Record ID: SUR-8B7303
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A button comprising a shallow dome with a hollow back and a round integral loop which has a corroded iron attachment. The button is decorated with the head of a monarch made up with punched arcs and circles and incised lines. Behind the head are three arms of a cross. The circular frame is made from punched circles.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-8B8B56
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nail- or stud-like object. The object has a circular, slightly-domed head and a circular-section neck. The neck is slightly waisted and runs into a square-section body (now bent)which tapers into a rectangular section where the shaft is broken. On the head is an inscribed circle.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9BF1D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy twopence (also known as a turner or a bodle) of Charles II from his first coinage in 1663 Seaby, no.5625 (1972; 94). Part of the edge has been squashed slightly into a straight edge.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-9CA8D5
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy furniture fitting which is post-medieval in date. The object is a drop handle consisting of a sub-rectangular curved plate with a loop at one end and dividing into a fork at the other. It is 40mm long, 23.5mm wide and 4mm thick. The loop is sub-rectangular. The end bar is slightly wider then the loop itself. The loop is attached to the handle by a narrow neck. The handle is decorated by a raised triangle with two wavy bands across it. The point of the triangle is at the division between the prongs of the forked end. Each prong is sub-rectangular and curves backwards and…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: HESH-9FCD64
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy two piece buckle of later post-medieval date (1660 - 1720). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular in plan (rectangular with rounded corners), and bowed in profile. The frame has been drilled to allow for a central iron axis bar through which the pin and strap-end would be fixed. The iron axis bar is missing has been lost – presumably through corrosion as large amounts of concreted orange (iron) corrosion is present on the frame close to the drilled holes. The frame of the buckle is decorated with a series of motifs. Either side of the drilled holes at the mid p…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9FFA16
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double sided coin weight for a half crown of James I revalued for the 2nd coinage 1604-1619
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-AEC2E4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap separator, probably from harness. A ring which splits into three sections then joins again to complete the ring. It is 8.5mm wide when it is a single strip, when it splits into three it widens to 23mm. The central strip follows the line of the ring, the two exterior strips are at 45degrees to this. This was probably used to divide straps on a harness fitting
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-AEF257
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Charles II farthing, 1672-74, Seaby 1998 no.3394. This coin was one of the early milled coins. It has been bent at some point and is very worn so no image is attached.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-AF4367
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Domed and pitted copper alloy thimble of post-medieval date. The topmost surface of the object does not have any pitting. The base of the thimble has been turned, indicated by a regular groove. The inside has a white substance, possibly chalk or lime.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Copt Hewick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B039E8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle, dating to the Post Medieval period, between AD 1650 – 1750 (length: 48mm; width: 26.5mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 14.2g). This double looped buckle is trapezoidal and D-shaped in section. The front of the buckle frame is heavily designed with moulded leaf and scrollwork decoration. In the central and to either end of the outside edge of the frame, there is a leaf decoration with a recessed central line in order to form a pin notch or rest. This leaf decoration…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Albrighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B383F7
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pipe tamper of post-medieval date. The pipe taper is in the form of an sleeved arm and hand holding a hammer, poised ready for use. It measures 56.3mm by 31.9mm by 7.6mm and weighs 15.7g. Hammers and arms/hands (often with clenched fist or holding scrolls) are quite common forms for pipe tampers, but this example is unusual in that it combines both.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B428C5
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper rowel spur of probable seventeenth century date. The end of one arm and the rowel are missing and in its current state the spur measures 120.6mm by 67.3mm by 12.7mm and weighs 71.4g. The surviving terminal is in the form of a figure-eight, with one corrosion filled loop in line with the arm and the second set perpendicular. The arms have a slight upwards curve and a shallow triangular cross-section with the flat side facing inwards and a central longitudinal facet on the external face. This surface is decorated with incised chevrons, crescents and tiny stamped…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-B5EE15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval buckle; Moulded, copper alloy, double loop spur buckle of sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The buckle has a basically rectangular frame with longer, concave sides and shorter, straight ends. The frame is flat and broad and is decorated with moulded scrollwork with some openwork elements. The pin bar is very narrow and is circular in cross-section. The pin is missing. Length 40.2mm, width 30.0mm, thickness 2.8mm, weight 9.12g The shape and form date this buckle to the 17th century while the openwork decoration indicate that it is probably from the later end of …
Created on: Friday 4th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-C830B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy suspension mount of probable Post-Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length 42.7mm, width 16.1mm and 1.7mm thick. Weight 4.88g. The mount has a lozenge-shaped plate with a suspension hook integral with its lower part. The plate is slightly convex at the front and flat at the rear. Between the plate and the hook there is a pronounced transverse rib (this is also flat at the rear). The hook is sub-circular in cross-section and measures about 2.3mm in diameter. However, the diameter varies slightly throughout its length and projects for…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-03B241
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy leg of a post-medieval skillet or pipkin, a cauldron type vessel with 3 legs. The object is anthropomorphic in style, representing a human leg and foot. The leg is triangular in section. Above the foot is a protruding lip, the foot is then flat on the floor. A leg of the same style was found in York and dates to the late 15th- early 16th centuries (Ottaway and Rogers; 2002; 2809-10) but similar styles continued until around the 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-0545B2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy button which is probably eighteenth century in date. The button is of two piece construction with a hollow onion shaped dome and a separate wire loop. It is 8.4mm in diameter and 16mm thick. Similar examples can be seen on page 80 of “Buttons and Fasteners” by Gordon Bailey. The button is in very good condition and has a dusty grey and light green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-055D62
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy figurine of a man wearing an apron, probably a blacksmith. The figure is standing and the object is 101.6mm long, 62.7mm wide and 19.5mm thick. He has neck length curly hair, a beard and moustache, and wears a collarless shirt with the sleeves rolled above his elbows. He has breeches that come to just below the knee and his calves are bound with criss-crossing straps. He wears a long apron with a narrow top which is tied behind his back. There appears to be a tool tucked through the apron ties on his left hand side. His right hand is extended to the side, though is still…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-05A531
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jeton of the rose/orb series (Mernick and Algar; 2001; 247/8). This type of jetton dates from the 16th through to the 17th century and are popularly called stock jettons (ibid). The obverse is completely worn/corroded away. The reverse has a double trilobe which contains a reichsapfel (imperial orb- an orb with a cross on the top). None of the inscription can be seen on either side as it has totally worn away. A similar example can be seen on page 259, no. 264 (Mernick and Algar; 2001). This jetton has been pierced, perhaps for use as a pendant.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-05ABA0
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tudor dress hook which has a central circular boss, a trapezoidal loop and a hook. The dress hook is complete except that the very end of the point of the hook has broken off. The hook tapers from the bottom of the central boss. The circular, central boss is decorated with a moulded flowerhead. The loop at the top of the boss is trapezoidal.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-0592E7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy seal matrix of post-medieval date. The object is conical and octagonally facetted; there is a loop for suspension at the top with the remains of an iron chain in the loop. The surface of the die, on the underside of the matrix, has been gilded, and has a well-defined pattern of criss-cross grooves. Despite the gilding, and the anonymous, impersonal nature of the pattern, it is still likely that this object is a personal seal matrix. A similar seal matrix can be seen on the database at LVPL-5824C1.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2011
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