Record ID: SWYOR-F5A565
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, clipped and bent hammered silver Post Medieval coin, a sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), probably bell initial mark dating from AD 1583. See North number 1997 on page 134. Thickness: 1.63mm Weight: 1.83g Diameter: 22.89mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D146CA
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball dating from the Post-Medieval period, AD 1600 - 1850. It is 20.5mm in diameter and weighs 29.02gm. It has a dark cream coloured patina but is otherwise unmarked. The mass of this ball suggests that it would have been used in a musket. (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study.)
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-7AAA29
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy (pewter) cup of uncertain function, perhaps from a candle holder with detachable candle sockets dating from the Post Medieval period. The object is a cylindrical cup with a flaring rim, a circumferential prominent rib round the base of the upper sides, and having rounded, convex lower sides. From the base of the holder projects a narrow spout with concave sides, also circular in section. This has a thickened rim and there is no base. A circular loop projects from the side of the cup holder, from the central rib. A casting seam is also visible running vertically, from end …
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-55A4C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin: a penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), third issue (AD 1583 - 1603), dating from AD 1594 - 1596. Square shield on long cross fourchee reverse. Woolpack initial mark. Mint of London. North Vol 2, p.137, no.2017. It is 12.9mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 0.48gm.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAED11
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy, double looped, asymmetrical buckle dating from the Post-Medieval period, about AD 1575 - 1700. The frame has one trapezoidal and one D shaped loop. The underside of the D shaped loop is slightly hollowed out. The frame is decorated with a knop at each end of the bar. There is a scroll pattern on each side of a large central flower on the outer edge of the D shaped loop. The pin is missing. The buckle has a brown patina. It is 39.3mm long, 27.5m wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 6.7g. A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, pag…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-DAFBCE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, double loop, spectacle buckle dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1550 - 1660. The frame has two oval loops with angled outer edges and a small, rounded indentation at each end of the strap bar (probably a poorly cast aperture). The outer edges on the upper face of the buckle are decorated with the remains of a cusped outside edge and the underside is flat apart from shallow indentations on each side of the strap bar. There is a hole at each outer end of the loops, set into a triangular extension from the loops. The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark gree…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Last updated: Sunday 30th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-867FB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval Irish coin of William and Mary (AD 1688-1694); a halfpenny dating from AD 1692 - 1694. Mint of Dublin. See number 6597 in Spink's Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (2003). Thickness: 2.15mm Weight: 5.94g Diameter: 26.04mm
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AD88E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval hammered silver coin; a threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), eglantine initial mark illegible, dated 1575. North number: 1998, North edition: 1991. The coin is rather crumpled. Length: 19.1mm Width: 17.62mm Thickness: 1.8mm Weight: 1.16g
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-79DB7C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spherical domed button, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating, about AD 1450 - 1600. The head is solid, circular in plan and bi-convex in cross section. The shank is broken but seems to have been sub rectangular in plan and rectangular and flat in cross section. The head is plain and solid. The shank was cast integrally and located centrally on the rear of the button. The shank has broken across a small circular hole. The button is a grey green colour with predominately an even surface patina. Diameter 10.1mm, width 8.4mm, weight 2.45g …
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F56F1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver Post Medieval coin, a three pence piece of Elizabeth I (AD 1558 - 1603), second issue (AD 1561 - 1582), plain cross initial mark dating from AD 1578 - 1579. See North number 1998 on page 135. Thickness: 0.86mm Weight: 1g Diameter: 18.9mm
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-B06B92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy double loop buckle frame missing most of one loop, its pin and plate and dating from AD 1550 - 1650. The strap bar is narrowed with a scallop-shell or tri-lobed shaped knop at either end, the shape emphasised by radiating raised lines. From the centre of the outer edge of the loop projects a large similar scallop shaped knop. The inner side of the outer edge of each loop is curved inwards slightly opposite this knop. The remainder of the buckle is missing immediately after the bar knops from an old patinated break. The buckle has a brown grey p…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A1589A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval lead spindle whorl dating to about AD 1450 - 1550. It is of Walton Rogers form C2, and is bi-conical with a thick median band. It is overall dark grey in colour and both sides are heavily decorated. The decoration consists of a five pointed blunt ended star outlined in short verticals which radiate from the centre to near the edge, where they are squared off; there are three or four horizontal lines decoration the void of these sections. The gaps between the blunt ended star ends are filled with chevrons which echo the triangular gap.&nbs…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3373E8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper alloy fixture or fitting probably of the post medieval period, AD 1500 - 1900. It comprises a bar of D shaped cross-section which is broken at one end. At the other end it bends backwards into a loop with the end of the bar butting against the back of the bar. The bar tapers towards the loop. It is undecorated with a green and brown patina. Dimensions are length 74.2mm; width 12.6mm; thickness 3.7mm; weight 23.53g. The function of this object is uncertain but it appears to be some type of fixture or fitting, perhaps a window hinge or the end of a tool handle or implement.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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