Record ID: WILT-1DD1D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval tin farthing of James II or William III and Mary II dating to AD1684-1692.  The coin is very corroded and parts of the edge have been lost.  The farthing has a square copper alloy plug in the centre.  A bust facing right is just visible on the obverse and similarly, Britannia seated left can just be seen on the reverse.  Probably mint of London. Spink (2022) p 373, no 3420-3421 (James II) or p382 no 3450-3451 (William and Mary).
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-1E7053
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval tin halfpenny of William III and Mary II dating to AD 1689-1694.  On the reverse the halfpenny has a square copper alloy plug in the centre.  A double bust facing right is visible on the obverse and Britannia seated left is on the reverse.  Probably mint of London. Spink (2022) p 382, no 3447-3448.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-8F9F1C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat discoidal pewter button of 18th century date. The front has an incised hexafoil / daisy wheel design in a beaded border. The reverse has an integrally cast loop shank.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Sunday 14th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-8FF3D5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete toy pewter plate of 18th century date. The plate has a plain centre surrounded by a wide flange decorated with a moulded pattern of rosettes of five pellets linked by vinescrolls and a beaded rim The plate has been crushed and has split on opposite sides. The plate is largly free from corrosion, retaining a shiny and toned patina.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-D2DB8C
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete pewter medallion commemorating the capture of Portobello on the 21st November 1739, by Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), using only six ships. The obverse depicts Admiral Vernon with hat to the left with outstretched hand under inscription [DOM BLASS], receiving the sword of the defeated admiral Blas de Lezo kneeling in front of him; Sir Chaloner Ogle behind holding scepter. The reverse is largely illegible but probably depicts the scene of the capture of Cartagena. No legends are readible.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: IOW-1E1B36
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably silver plaited wire ring of unknown date, probably dating to 19th or 20th century.  The object is likely a sleeve or collar for a hunting whip. The wire of the ring is circular in cross section.  Dr Helen Geake suggests that these silver rings of unknown date should be recorded to further research their dating. She states "that at least some are from 16th- to 18th-century sword-grips, and others are certainly Early Medieval, either Anglo-Saxon (parallels on the Trewhiddle scourge) or Viking (parallels from Viking-age graves and hoards in Scandinavia, Ireland…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0D0F07
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pewter cufflink of post medieval date, c. AD 1650 - 1700. Lewis form 1, type A. Only one disc remains which is circular with a stamped design of a crown above two hearts. The loop no longer remains. The metal has a mid-grey patina and survives in fair condition.  Diameter 13 mm, thickness 2.2 mm and weight 1.68 g. The 'crown and heart' motif on cufflinks is thought to commemorate the marriage of King Charles II (r. AD 1660 - 1685) to Catherine of Braganza (AD 1638 - 1705) in AD 1662, but little evidence has been offer…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: BH-C4783C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast pewter buckle, dating to Post Medieval period (c.AD 1720-1790). Description: In plan, the buckle frame is a convex rectangle with angled corners, forming a sub-octagonal shape; in cross-section the frame is sub-oval.  The frame is drilled for a separate spindle, which is retained.  The frame is decorated with a moulded oval above each end of spindle.  On either side of the oval curvilinear decoration extends to the start each angled corner.   The edges of the angled and short side are decorated with a single g…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: KENT-2D97B4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A metal object, likely made of tin, of unknown function, likely dating to the late Post-Medieval to Modern era. Description: The object is a slim, elongated cone terminating at a point. It is hollow as far down as is visible. There is no visible thread within the object. The metal is unidentified but it is silver in colour so possibly tin. The surface is smooth with two incised grooves running around the circumference, one 4.4mm from the tip and the other at 26.11 mm from the tip. These are even and appear to have been created by a machine. The rest of the sur…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-02D716
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval octagonal pewter cufflink button depicting a draped female bust, right, with hair tied back in a bun. The portrait sits within a simple scalloped line border. The image may be a depiction of Queen Anne (1702-1714). The reverse is flat with a casting seam and an integrally case rectangular attachment loop.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-5A9B9D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete discoidal pewter button of post medieval (late 16th-18th century) date. The front is undecorated aside from a groove around the exterior edge. The reverse has a casting seam and a stump for an integrally cast loop shank.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: DENO-366A20
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pewter post medieval knee or garter buckle (c. AD 1720 - 1790). The buckle is sub-rectangular in plan, with a drilled frame and a solid anchor chape attached to an axis bar, from which extends the stump of the pin. Traces of iron corrosion would suggest a lost component. The outer face has a series of incised linear decoration in the form of a set of small lozenges. These are set at each end and connected by a series of deep curved lines. Surface is smooth and uniform in colour. See WMID-A56064 for similar. Length 26.3 mm, width 24.5 mm, thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: HESH-8F32B0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a possible pewter jug handle, dating circa AD 1600-1800. The object is C-shaped in plan, tubular and ovular in cross-section. There is a projecting rectangular lug on the outer curve of the object, which terminates in an uneven break. The top of the object ends in a flat break, with a small projection at the bottom of the break. The bottom curve of the object has an uneven break where the front of the object is missing, showing the back and inside of the handle which curves upwards. The object has an uneven surface patina and is overall rough a…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-A21593
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete tin-alloy (pewter) snuff box of Post Medieval to Modern date (c. AD 1800-1900). The object is two parts; the lid and base. Both are rectangular in shape, with rounded edges. The lid is contained by a thick bordered edge and within the border is the sub-rectangular hinged lid. The upper edge consists of the hinges and the lower edge has a slight central lip for lifting open. The lid face is decorated with a small central sub-octaganal shape, which is then surrouned by a swirling foliate design. The reverse is concave and undecorated. The reverse of t…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DEFED4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tin farthing of William and Mary (1688-1694) dated to 1690. As Spink 3451.
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9FCC87
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete tin alloy or tombac alloy cross, of Eastern Christian design with either a or a stand or a casting jet still attached, or this stub was to be removed altogether and the cross attached to another object as decoration, or it was yet to be shaped into a suspension loop, the latter would allow the cross to be displayed the right way up. The design to the front is faintly defined, though the major elements are visible as being of Russian/Greek orthodox, and Byzantine mixed origin, seemingly an amalgamation of various Mediterranean styles, this is likely to have been par…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Melton Constable', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-FA274D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval tin farthing of Charles II dating to c. AD 1660-1685. The coin is worn, with an oval indentation in the obverse. Spink 2010, page 335, number 3395. 
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: BUC-FACB37
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval to modern hawking whistle, it has been cast in a dark metal, and is possibly tin or lead alloy. It likely dates from c. AD 1700-1800. The whistle is cylindrical in shape, and tapers to the oval shaped open mouth piece. Beside this is a semi circular open hole. At the opposite end there is a circular attachment loop with a long stem, this attaches to the domed and collared end of the whistle. There is a casting seam on both sides. It is a dark green grey colour, and measures 41.8mm in length, 13.7mm in width, and weighs 10.65g. There are similar examples o…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B5A403
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete decorative white metal stud of unknown date. The stud profile is square in cross-section. The top of the stud head is circular and has a pattern on the top rim of the stud.  Measurements: 10.64 mm in length, 6.58 mm in diameter at the stud head, 0.4 g in weight. This example does show similarities to LON-B592F1 which is dated to the Post-Medieval period.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: ESS-601C9F
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tin-alloy (pewter) rat tail spoon of post-medieval date (c. 1600 - 1750 AD). Description: The spoon has a long and narrow bowl with a rat tail termination to a oval cross section handle. 5.32mm of the handle remain. There is no decoration. Measurements: length (including handle) 36.76mm; length (bowl only) 30.8mm, width 16.81mm; depth 3.26mm; weight 2.33g Discussion: For a similar example see BERK-CB6B12.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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