Record ID: HAMP-AD6186
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl from a clay pipe of modern date in the form of a male human head. It is an elaborate, joined bowl made in a three-piece mould; mould lines are visible on the sides and back of the head. The bearded man wears a close-fitting hat. Unfortunately, the person depicted has been able to be identified, although they have Arabic or Indian associations. It could have been that a maker's mark was lost when the bowl was broken from the stem. The distinctive red clay from which this pipe was made marks it out as being made in France, possibly at the Fiolet factory at St Omer. The large si…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-65C434
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635) of the 'Rose / orb' type. Similar examples are illustrated in Mitchiner (1988, 446)
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-661497
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn 16th-century Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of the 'Rechen meister' type. It has been pierced, possibly to be worn, through the obverse and depends such that the obverse image is fairly aligned to the vertical. This is a variant of an example illustrated in Mitchener (1988, 416; ref. 1426)
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-9F99A5
Object type: BULLET MOULD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval mould cast in copper alloy for the manufacture of bullets or shot. The object is square in plan with rounded corners. The lower surface, broadly flat although with a moulded bump at one corner, measures 39.6 by 35.05mm. The upper surface has a skirted flange on three sides and measures up to 42.65mm by 40.4mm. The thin overhanging parts of the flange have been bent downwards and are slightly abraded in places. On one short end the flange is encompassed withina semicircular recess. Beyond this are four hemispherical depressions on the upper surface (chambers). These mea…
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-5399C3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (c.1590-1690) spherical iron cannon ball of uncertain post-medieval date. The object weighs 970g and measures 63.3mm in diameter. The surface is pitted (some deeper than others) and dark brown in colour, with patches of orange corrosion in many of the deeper pitted areas. There is no apparent damage to the surface. Blackmore, H.L. 1976 (pp. 293-8) suggests an English 'falcon' cannon for bore sizes of 2.5 inches (c.63mm) and 2lb in weight during the period c. 1590-1690. Reference: Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. Lo…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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