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: SWYOR-9CC306
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy pointed oval plaque which is probably a pilgrim souvenir of some form. There is a religious design in relief on both sides and also a legend on both sides. The object is 42.3mm long, 34.3mm wide and 3mm thick. On the first side, the centre panel carries a picture of Christ wearing a cloak and robe. His arms are by His side and there are rays of light coming from His hands. The background is a lattice work with a fleur-de-lis in each lozenge shaped panel. The legend is in a border round the edge, and is damaged in places, especially at the top right. It reads from the top i…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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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: SWYOR-33C043
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount in the form of a finely moulded deer’s head. The mount is convex and is sub triangular but with the deer’s antlers projecting above. It is 32.6mm long, 29.2mm wide and 7.3mm thick. The stag’s head is moulded in relief. Each antler has three prongs, there is moulding to suggest the animal’s hair on its forehead, the ears and eyes are oval and there are clear circular nostrils. The reverse is hollow and in the centre is the stub of a projecting circular shank which is hollow. The mount has a dull brown patina. A very close parallel can be seen on the database…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-495DC6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval object; a form of annular buckle called a disc-on-pin buckle, of Redmayne Type D. The buckle has a diameter of 27.3mm and is 8.5mm thick. It has a circular frame which is oval in section and has faint traces of beaded decoration on the front. The frame has a constriction for the pin. An unusual feature of the frame is a narrow bar, cast in one piece with the frame, which divides the circle in half. The bar is positioned at the back of the frame and is circular in section. When the constriction for the pin is orientated at 12 o'clock, the bar runs from 9 o'clock…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-496F73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered coin attached to a piece of lead. The coin is cracked round the edges and half of one side is firmly attached to a sub-circular piece of lead. The coin seems to be attached by the lead corrosion that has developed. The coin is very worn and is totally illegible, but it appears to be medieval in date. The lead is bent so that it lies against the half of the coin to which it has fused, but then bends back away from the coin at a forty five degree angle. The piece of lead is larger than the coin and extends beyond the coin on the bent away side. In total, the object meas…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1CE7C6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy swivel component from a medieval dog leash. The object is a loop with a diameter of 22.2mm, and one side which is extended, decorated and flattened. A circular hole or tube running through the flattened side was probably to attach to another element which together would have formed a swivel allowing the elements to rotate freely. Half of the loop is circular in section, with a diameter of 3.7mm, and the rest is decorated by being moulded into three spikes on each side, flanking the flattened edge. The spikes are further exaggerated by incised lines, probably devolved an…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1CF767
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy object which may be a gaming piece, a standing weight or a non-functional off-cut from a larger piece of lead. The object is 29.4mm high, 18.9mm wide and 15.2mm thick. The object is a rounded triangular pyramid shape, but the apex is not central. One face is convex and the apex is above this face. The edges of this face are moulded into rounded ribs. The junction of the other two main faces is very rounded and curves towards the apex. The base is not quite flat, but the object stands best on the small triangular face. Overall, the object looks rather like the claw of a lar…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1D1404
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny coin of Edward I (1272 – 1307 AD), class 10ab probably (1300 – 1305 AD). Minted in Canterbury. Good condition but middle of obverse and to lesser extent reverse very worn. For references see North’s English Hammered Coinage Volume 2, number 1038 -1039.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D3577
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy mould for making a single button. The object is a sub-oval, rough, thick piece of lead with unfinished and irregular edges. It is 62.6mm long, 23.3mm wide and 9mm thick. On one face is an impression which is concave, circular and decorated with radiating lines. A casting gate leads into the impression. The button impression is at one end of the object, and at the other end of the same face is a very small (2mm square) square impression. Geoff Egan suspects that there would have been two other parts to the mould, which would have flanked a bent wire for the loop, which w…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D4633
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny coin of Henry III (AD 1216 – 1272), Class Vc (AD 1250 – 1256). The moneyer is Richard at the London mint. The coin is in very good condition. It is 17.5mm in diameter, 1mm thick and weighs 1.4g. For reference see North’s English Hammered Coinage Volume 1, number 993.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D6BF0
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy seal matrix which is circular and is medieval. The matrix is 19.5mm in diameter and is 6.8mm thick. There is a rib on the reverse which expands into a pierced lug at one end. The design appears to be an animal with four legs and a long tail in a tree. It is likely to represent a squirrel. The legend reads: " * SIGILLVM ANORIS", but the N should be an M making it "AMORIS", translating as 'the seal of love'. Another matrix with the same legend is recorded as IHS-D269D4 on the database, and another expressing a similar idea is IHS-54B227. The squirrel may represent secrecy…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1D7978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Headstud brooch from the early Roman period. The brooch is almost complete with just part of the pin, the headloop and the turnover of the catchplate missing. The brooch is 58.2mm long, 23.1mm wide and 13.9mm thick. It has a sprung pin with five coils of the spring on each side of the central spring loop. The loop continues on to the head of the brooch where it forms a narrow crest which stands proud of the head, leaving an arch underneath. Only about quarter of the length of the pin survives. The ends of the pin axel are damaged and it is presumed that originally they …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1DC462
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy oval seal matrix from the medieval period. The matrix is a pointed oval and the central design is of a plant with a large pointed bud at the top of the stem which has two leaves on each side, one pair at the base and one half way up. The matrix is not in good condition and the legend is illegible. On the reverse is a lug (not pierced) at one end and three raised areas along the centre. The one near the lug is circular, the middle is rectangular, running along the centre, and the last is triangular, like a flared foot. There is also a band of raised vertical lines across th…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1DECF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver long cross penny coin of Edward I (1272 – 1307), probably class 10ab (1300 – c.1305). North number 1038 – 1039. Minted in London. The coin is neat and in good condition, one edge being particularly fine, though the bust and other edge is worn. The coin has a diameter of 19.5mm and is 0.9mm thick.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1E0147
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy knop which is possibly Roman. The knob is 31.6mm thick, with a maximum diameter of 27.4 round the median flange. It is basically biconical, with a truncated and slightly domed top, concave upper sides curving to the medial band, and with the other cone elegantly extending into a shaft which flares out again at the bottom. There is a disc of metal on the base which seems to be acting like a rivet; it forms a thin, bruised, circular disc with a millimetre gap between the foot of the knob and the disc. The knob was presumably attached to a thin piece of metal, but not iron…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-1E0D42
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and iron finial from an unidentified object which is probably medieval. The object is 57.1mm long and has a maximum diameter of 19.2mm. It is circular in section with the largest diameter at the top, and then tapers to a diameter of 6mm at the bottom. The top is flat but in the centre is a sub-spherical projecting knop. The upper part of the sides of the object are decorated with three very worn human faces, evenly spaced round the edge. Very few details are visible, but the faces appear to be different. On the rest of the object there are traces of grooves that run roun…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1E18E2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap or harness fitting from the post medieval period. The mount is oval and convex. It is 39.3mm long, 30.9mm wide and 10.4mm thick. The front is smooth and the mount has a deep green patina. The reverse is slightly rougher and there are traces of gilt surviving. At both ends on the reverse are the remains of a copper alloy spike which would have attached the mount to the leather strap.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-1E24B7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting or mount which is probably post medieval. The mount is 50.2mm long, 14mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The centre of the mount is oval and convex. At either end is a double collar. Beyond the collar at one end is a sub-circular convex area with a rivet hole though the centre, and a small projecting terminal knop. At the opposite end there is a second rivet on the inner side of the collar, and on the outer side is a narrow neck and then a flat disc which is attached from the reverse by the neck. The reverse is hollow and there is ferrous corrosion from the iron riv…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.