rou…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E8D40A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle with concave sides and rounded knopped front, dating from c.1500-1650. The buckle is 27.5 mm in length, 23.5 mm in width, 3.5 mm in thickness and 4.7 g in weight. The loop D-shaped in plan and S-shaped in cross-section with bevelled inner edges widening to the base. At the centre of the outer rounded edge is a single tear-shaped knop. The strap bar is 1.5 mm wide, rectangular in section and recessed below the top of the loop and the pin is missing. The surfaces of the buckle are undecorated and lightly coated with copper corrosion a…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E8CC08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast tinned copper-alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with moulded decoration, dating from c.1575-1700. The buckle is 23 mm in length, 18.2 mm in width, 1.5 mm in thickness and 2.05 g in weight. The upper and lower surfaces of the buckle are flat. It has one rectangular and one D-shaped loop, separated by a central strap bar 1.3 mm wide which has small moulded knops at each end. The sides of the frame are straight and parallel. The D-shaped loop is trapezoidal in section and is 1.5 mm wide at the junction with the strap bar, narrowing to 0.9 mm at the centre of the …
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4590CE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pierced copper-alloy rose-orb jetton issued by Hans Krauwinckel II in Nuremberg in the Post-medieval period, c.1585-1635. The central rose on the obverse has a piercing at its centre that is 0.5 mm in diameter. Cf. Mitchener (1988) p.445, nos.1574-1578
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4571D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of James I (1603-25), First coinage (1603-04), mintmark thistle (1603-1604), Spink 2649.
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-B1D4D7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Post Medieval farthing trade token of the Ipswich Town Corporation, dated to 1670 on the reverse. As Williamson, 1967: p.1084, no.158. Farthing trade tokens were first issued in 1648 as a response to the lack of small change, with halfpenny tokens following in 1656. They were suppressed in 1674 under Royal Authority. Several identical tokens have been recorded in SF-76F26C from Tattingstone, Suffolk; SF-F8B2F7 from Roydon, Norfolk and DUR-B99F86 from Hinderwell, North Yorkshire.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-B1C53A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval cast copper-alloy belt stud. The stud is 14 mm long, 13.5 mm wide, 0.8 mm thick, 4 mm in height and 1.2 g in weight. The stud is flat on both sides with two integral pointed lugs, each 4.65 mm in length, that are curved outwards. The stud is octofoil in plan consisting of four petals with a large cusp in each angle which represents a leaf. The back is corroded with a greenish patina. The front is partly covered with a thin layer of corroded silver which is missing from the central area where it is corroded to a brownish-red, copper colour. It is likely that the entire …
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA457C
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked mount from a sword belt. The mount is an elongated shield shape in plan, with a straight top and convex sides: 36.5 mm in length, 22 mm in width and 1.7 mm in thickness. Above this is an open-ended suspension loop or hook 11 mm in length and 3 mm in thickness. The total weight of the pendant is 9.05 g. There is damage to the top left and lower right margins of the shield. The surfaces of the mount are corroded but some elements of a design are visible. The shield is divided into two by a diagonal band 6 mm wide, sloping down from left to right. The heraldic …
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-F37D9F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of three silver sixpences of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) and one sixpence of James I (1603-1625), dating from 1561 to 1605. 1. Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issue (1561-1577), mintmark pheon (1561-1565), large bust 3D, large flan (inner beaded circle 19 mm diameter), dated to 1561 on the reverse, Spink 2559. Obverse description: large bust 3D facing left with rose behind head Obverse inscription: ELIZABETH D G AN FRA ET HIB REGINA Reverse description: square shield over long cross fourchee with 1561 abover shield Reverse inscri…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 22nd March 2020
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Record ID: CORN-E6B1CC
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy sword belt fitment or hanger in the form of two shield-shaped strap-end mounts with a vine foliage pattern consisting of two fronds, on either side of a central stem and vine leaf, and two vines reaching up in an arc and intertwining into a heart shape. The mounts have three rivets, to attach to the slings that supported the sword scabbard, and hooks to attach to the two loops of the belt bar which is also decorated with vine a foliage pattern of scrolls and sprigs and has three rivet holes with one copper alloy rivet remaining intact. One of the mounts has broken of…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: CORN-9CD346
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single-loop buckle of Post-medieval date (c.1500-1650), D-shaped in plan and in section, missing its pin around the strap bar. From the rounded and slightly splayed feet attached to the strap bar, the frame narrows along its edges, before flaring slightly and forming a flattened and expanded rounded outer edge and straight inner edge to the loop. The inner edge has an expanded waist where there is a recessed lip and groove which acts as the pin rest. The narrowed strap bar is recessed from the frame and is square in cross-section. Most of the original surf…
Created on: Sunday 6th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-4C4677
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tinned cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with oval, almost heart-shaped loops in plan which are D-shaped in section with steep internal bevelled edges. There are trefoil mouldings divided by two deep grooves on the outer edge of each loop and either side of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and trapezoidal in section and the pin is missing. There are patches of tinning on the upper face and on the back of the frame, but the surface is quite pitted form corrosion. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on p.64, no.396, which is dated from c.1550-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-1EF5D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Irish shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third (base silver) issue (1601-2), mintmark trefoil, Spink S6507.
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 5th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-BEE08A
Object type: BIRD FEEDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead bird feeder or birdcage trough, ovoid in plan and trapezoidal in profile, and between 52 mm and 48 mm in diameter at the top, tapering to 24 mm in diameter at its base, 19 mm in height, 4.5 mm in thickness and 98 g in weight. The feeder was originally a circular bowl or cup which has now been distorted by pressure whilst in the ground. The rim is damaged and worn but appears to have been decorated with some mouldings and was probably beaded, as the example from Hertfordshire below, but there is no decoration on the body of the vessel. Vessels of this type were used in bird cage…
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 5th October 2019
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Record ID: CORN-BEC1E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Charles II (1660-85), second bust on the obverse and dated to 1668 on the reverse, Spink 3375.
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-BE53F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Post-medieval spectacle buckle. The buckle has two oval loops and is 53 mm wide, 48 mm deep, 3 mm in thickness and 13 g in weight. The corroded strap bar is trapezoidal in section, 2.5 mm in width and recessed from the front edge of the frame, with a raised lozenge-shaped knop at each end; one of the knops is almost completely missing due to the corrosion and leaves a lozenge-shaped recess. The central section of the strap bar has been heavily worn by the now missing pin. The loops are D-shaped in plan and in section with steeply bevelled inner edges; one loop is …
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3625AC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Damaged cast copper alloy double-looped buckle with moulded pin rests and pointed lobed knops at either end of the strap bar which is narrowed and slightly recessed and trapezoidal in section. The buckle is missing its pin and one of its loops is damaged and broken away from the strap bar. The loop that is not bent is D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with a bevelled inner edge. There are a few patches of black lacquer remaining on both the upper face and the back of the frame. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle frame on page 61, no.360, which is dated from c.…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3609DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth Issue (1582-1600), mintmark A (1582-1584), with two pellets behind bust, Spink 2579.
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-68D68B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy half penny trade token of Lawrence Righton of Dorchester, Dorset, dated to 1669 on the reverse (Williamson, 1967, p.180, no.75).
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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