Record ID: LON-C232B6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy toy frying pan probably dating to the 17th century. It has circular base with straight bevelled sides. The handle is broken and missing. The pan contains two fish in high relief, pointing in the same direction. A similar pan is depicted in Forsyth and Egan (2005:123) Type 6 design 1. Dimensions: diameter: 41.71mm; weight: 9.87g. Other pans on the database are LON-BAF757 and  LON-1318C1 Egan & Forsyth (2005:120-1) write that it is quite common for just the pan without the handle to survive. &…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A682D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead pin of probable Medieval or Post Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1900. It is very small, and has a slender globular head and a shank of circular cross-section, now bent into an S shape and broken at the end. Measurements are; length 17.7 mm, diameter of pin head 2.9mm, length of pin head 4.2mm and weight 0.45g. No close parallel for a slender pin in lead has been found in Egan and Pritchard (1991) nor on the PAS database, with the closest example being the equally mysterious YORYM-5ABEB0. Lead pin heads are not uncommon, but lead is an unusual material for the shank.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-7A4042
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post medieval lead token dating from AD 1550 - 1850. It is of Powell type 2 (initials).  It has a letter M on one face and a W on the other face with no other decoration or identification. The design is in cast relief. The token has a grey and brown patina. Measurements are diameter 13.3mm, thickness 1.5mm and weight 1.45g.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-79EA99
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead token dating from AD 1550 - 1850, of Powell type 14. It is uniface and the design is a wide armed cross with a central pellet, perhaps intended to represent millsails. Measurements are;  length 13.8mm, width 12.2mm, thickness 1.2mm and weight 0.72g. There is a split in the flan.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-79DD19
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval uniface lead token dating from AD 1550 - 1850, of Powell type 2 (initials) with the letters C . M in cast relief on one face. Measurements are diameter 18.0mm, thickness 2.3mm and weight 2.68g.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-79D5FB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead token dating from AD 1550 - 1850. It is of Powell type 2 (initials) and 5 (anchors) with a centre barred I on one face and an anchor on the other, both in cast relief. Measurements are;  diameter 19.7mm, thickness 2.6mm and weight 4.55g.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-79C892
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete lead cloth seal or other seal dating from the post medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is a two disc seal with a connecting tab. An integral rivet from the back of one disc passes through a hole in the other and is flattened. The rivet disc is marked with a relief merchant's mark of a W with a vertical line and a numeral 4 at the top. The rove disc has an incuse marking which may represent a G. The seal has a mid grey patina and its measurements are length 22.7mm, width 16.8mm, thickness 5.0mm and weight 3.65g. There are numerous other two disc seals li…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-144F35
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a lead, openwork possible pilgrim or secular badge dating from AD 1300 - 1500. The two pieces are very thin and slender. They both have a curved outer edge and two inward projecting ribs. They may be from a circular badge with radiating ribs, or one depicting a wheel, or be part of a larger openwork object such as a halo from a pilgrim badge or part of an openwork screen to accompany a pilgrim badge, such as figure 165a on page 153 of Spencer (2010) Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, though no exact parallel could be found for these fragments.The outer edge of …
Created on: Friday 12th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: BH-FCFA6B
Object type: POWDER FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead powder measure with a nozzle dating c. AD 1600-1700. The measure comprises a hollow open ended container that has been compressed. On either side is a small handle. The basal rim is ridged. Extending from the flat lentoid base is a conical, circular-sectioned, nozzle that tapers to a partially enclosed end with a circular perforation that extends through to the measure. The patina is light grey. The measure is 35.4mm long, 28.7mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 23.76 grams.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-B74B3A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead uni-face token dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1500 -1800. The token is circular in plan. The obverse has a central circular pellet, with eight radiating raised lines forming a cartwheel or segmented shape. The reverse is flat with a rounded edge. The token has a mid grey patina across both faces. It is of Powell's type 3 ("segments"). Dimensions: The object is 24.8mm in diameter, 5.9mm in thickness and it weighs 23.0g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. …
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-DA1375
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead gaming piece dating to the Victorian era (AD 1837-1901). The object takes the shape of a Lion Couchant, as the Lion is lying down with its head raised. Its head has details to show its eyes nose and mouth, and there are two ridges running either side of the Lion's head. Likely to represent its mane. The hind legs are ticked into its body while the front project from the piece. There is a ridge at the back representing the tail however there is a break suggesting it was likely much longer. There is a circular rivet hole at the bottom of the object. According to Hahn (2004) L…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: LON-710DB8
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy shy cock probably dating to the 18th century. This object has been cast to form a crudely shaped cockerel. The cockerel stands on a pedastal with oval base (now bent and deformed) which allows it to be free-standing. Dimensions: length: 49.49mm; width: 46.62mm; thickness: 7.79mm; weight: 24.97g. Forsyth & Egan (2005:239) explains that shy-cocks may have derived from the Shrove Tuesday pursuit of casting stones or cudgels at a live cockerel which was either tied down or buried up to its neck in the ground. Reference: Forsyth, H.…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-343F44
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating from the 16th century. The seal has a double-headed eagle displayed ensigned by a crown, with legend around the edge. Similar seals are illustrated in Egan (1994:116-7). Dimensions: diameter: 35.70mm; width: 29.35mm; weight: 8.42g A similar cloth seal on the database is LON-A29A87. References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford. Egan G. 1995. Lead Cloth Seals and Related items in the British Museum, British Museum Occas…
Created on: Sunday 27th November 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-74ADA1
Object type: BULLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead bullet dating from AD 1853-1880. The bullet is cast and conical, slightly flattened on the tip. The bullet has three circumferential rings of rifling and a deep basal hollow, this is most probably from a Martini Henry rifle which equipped British troops in the second half of the 19thcentury.  Dimensions: diameter: 14.57mm; height: 25.99mm; weight: 30.10g Peter Hart kindly writes "Bullets of the 0.577" calibre were introduced around 1853. The excavated example may still have the remains of a clay or wooden plug in the skirt of th…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-CFB574
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead flat non-heraldic personal seal matrix of medieval date (c.AD 1200-1350). Description: The matrix is flat and sub-circular in plan with a projecting pierced lug. On the front is an engraved central crescent moon with small pits as possible stars. This is surrounded by a legend which probably starts at seven o'clock and runs clockwise around the die face reading '+ANNA F IOhIS' so when used the impression is back-to-front with reversed barred N's. The 'F' appears as a 'T' with a long tail. Alternatively, the inscr…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8A7309
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead token (Powell Type 14b) of Medieval date (1250-1500AD) The roughly circular token is decorated on one face with an embossed equal-armed long cross with a pellet in each quarter, with the remains of a raised circumference rim, pitted and worn at the edge. The underside is flat and undecorated, though pitted. It has a dark grey patina. Measurements: 17.64mm diameter, 3.1mm thick, weighs 3.9g.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: LON-3870C7
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead plaque or label dating from AD1847-1848. The label has the name W GAILEY in retrograde on one side. The label is sub rectangular and has a circular aperture at one end. This is possibly associated with William Clarke alias Gailey aged 30 years old who was incarcerated on the prison hulk Justita (one of the first floating prisons established in England) from the 12th May 1848. In October 1848, prisoners transferred to the temporary hulks at Woolwich, Hebe (ID 2020) and Wye (2021), during an outbreak of cholera. After the removal of the prisoners, the Justitia …
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: KENT-981471
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete post-medieval lead-alloy four-part alnage bag seal of 1 half d from the reign of George I dating to the period 1714-1724. Description: The seal consists of disc 2 and disc 3 of a four disc seal. The other two parts are missing and the breaks appear to be old.Obverse head of George I facing right (no surrounding legend is visible). Reverse: unicorn ducally gorged rampant, 1 to left and ½ to right. The disc closest to the conneting strip is in good condition while the one away from it (disc 2 or 3 of 4) is heaivly abraded with little detail save for the bust …
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2021
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Record ID: KENT-9760FC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn post-medieval lead kosher seal. Description: The seal is circular in shape, with a central rivet it holdin git togehter and a connecting tab at one edge connecting the two discs. There is an indistinct inscription on the central rivet perahps the hebrew word כּשׁר translating as 'Kosher', this is surrounded by an inscription, the only visible section remaining *ש. The other side has a possible hebrew initial ר, whcih may relate to the Rabbi who approved the foood. The edges of the object are heavily worn. Measurements: 31.02mm long, 21.52mm wide (diamet…
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2021
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Record ID: SUR-3BBFCA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval lead token of the 15th century London "cross and pellet" series. Obverse: a crown within a border of oblique rays. Reverse: cross potent with pellet-in-annulet in the quarters, within a border of oblique rays.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
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