Record ID: LANCUM-725FB9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy toy gun of Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 to AD 1800). The gun or petronel consists of a cylindral barrel and the butt, trigger and trigger guard are missing. Scroll decoration is present on the barrel. The length is 40mm, the width is 15mm and the weight 14.85g. A particularly good example on the data base is PUBLIC-E6598.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 16th January 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-7240A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver James I half groat of James I of the second coinage with the initial mark a trefoil I D G ROSA SINE SPINA is the ob legend and [TVEATVR VNIT]A DEVS is the rev, date is 1613AD. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 1.02g.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-722FF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of James I of the second coinage with the initial mark a coronet I D G ROSA SINE SPINA is the ob legend and TVE[ATVR VNITA DEVS] is the rev, date is 1607-09AD. The diameter is 18mm.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-720386
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Charles I halfgroat Group D with inner circles on both sides and the IM a (R) date is 1644-5AD. CAROLVS D G M B F ET H [REX] is the ob legend and IVS[TITIA T]HRONVM FIRMAT is the rev. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 0.74g.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA9FC2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy 2 part Post-medieval alnage seal dating 1600-1900AD. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 15.65g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA9B82
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy incomplete furniture fitting called a drop handle, used as a drawer pull, c. 1660-1710 AD. The fitting is broadly trefoil in shape and would have had a rectangular suspension loop which is now broken and missing. The handle/pull is sub-trapezoidal in shape, it is bifurcated with rearward lugs scrolling to each side. decorated with leaf-like moulding with diagonal incisions. The length is 28mm, the width is 27mm and the weight 3.86g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA974C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to Post Medieval undecorated lead alloy vessel or container, dating from c. AD 1450 - 1700. The vessel is D-shaped in section; being rounded at the front and flat at the back. The vessel is open at the top, and the sides taper towards the closed end. There are no attachment holes or rivets visible, suggesting that the vessel stood on its own rather than being attached to a wall. Similar examples of this object have often been referred to as bird feeders or holy water holders. See IOW-9AEDE6 for a similar example; and for 'alternative suggestions including: dice shake…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA4BE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent sixpence of William III post 1696 as there are traces of [GULIEL]MVS on the obverse. Probably used as a love token. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 2.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA46E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Swedish ore of Frederick dating to the 1740's. The diameter is 29mm and the weight 10.96g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA3E86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Danish 12 skilling of Frederick IV dating to 1715 and minted at Copenhagen. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 2.90g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-CA1658
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast double looped or spectacle buckle with pointed outer edges and a narrowed central strap bar with marked indentations of the frame at either end. One loop is larger than the other. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.The length is 33mm, the width is 28mm and the weight 7.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B68C18
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy, probable post medieval-modern medal, dating AD.1600-1900 possibly copying a Roman coin. The object would have been a circular disc of metal with an attached suspension loop. It could be much earlier and does have some similarities with a papal bull. The length is 28mm, the width is 24mm and the weight 4.87g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B6686C
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plaque probably post-medieval 1600 to 1900AD. The plaque is rectangular with 2 figures in relief that appear to be embracing. The length is 41mm, the width is 26mm and the weight 47.74g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B65486
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Elizabethan two part lead cloth seal dating to c.1533-1603AD. The front is decrated with a crowned head with the initials ER at either side. The double-headed eagle is the symbol of the Hanseatic Clothworkers Guild, but its use on seals does not necessarily imply that this is a continental seal, according to Egan (1995) p.116. The Hanseatic organisation had outstations in Ipswich and London. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 2.19g. Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (tax) had been paid. Reference…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B643CB
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a cast, lead alloy toy handle possibly from a petronel gun, of post medieval date (AD 1700-1900). The handle is a dark grey in colour with some patches of corrosion. The object is curved and broken at potentially both ends. The handle does have some engraved decoration but is difficult to distinguish through wear and corrosion. Similar objects on the Portable Antiquities Scheme include: DUR-3BE03A. The length is 43mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 5.68g.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63871
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete front plate of a post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, probably dating to c. 1500-1650. The fragment is rectangular in plan, with one end (the strap attachment end) which is flared and has four triangular indentations. At the attachment end there are four equally-sized holes, arranged transversely. The reverse of the plate is broken and undecorated. The plate is flat in cross-section and the metal has a dark green patina. The length is 44mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 5.47g. The form and decoration are typical of book clasps of the early post-medieval per…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-B63323
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval double looped or 'spectacle' buckle dating c. AD1550-1650. The buckle consists of two ovoid loops with small lentoid knops at either end of the central strap bar. The loops are undecorated, but lightly bevelled with a flat back. One of the loops is almost entirely missing. The pin is missing. The strap bar is slightly in relief. The buckle is a mid green colour. The length is 19mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 1.83g. This common buckle type is reported extensively on the PAS database and a number of examples are illustrated (Whitehead …
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-FB004E
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval rowel spur, buckle and strap fittings all found in the same hole dating 1600-1700AD. The sides (arms) are 'D'-shaped (almost triangular) in cross-section, flat on the inner faces. The long neck is oval in cross-section. The rowel is missing as the top of the spur is broken. The length of the spur is 72mm with a width of 80mm. The spur terminals are still intact with two attached, looped fittings and two loose. Fitting 1 has a length of 25mm with a width of 5mm and fitting 2 has a length of 28mm with a width of 10mm. The buckle is of an asymmetrical type wit…
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-FAF207
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast, lead alloy toy fragment probably from a petronel gun, of post medieval date (AD 1700-1900). The fragment is probably from the main body of the gun or possibly the handle. It is a dark cream in colour with some patches of corrosion and a floral decoration. The length is 26mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 4.09g.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7C6C17
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unusual copper-alloy double looped buckle frame. No clear parallels have been found for this buckle but double looped buckles are known to be decorated with a ring and dot pattern in the Post-Medieval broadly dating 1500 to 1700AD. The frame slightly curves which is suggestive of a shoe buckle and it is missing the pin. There are two holes at either side of the strap bar and these may have houses insets such as glass or semi-precious stones. Along the top and bottom of the plates front face is decoration in the form of a series of ring and dot motifs. The back face is un…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B9631
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy counterfeit George III spade guinea date is 1790 but will have been produced between 1790 and 1816AD. The coin has a hole in it and was possibly used as a mount or item of jewellery. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 2.54g
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B8056
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy Button probably tombac dating 1700 to 1900AD. The button is constructed of flat pressed metal with a scar on the back where a separate iron loop has been lost but there are traces of corrosion. The front bears a series of what appear to be incised flowers. Similar to Fig. 9. 109 p.54 in terms of the back and small buttons on p. 75 in Bailey. G. 2004. Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840.Greenlight (Witham) Essex. The diameter is 14mm and the weight 2.17g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B6D44
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small circular cast cu-alloy weight, probably dating 1700 to 1900AD. The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top and an indented centre on the back. There are two pairs of incised concentric circles on the front. The weight was part of a 'nest of weights' and has a small rim around the upper surface in which a small weight would have fitted. The weight itself would have sat in the heavier weight underneath. The upper surface is stamped with two crowns and a castle and no initials. The weight has no parallels on the database although a triple towered castle can be a symbol…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B67BD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy probable weight possibly a spindle whorl, probably dating from the medieval to early post medieval period (c AD 1300-1600). It is bi-conical, with a circular perforation biconical on one side and flat on the other. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8mm. The object is very worn and has a greyish/white patina. The diameter is 31mm and the weight 52.96g
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-7B4587
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Royal Artillery Button 1790 to 1840AD. The button is flat and circular in plan. It has a recessed shield-shaped panel at the front. The panel contains three vertically stacked cannons in relief. In a band above the cannons three bezants are separated by a stack of three cannon balls. The back has a separate soldered copper-alloy wire loop which is bent to one side. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 2.58g. The shield displays the arms of the Board of Ordnance, which were granted in 1806 and confirmed in 1823. Similar examples have been recorded on The Portable Antiqu…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67F368
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I with F over crown on rev CAR D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX is the ob legend and IVS[TITIA THRONVM FIR]MAT is the rev dating to 1637-42AD. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.67g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67D105
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I sixth issue with the IM a bell dating to 1582-3AD. [E D G ROSA SINE SP]INA is the ob legend and CIVI/TAS/LON/DON is the rev. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.79g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67CA7B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Elizabeth I of the second coinage with the IM a cross crosslet indicating it was produced in Thomas Stanley's mint +ELIZAB[ETH D] G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA is the ob legend and POSVI/[DEV] AD/IVTORE/M MEV is the rev, date is 1560-1AD. The diameter is 34mm and the weight 5.52g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-67B5D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to 1565AD with the IM a rose. ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA is the ob legend and [PO]SVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV is the rev legend. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 2.27g.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-E9128F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Charles I crown with the second bust type 3 variety dating to 1630-1, initial mark is a plume CAROLVS [D G MAG] BR FR ET HIB REX is the ob legend and CVLTORESSVI DEVS PROTEGIT is the rev legend. The diameter is 19mm.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D36BB8
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead musket ball, of post-Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1800. The remains of a circular casting sprue can be seen and, on the opposite hemisphere to the sprue is a circumferential groove, possibly a casting flaw. It is 12.3mm in diameter and weighs 8.69gm, suggesting that it was intended for use in a pistol (Harding D F, 2012, Lead Shot of the English Civil War). It could also be one sphere from a dumbell shot. The diameter is 12mm and the weight 7.42g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-D366B0
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead musket ball dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1600-1800). The object is plain and has the remains of an oval casting sprue extending from one hemisphere. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 8.39g.The diameter is 17mm and the weight 8.39g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-D329B2
Object type: CLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. Cast or die stamped ring with a single projecting and lightly stepped cylindrical winding key. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. The length is 22mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 2.07g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D32229
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt mount dating 1600 to 1800AD probably from a sword belt. The mount is triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. The other corners are flanked by two possibly trefoil motifs at either end, one forming a pointed terminal. On the reverse are two integral attachment prongs. The mount has traces of decoration. The length is 18mm, the width is 10mm and the weight 1.14g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D31A6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and misshapen post-Medieval copper-alloy finger-ring (c. 1500-c. 1700). The bezel is oval in shape and the shoulders of the ring narrow into the hoop, which is oval in cross section and there are traces of decoration. The ring is stretched and may have been dragged by a plough. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 1.83g. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 1.83g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2F0A7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. A plain flat discoid front with a crimped wire loop brazed to the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 4.73g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2E62A
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. A plain flat discoid front with a crimped wire loop brazed to the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. There are traces of gilding on the button and it may have been a livery button. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 5.23g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2E07D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle dating from the later post-medieval or early modern period c. AD1600-1800. The buckle is a fragment of the frame and the pin and central spindle are missing. The length is 41mm, the width is 11mm and the weight 3.78g.The length is 41mm, the width is 11mm and the weight 3.78g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2D756
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post medieval double loop asymmetrical buckle dating from c.1575-1700, missing the iron pin. One loop is rectangular shaped now broken, and the other is D shaped. The inside and outside edges are bevelled. The iron pin is missing but some residue remains. The buckle is a dark brown colour. The length is 18mm, the width is 16mm and the weight 1.42g. The buckle is similar to Whitehead 1996, 90, 562. Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing 90, , 562.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2C4DE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast sub-ovoid symmetrical buckle frame with a separate steel spindle [now lost]. The outer edges are expanded, and the sides slightly concave and moulded at the spindle housings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720AD. The length is 20mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 1.36g.
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-552ABB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin probably Post-medieval but is illegible. The diameter is 22mm and the weight 3.19g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-54F289
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary counterfeit of William III halfcrown, the date of production is difficult to pin down and it was probably produced in the late 17th or early 18th century. The diameter is 33mm and the weight 10.43g. .
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEE0B6
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable musket buttplate dating 16th to 18th century AD. The plate is oval and depicts a face that appears to be anthropogenic. The length is 28mm and the width is 23mm. .
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEDC9A
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy ball, probably a small cannonball dating from 1750-1850. The ball is sub-spherical and the surface is damaged with numerous score marks and pitting. This does not match any of the standard sizes known for late eighteenth or early 19th century cannonballs, the closest match being for a Serpentine, which fired balls of 1.5 inches in diameter. It is also unusual in being of copper alloy, but this has very little metal-on-metal friction, which made it invaluable for use in cannon where iron cannonballs would otherwise stick in the barrel. It could be a cannon ball bu…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AED410
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts. This toy cannon comprises a circular barrel that tapers from bulbous knop (cascabel button) at one end, to the muzzle at the other. Two trunnions, which are round in section, project from a collar midway along the barrel. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage such as that depicted in Bailey (1993), p.37, No. 12. The length is 53mm, the width is 19mm thickness 10…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-AEA55A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rose orb jetton of Nuremberg, legends illegible date will be 16th or early 17th C. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 0.70g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE9C0D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy button probably dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1600-1800). The head is roughly hemispherical in form with an integral sub-rectangular in section attachment loop that extends from the underside. The length is 14mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 4.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE959F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount probably Post-medieval 1500 - 1800AD. The mount plate is broken and decorated with a heraldic device and the pin is intact possibly for a sword belt. The length is 30mm, the width is 20mm and the weight 6.19g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE8317
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast sub-ovoid symmetrical buckle frame with a separate steel spindle [now lost]. The outer edges are expanded, and the sides slightly concave and moulded at the spindle housings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720AD. The length is 37mm, the width is 17mm and the weight 7.42g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-9A961E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered coin possibly with a crowned left facing bust, which could indicate it is post medieval possibly Charles I. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 1.59g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-956441
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I type 4a with the initial mark a crescent ob reads as CAROLVS [D G MAG] BRI and the rev reads as FRAN ET [HIB] REX, date is c.1639-43AD. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.82g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-735CC4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700AD. The mount is lozenge-shaped with a smaller lozenge panel applied to the centre of the upper surface. The reverse is flat, undecorated with two attachment spikes visible. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The length is 21mm, the width is 26mm thickness and the weight 5.19g. Numerous lozenge-shaped mounts of various forms have been recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. For examples see: LVPL-47B6F9, BERK-983956, YORYM-583C58 and DUR-201FF4.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-F3251A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy or lead, perforated circular probable weight or spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date 1400 - 1800AD. The weight has a circular perforation. The weight has a series of raised lines along the circumference of both faces which differ. These may indicate that the weight was something akin to the modern LANCUM-F199F4, and used in a similar way. The metal's appearance suggests it is Post Medieval. However it could well date back to the medieval period. The diameter is 30mm and the weight 2.85g. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "…
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF8221
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount or strap fitting, possibly a furniture fitting or a horse harness fitting, dating to the Post-Medieval period. The mount is in the form of a flower possibly a rose consisting of five petals with small sub oval tabs projecting from between each petal. In the centre of the mount, a hemispherical central boss is surrounded by five raised semi-circular petals, in-between each of which is a slightly curved tab. The underside of the mount is uneven and undecorated. The mount measures 54mm in diameter. Such Tudor roses are usually attributed to the 16th century but …
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF3D8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Henry VIII of the second coinage minted at Canterbury under Archbishop William Warham with the initial mark a cross hEnRIC VIII D G R AGL Z FR is the ob legend and CIVI/TAS/CAn/TOR is the rev, date is 1526-34. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 1.30g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF3688
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Charles I of Group F with the sixth bust and the initial mark a triangle-in-circle dating to 1641-3AD. CA[ROLVS D G M]AG BRI FRA ET HIB REX is the ob legend and CHRISTO AV[SPICE REGNO] is the rev legend. The diameter is 28mm and the weight 5.98g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF13CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of Elizabeth I of the second issue with the initial mark a martlet indicated it was produced in Thomas Fleetwood's mint in the Tower during the recoinage, date is 1560-61AD. ELIZABETH D G AN FR ET HI REGINA is the ob legend and POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV is the rev legend. The diameter is 28mm and the weight 5.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF0511
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A siver sixpence of Elizabeth I of the third and fourth issue dating to 1570AD with the initial mark a castle [ELIZABET]H D G [AN FR ET HI REGINA] is the ob legend and PO[SVI/DE]V AD/IVTO[RE/ MEV] is the rev. The diameter is 21mm and the weight 1.71g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-906A9C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of probable Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1690 - 1750. The frame of the chape is described as "cooking pot shaped" (broadly trapezoidal in shape, curving corners. Two internal spikes project from the inner edge of the loop. The chape is a dark brown in colour, with an uneven patina. A buckle with a similar chape is illustrated in Whitehead (1996, p.103, no. 662). This type of chape is also illustrated as type V on page 96 (Whitehead, 1996). Whitehead suggests a date c. 1690-1720 for this type of chape. Other similar buckles and chapes have been recorded on…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Campsell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-906590
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy shoe or knee buckle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1660-1720). The buckle consists of a slightly convex sub-trapezoidal symmetrical frame with flat expanded outer edges. The top and bottom edges of the frame taper inwards and consist of a moulded spherical spindle housing. Each end has a indent for the pin to rest on. The underside of the buckle frame is plain and flat except for the spherical spindle housing which extends slightly beyond the frame. The spindle remains and also has a cast stud chape mostly intact minus its' stud end. The buck…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-905FE3
Object type: FLINTLOCK MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron hammer of a large flintlock pistol, possibly a Brown Bess lock (Noel Hulme, 1969, fig. 214, fig. 69, no. 5). The jaws would have connected together and to the hammer by a vertical bar running down one side. The screw would have run vertically through the jaws adjacent to the side fixed by the vertical bar and would have tightened to hold the flint in place. The flint is missing but would have projected beyond the open side of the baws - opposite the vertical bar and screw. The mechanism is showing signs of active corrosion. The length is 125mm, the width is 78mm and the weight…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-903431
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button of William Duke of Cumberland 1741 - 1757AD. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 5.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rishworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-902CF6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy double loop stock buckle dating to c. 1690 -1720, with separate copper alloy spindle, pin and chape. The frame is sub-rectangular in plan, with rounded sides and corners. It is D-shaped in cross-section: convex at the front and flat at the rear. Viewed in profile, the buckle curves backwards (towards the strap) symmetrically on either side of the central spindle. It is thickest in the centre, where the spindle passes through a drilled hole. From here it tapers in on both sides. On the front, these thickened central parts of the frame are decorated …
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-901E04
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern copper-alloy trade weight dating c.1780 - 1825. The weight is circular with a raised rim on the top. The bottom surface is flat. The top surface of the weight has been stamped with two concentric circles, a crowned GR. Biggs (1992:54-56) suggests that the crowned GR' stamp was used widely on weights that were made outside major centres in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The diameter is 31mm.and the weight 25.06g. Biggs, N. , 1992 English Weights: An illustrated survey White House Publications
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-900F10
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy two piece button, sometimes known as tombac or dandy buttons. It is flat and circular in plan with a soldered shank on the back. The outer face is decorated with a machined pattern consisting of an outer stylised flower around a central stylised star, sunburst or flower. The back has a central loop for thread. The button has a remnant white metal coating, possibly a silver wash. It probably dates from between c1675 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 4.13g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-10CCA4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered coin probably of William II or IV probably used as a love token. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 1.09g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-10C5C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast tinned copper alloy asymmetrical double-loop buckle dating 1575 - 1700AD. The frame has one rectangular and one D-shaped loop now broken. The front face of the frame is decorated with moulded rosettes either end of the integral strap bar, which is narrowed, and a larger moulded rosette on the cusp of the rounded loop framed by two moulded scrolls. The rest of the frame has pie-crust moulding in the form of oblique lines. It once had an iron pin as evidenced by the traces of rust on the pin bar and where the pin would have rested on the frame. There are traces of tinning on the fr…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-107B44
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy or lead, perforated circular weight or spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date 1400 - 1800AD. The weight has a circular perforation. It has an external diameter of 26mm, and the central perforation has a maximum diameter of 6mm. The weight has a series of raised bumps or knops along the circumference of one face. These may indicate that the weight was something akin to the modern LANCUM-F199F4, and used in a similar way. The metal's appearance suggests it is Post Medieval. However it could well date back to the medieval period. The diameter is 24mm and the weig…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-E85002
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Continental coin with what looks like a bearded bust facing three quarters R on the ob. The date is most likely 16th-18th century. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 2.37g.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-E84251
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of the commonwealth dating 1649-60AD. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 0.87g.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-E83AB9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver threepence of Elizabeth I of the third and fourth issue dating to 1567-70AD, initial mark is a coronet, ELI[ZABETH D G ANG FR ET HIB RE]GINA is the ob legend and [P]O[SVI/DEV A/DIVTOR/E MEV] is the rev legend. The diameter is 18mm and the weight 0.88g.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6958A9
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy hooked tag dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries AD. The tag comprises a flat, semi-circular openwork body, probably intended to represent a flower. There extends at one end, the rectangular eye and at the other, a D-shaped tapering hook, which is broken. The length is 22mm, the width is 15mm and the weight 1.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6936CA
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Post Medieval circular trade weight of the reign of George III, or possibly the earlier part of the reign of George IV. This weight is circular in plan, sub-rectangular in cross-section and has a raised rim. The front has a single central incised circle around the centre. Overlying this circle are four stamped motifs: A letter 'A' for avoirdupois, the royal cypher 'G' surmounted by a crown, the sword of St Paul and an ewer denoting that the weight was approved by the Founders Company in London. The back has a central indentation and file adjustment marks. The d…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-691FE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy William And Mary trade weight dating 1688-1694AD. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 13.05g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-690497
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy probable navel button. Probably made of tombac, an alloy or copper and zinc. It is circular in plan with the stump of a central attachment loop on the back. The outer face of the button is decorated with an engraved flower with five petals with short triangular leaves at the intersections of the petals. Similar five and six petalled flowers were a common motif on 17th and 18th century buttons. The style of this one is typical of the 18th century. Probably dates to between c1650 and c1800 AD. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 6.36g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68892B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval 17th to 18th century cast copper alloy button with integral shank and floral design on the front. The button is circular. It has a flat front and back. The shank is a tab, roughly broad D-shaped in profile with a large circular hole drilled through it. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 4.10g. Similar examples are illustrated by Read (2005), dated to the 17th to 18th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-687618
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy two piece shoe buckle of the Post Medieval period. It is rectangular in shape with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The spindle and pin are missing. It has a greenish patina. c1690-1720. The length is 47mm, the width is 43mm and the weight 12.23g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6752BA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval token depicting Liverpool Dining Hall 5D dating 1863 to 1871. The length is 46mm, the width is 25mm and the weight 4.83g. Based on the following two newspaper articles the Liverpool Dining Hall was in existence between 1863 and 1871. There are no further references to this after 1871. "CHEAP DINNER MOVEMENT. The undertaking set on foot some time ago in Scotland, and more recently inaugurated in Liverpool, has received a stimulus and a most favourable opportunity for full development by the opening of the new "Liverpool Dining Hall," at the corner of Mason-street, W…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-673F3E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy sub-annular buckle frame with central bar, creating two loops. It is missing a pin. The frame is oval in shape and triangular in cross-section, the underside being flat and the outside edge to the front convex. The central bar is rectangular in cross-section, being taller than it is wide. The length is 42mm, the width is 33mm and the weight 6.46g. Whitehead has published similar buckles (Whitehead 2003, 48) for which he suggests the date 1650-1720.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-66F7CC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post medieval double loop asymmetrical buckle dating from c.1575-1700, missing the iron pin. One loop is rectangular shaped, and the other is D shaped now broken. The inside and outside edges are bevelled. The iron pin is missing but some residue remains. The buckle is a dark brown colour. The length is 23mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 0.96g. The buckle is similar to Whitehead 1996, 90, 562. Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford: Greenlight Publishing 90, , 562.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6665DD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable 19th century token probably commemorative. The diameter is 21mm and the weight 1.82g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-66507F
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1650-1750) copper alloy (probably latten) tinned spoon, consisting of most of the bowl and part of the flat handle only. On the surface of the bowl and the handle much of the tinning remains. The bowl is sub- oval with the widest point closer to the 'stem' end than the opposite end. On the inside, just below where the stem extends, is a Maker's or possibly owners mark within an inverted heart, with a legend *I+M*. The length is 92mm, the width is 53mm and the weight 35.58g. We have no information about latten spoon makers and their marks remain e…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tockleworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-660042
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy crotal bell dating to the period 1750-1850. The bell is complete and contains a small ball and there is no foundry mark. The bell is spherical with a sub rectangular hanging loop at the top now broken. In the top half of the sphere, a circular hole has been cut on either side of the loop. Around the circumference, there is a raised ridge and the bell is decorated with traces of a sunburst finish. The lower half of the bell has a long straight gap ending in a circular hole at each end. There is a very dark green-brown patina on the surface. The length is 46mm, t…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-5646EB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead button or possible fabric weight of uncertain date, possibly Post Medieval, circa AD 1600 - 1800. The object is circular in form and has two closely spaced small holes off-centre suggesting that it was used as a button. The object is similar in size and weight to SWYOR-495286 discovered in Yorkshire which is suggested as possibly too large and heavy to fasten clothing, so may have been a hem weight for a large item such as curtains. The diameter is 19mm and the weight 12.38g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-563D83
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular flat-cylindrical lead-alloy weight probably dating from the late medieval to post-medieval, c. AD1500-1800. The weight has a whole in it possibly meant for attachment. The weight may have originally been used for 8 ounces. Egan (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 312, Fig.232, No.981, which is dated to the 13th century. Bailey (1993) illustrates similar examples of home-made lead weights used by traders on page 29, and a free-standing weight with a raised edge on page 33, No.43. The diameter is 52mm and the weight 233.17g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-563975
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-medieval Rowell Spur, probably dating to c. AD 1600 - 1700. The arms of the spur are plano-convex in cross section, terminating in a figure of eight-shaped terminal delineated by a transverse collar broken on one terminal. The neck follows a U-shaped curve, with a longitudinal ridge on its underside. One of the arms is broken. The rowell and axis bar are missing; traces of iron corrosion remain in the perforations. The length is 56mm, the width is 29mm and the weight 9.71g. Ellis (2002) notes that rowell spurs largely replaced prick spurs in Western Europe from…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-5626DB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper-alloy trade weight dating c.1696 William III trade weight - Crown W cipher London. The weight is circular with a raised rim on the top. The bottom surface is flat. The top surface of the weight has been stamped with two concentric circles. The central circle is decorated with a stamped crown. The diameter is 31mm and the weight 26.02g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-54B05C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval purse bar of Ward Perkins type B dating from the 16th century. The bar is circular in cross-section with a large oval central boss and rounded expended ends. The suspension loop which would have articulated through the hole in the boss is missing. Fragments of the frame survive; both loops articulating with the bar are in situ, but the rest of the frame is missing. The bar does not appears to be decorated, and it does not appear to fit into any of Ward Perkins' sub-types. The length is 62mm, the width is 16mm and the weight 9.53g. See 167 onwards of the Lo…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-525DBE
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy clock key. The flat-sectioned bow comprises two loops: the larger, oval, loop is at the bottom, with a drop-shaped extension above. Both sides of the bow have been incised to create the impression of a pair of entwined serpents whose open mouths meet at the base. A double moulded collar marks the start of the oval-sectioned stem, which has a hollow tip. Two forward-facing prongs would have made up the bit. The length is 47mm, the width is 27mm. A parallel for this piece was found in excavations in Exeter, where it was identified as a clock key and its…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-2D4971
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A concavo-convex octagonal hollow composite button with a short silver wire loop attached by copper alloy brazing to its back. The button front bears an incised design portraying a flower, perhaps a rose, with petals delineated by intersecting curving lines, and the centre of the flower by straight incised lines. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. The front is decorated with an engraved design that is difficult to make out possibly a stylised flower probably added with the aid of a hand-operated machine. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 1.49g.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-2D3FA7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The handle from a post-Medieval 'fob' seal matrix (c. 1700-c. 1800). This handle is made of sheet copper-alloy and the frame is made up of an openwork decoration of moulded foliage that is leaves and possibly bods. The fob seal would have comprised an oval intaglio which is missing. It is lacking a separate loop at the at the apex, but the inside of the uppermost openwork decoration seems very worn and thus it was very likely that was where a chain would have connected the swivel fob seal with the wearer's pocket/waistcoat. The length is 27mm, the width is 21mm and the weight 3.68g. A…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-2D2C9C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval three-piece composite biconvex discoid uniform button, probably of die stamped halves with a drawn wire loop which passes into the back. The button is domed with a convex front, the reverse is concave. The front is decorated with an engraved stylised flower consisting of a six pointed inner ring of sepals within a circle with slightly raised pimple centre, which is in turn contained within incised lines probably added with the aid of a hand-operated machine. On the reverse near the loop the button has a stamped mark, probably of the maker, which is hard to …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-966A0E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, silver, post medieval thimble, AD.1600-1700 of two-piece construction. The thimble is conical with a domed top, the lower third of the piece is decorated with 2 putti supporting what appear to be two conjoined hearts engraved with initials *AH* to the side are what appears to be the initials *ug* possible a makers mark. The body of the thimble is formed from a strip of sheet metal wrapped around to form a cylinder with the top added. The thimble is covered in regularly spaced round holes. There is a seam that runs up the side of the piece and around the top which is slight…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd December 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-EF0286
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling of James I of the first issue with the initial mark a lis with the second bust, date is 1604AD. IACOBVS D G ANG SCO FRA ET HIB [RE]X is the ob legend and EXVRGAT DEVS DISSIPENTVR INIMICI is the rev. The diameter is 30mm and the weight 5.63g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-72D403
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Charles I most likely group E-G, inner circle on obverse only, single arched crown CAROLVS [D G MAG B F] ET H[I REX] is the ob legend and [IVS]TITIA T[HRONVM FIRMAT] is the rev legend. The diameter is 13mm and the weight 0.45g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-72C61A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish twenty pence of Charles I group III no letter F on rev or letter B on ob. Ob legend starts at 8 o'clock and reads as CAR D G MAG BR [FRA] ET HI REX and the rev is IVSTITIA TH[R]O[N]VM FIRMAT date is 1637-42AD. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.68g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-605E5D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I of the sixth issue with the initial mark a tun dating to 1591/2-94AD. E D G ROSA SINE SPINA is the ob legend and CIVI/TAS/LON/DON is the rev. The diameter is 15mm and the weight 0.94g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-604D9C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I of the second issue with the initial mark a cross-crosslet, same details as above +[E D G] ROSA SINE [SP]INA is the ob legend and +CIVI/TAS/[LON]/DON is the rev, date is 1560-61AD. The diameter is 13mm and the weight 0.40g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-604493
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I of the second issue with the initial mark a cross-crosslet indicating it was produced at Thomas Stanley's mint during the recoinage of 1560-61AD. +ELIZABETH D G AN FR ET HI REGINA is the ob legend and +POSVI/DEV AD/IVTORE/M MEV is the rev legend. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 0.87g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6011C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver shilling on William III dating to 1696-1701AD. GVLIELMVS [III DEI GRA] is the ob legend and [MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX] is the rev legend. The diameter is 24mm and the weight 4.98g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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