Record ID: LANCUM-15F56A
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Salford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead musket balls complete with casting sprue probably dating to c. 1600-c. 1800. The regularity of these balls may suggest their industrial manufacture at an arsenal. The diameter is 14mm and the combined weight 55.55g. The weight suggests that they could have been used in a pistol (Harding 2012). Harding, D.F., 2012. Lead Shot of the English Civil War: A Radical Study. London. Foresight Books. London.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-33EAF7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead hem weight of post-medieval date. It is a flat discoid weight and has two circular stitching holes. It is lightly patinated all over. Despite looking like a button, these weights were, and are used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. Examples can be seen on page 83 of Bailey's (2004) Buttons and Fasteners. They seem to come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century. It is similar to other examples recorded on the database, for example PUBLIC-34A5D8 and NLM-26CC70. The size of this example suggests it was for weighing down the hem of a curtain rather th…
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-4E10F4
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy decorative hook or mount probably dating 1600 to 1800. Probably used as an element of furnishing in a house. The length is 54mm, the width is 45mm, thickness 20mm and the weight 40.59g.
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-0C49B4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead-alloy button with two circular perforations and traces of decoration on at least one face. This was originally recorded as a fabric weight, but it has a circular recess (or boss) visible on both faces and is too small and light to function well as a weight for either curtain or skirt hems.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-AA51DC
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy Russian flax or bale seal. It dates to 1819 and is inscribed on both sides. The obverse reads " - N P(B?) / A G 1 2 / 1 8 1 9 " and the reverse reads " F A - - / A E B - / H - - ". The object is circular in shape and the diameter is 20mm and the weight 10.92g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th February 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-F9E628
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible a mid 17th century toy cast lead cannon. Only a couple of examples are known. It seems to retain a casting sprue so it was made near the findspot. The length is 65mm, the width 9mm, thickness 10mm and the weight is 33.74g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-502B24
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object is probably a cast lead token. The earlier tokens were made from pewter but the lead tokens are normally associated with the 17th – 18th centuries. The exact purpose has not been ascertained but it seems most likely that they were used by the working class as a form of low denomination currency as they were made at a time when small change was in short supply. The lead tokens seem to be mainly associated with rural areas. They were often used as a gap filler when when copper and brass tokens ceased to be produced in 1672. Landowners often found lead tokens a useful way to…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3BA303
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead seal possibly used to seal bags of grain dating to the 19th to early 20th century probably originally bearing the name of the processor. This is a very common find on farmland. Lead seals of this type vary in size and the design impression is usually week. Some seals carry bust of monarchs and these were known as Alnage seals and were attached to rolls of cloth. The diameter is 30mm and the weight 25.21g.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HALTON WITH AUGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-690C26
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oval lead weight. Possibly 16th or 17th century in date. Length 28mm, width 27mm , thickness 9mm and weight 35.43g. The types of weights vary greatly and are difficult to date accurately. It could have been used as a loom weight or a net weight for fishing or for catching small game.
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-ABDD14
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight or possibly a seal, probably of Post Medieval date from the 17th–19th century AD. The circular disc has a possible privy mark in the centre of one face. The reverse has a privy mark with a beaded border and looks like it originally had a lettering in it now illegible. A privy mark was originally a small mark or differentiation in the design of a coin for the purpose of identifying the mint, moneyer, or some other aspect of the coin's production or origin, for control purposes. The obverse has a central motiff of a flower possibly a rose. The diameter of the stamp i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PRESTON', grid reference and parish protected.