Record ID: ESS-CC14F5
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead fire mark of post-medieval date (c.1800-1875). Description:  The fire mark is broadly rectangular in plan and a thin rectangle in cross-section, which a forward bend towards its top. The front is decorated with a raised mould of a three storey building (note: if 'Royal Exchange' this is only the upper portion of a more elaborate building). The edge of the fragment follow the building edge on the left-hand side, but there is a flat lead area to the right of the building. The upper story consists of two columns framing a wall with a square…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: LIN-8F9261
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pressed copper alloy firemark issued by the "County Fire Office". The firemark is rectangular and depicts Britannia seated with spear in right hand, and holding the top of a shield with her left hand. A lion sits to the left. The county fire office was in operation from 1807 to 1906. 
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
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Record ID: ESS-304CDE
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of a lead fire mark of post-medieval date (c.1800 - 1875) Description: It is rectangular in shape, broken into two pieces which appear to fit together. The third fragment is part of a crown emblem.The front features extensive moulded relief decoration depicting architectural elements, possibly a temple or shrine. The decoration consists of a raised border running around the edge of the plaque within which is a design of an arched doorway or niche with an arched window with a rectangular window sill above it surmounted by a circular window. These are flanked by columns with D…
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4B095C
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead fragment, probably from an 18th-century to early 19th century fire mark.  It is incomplete, and is sub-rectangular. It is a thick plaque of lead, which is sub-rectangular in plan with tapering sides, and rectangular in cross-section. The front face is decorated in relief with deep grooves between the ridges. It depicts a royal orb and the cross pattee that surmounts it. The narrow end of the object is broken across the base of the orb.  The reverse is recessed with a rectangular depression. The edge of the recess at the complete short end is angled. This is the deepes…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: SUR-91219C
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy fragment from an 18th century fire mark. The fragment is 26.3mm in length and depicts a royal orb with a large cross above. The cross has three triangular arms with a central pellet between. The orb is bisected by two perpendicular raised bands. The lower portion of the object terminates in an old break across the base of the orb and the reverse is concave with no evidence of fittings. Comparisons with other examples (e.g. HAMP-7AC4D7) would suggest that this fragment was from the apex of a crown.
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
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Record ID: SUR-68A557
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated lead alloy fragment from a badge depicting an openwork crown, comprising an arch which has a row of large hemispherical bosses running along it. On end has a sub rectangular moulded terminal in the form of an expanding-arm cross, with oblique lines radiating from a small boss on the edge. This is surrounded by breaks on at least two sides. The other end of the arch tapers to a break. The reverse is flat with no visible attachments or fittings. This fragment possibly represents part of a crown from an 18th century fire mark.
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: BH-94422A
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead object, probably of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1700-1800). The object, which has been bent backwards partway along its body, is solid, sub-rectangular in plan and broadly rectangular in cross-section. The upper plate is sub-square shaped and decorated by a large, slightly recessed central pellet with radiating double-strands forming two triangular fields either side. Below this is a broadly globular hemisphere. The bent part of the plate consists of a central raised boss with a single lined border either side. The lower plate is trapezoidal in shape and is decor…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-488CC6
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead object of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1700-1800). The object is solid, sub-rectangular in plan and broadly rectangular in cross-section. An enlarged oval boss split by a transverse longitudinal band divides the object into two at the mid-point. The upper plate is sub-square shaped and decorated by a large, slightly recessed central pellet with four radiating double-stranded arms extending towards each corner. Within two of the opposing fields there is an additional trapezoidal-shaped moulding. The object narrows and thins below the boss, with a central pellet over a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-B2C70C
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments of decorative Royal Exchange lead fire mark of 18th century date. Each fragment is rather bent with post-depositional damage to the edges, and the original complete object would have been oval in shape with an openwork crown projecting above and a rectangular panel with the policy number extending below (http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/royal-exchange-assurance-lead-fire-marks18th-century-4375579-details.aspx). All fragments are flat to the reverse with raised and moulded decoration to the front depicting a figural scene that appears to broadly depict a votive or …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-7AC4D7
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A lead fragment, probably from an 18th-century fire mark. The object is solid with moulded decoration, sub-rectangular and with a broadly rectangular cross-section. It tapers slightly from the complete edge (22.3 x 5.3mm) to a worn break at the other end (13.3 x 3.2mm). The wider end has a panel of two apex-to-apex relief triangles, one to each side. At the centre, where the apexes meet, is a circular pellet, and the triangles are decorated with ribs that radiate from this. Below is a raised oval boss with a grooved transverse band across its face, with a longitudinal band projecting…
Created on: Saturday 30th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-00C9C7
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A lead fragment, probably from an 18th-century fire mark. The object is solid and sub-rectangular with a broadly rectangular cross-section, and in side view tapers from the thick complete edge into a relatively unworn break at the other end. The object is divided in two by a large oval boss at the mid-point, with a transverse band across its face, and a longitudinal band projecting from the top along the median line. The field above this has a large central pellet with the field then filled by three double-strand expanding arms. The boss represents an orb, with a cross above it. Be…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-44E85A
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible fire mark of Post Medieval date (AD 1700 to AD 1800). The artefact is incomplete, with an old break at the top of the artefact. It has a sub-rectangular shape and is flat. The front exhibits moulded decoration. An oval boss is present at the top of the artefact with a raised T shape positioned centrally. Below this is a central pellet, with three triangles extending outwards, one to each side and one at the base. Each triangle is positioned within another triangle. The reverse is undecorated, with traces of a raised rim around the base. Scratch marks are pr…
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: DOR-8DC465
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead fire mark dating to AD 1900-1975. It is rectangular in shape, with an old break down one side. It is cracked in places and slightly bent out of shape. The obverse features extensive moulded relief decoration depicting architectural elements, possibly a temple or shrine. The decoration consists of a raised border running around the edge of the plaque within which is a design of an arched doorway or niche with an arched window with a rectangular window sill above it surmounted by a circular window. These are flanked by columns with Doric capitals capped by a flat architrave below…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cranbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-796131
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy fragment from an 18th century fire mark. The fragment is 26.76mm in length and depicts a royal orb with a large cross above. The cross has three triangular arms with a central pellet between. The orb is bisected by two perpendicular raised bands. The lower portion of the object terminates in an old break across the base of the orb and the reverse is concave with no evidence of fittings. Comparisons with other examples (e.g. HAMP-7AC4D7) would suggest that this fragment was from the apex of a crown.
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: SF-301791
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A decorative lead fire mark of 19th century date. It is square in form, flat and with some slight post-depositional damage to the edges. The back face is flat and undecorated although has a slight lip visible in places around its outer edge. The front face has extensive moulded relief decoration. This comprises a figural scene that appears to broadly depict a votive or religious building separated into three vertical panels and with a border or roof at the top formed from two broad transverse ridges separated by three narrow transverse grooves. The central panel is slightly recessed f…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C3DC46
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval firemark. This item represents the section where the arches of the crown connect to the central jewel. A two-dimensional cast lead object in the form of a curled beast. The beast is roughly oval in plan, D-shaped in cross-section and curled so that the tail is near the snout. Although the beast resembles the shape of a shrimp or prawn the body and head are much more serpent-like. The head is sub-triangular and decorated with a moulded pellet or an eye, and radiating lines from this perhaps representing scales. The slender body is decorated with a row of lar…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C5FB05
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead mount. It is sub-rectangular, with a central oval section and two rectangular terminals. The central domed oval section is plain and undecorated. The terminals have cast, raised decoration in the form of a central domed circle, with three triangles expanding out to the three edges. One of these rectangular terminals is broken and distorted. It is 43.01mm long, 20.48mm wide, 6.93mm thick and weighs 27.11 grams. It seems likely that this is part of an 18th-century fire-mark. Compare HAMP-7AC4D7 (with further details), SOM-00C9C7, BH-94422A, CAM-FC31A7, WMID-…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: CAM-FC31A7
Object type: FIRE MARK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plaque of post-medieval date. The plaque comprises a flat, rectangular plate with cast decoration on its upper surface comprising opposing triangles. The plaque measures 26mm in length and 20mm in width. It seems likely that this is part of an 18th-century fire-mark. Compare HAMP-7AC4D7 (with further details), SOM-00C9C7, BH-94422A, WMID-44E85A, ESS-C5FB05, BH-94422A, etc.
Created on: Friday 13th April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.