Record ID: PUBLIC-D7ADE2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy decorative knife fitting (end stop) probably of late 16th or 17th century date The fitting is complete (with a length of 10.6mm, a thickness of 6.1mm and a weight of 4.6g). The underside has a V-shaped groove to accommodate the top of the knife tang (2.8mm deep). The fitting is of bifid form, with a curving arm projecting from each side (giving a width of 19.1mm) and thinning to the terminals. The terminals are enhanced with grooves. The base of the fitting also has decorative grooves near the base. The knife fitting is unpatinated with a golden-bronze su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D77F20
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medievall tin alloy (pewter) spoon, probably of 16th century date. The spoon is incomplete, missing part of the bowl and has a slightly distorted stem (with a length of 155.4mm and a weight of 33.9g). The terminal knop is of flattened spherical form with a protruding nipple. The knop is decorated with a whirligig device in cast relief. The rear of the knop may also have been decorated with a similar motif but is now worn. There is a rib moulding at the top of the stem, before the knop. The stem is of sub-hexagonal section (5mm wide and 4mm thick), becoming D-shaped near the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-19F764
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight English one-ounce weight; crowned 'C' mark for Charles I (1625-49) or Charles II (1660-85). Sword mark for london.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F51026
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin James I (1603-25) half groat, London Second coinage, 1604-19; privy mark - probably coronet (1607-9)
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
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