Record ID: PUBLIC-C8E432
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete uniface Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy uniface token, dating from c. AD 1250-1800. This is a Powell Type 14 token. One face of the token has a large single cross which is raised above the surface, the reverse is blank. The token is of a light grey/biege colour. A very similar token can be found on the PAS at - PUBLIC-02FB53 Diameter 23.6mm. Thickness 2.34mm. Weight 6.5gms. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to …
Created on: Saturday 28th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ED76C8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy cloth seal dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. It is composed of two discs joined on one edge by a folded connecting strip as well as a central integrally cast stud. The front disc is worn, depicting a stamped Tudor rose design with an illegible inscription around. The opposing face is completely blank and featureless. Preserved in fair condition with an even greyish patina, it measures 16.59mm in diameter, 3.82mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 5.87g. Elton (2017, p.110, BSG.CS.00194) illustrates a similiar example. As does record LON-6804CC …
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-EE177E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seal probably dating 1600-1700. Only a portion of one disc remains, with half of it broken off so it is now more semi-circular in shape. It still has a slight protrusion opposite the broken edge where the integral connecting stud would have originally been sited. Perpendicular to this protrusion is a letter 'V' stamped into the metal. There is no other design and the surface is smooth. The back is rough so may have had a design which has now been worn away. It seems to have been manufactured somewhat irregularly, being much thicker at the…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5FBC94
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy ampulla dating to the Medieval period, c.1350-1530. The ampulla is broadly bag-shaped, with two suspension lugs situated at its mid point on either side of the object. One of the lugs has retained its shape whereas the opposite is broken and distorted. One face is decorated with a hachured border that runs around the entire outer edge of the ampulla, but this is not visible at the upper portion of the object due to old damage. Within this border, rectanglar panels enclosing bands of hachured decoration spaced every 5mm or so occur, running the entire length …
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FA48EA
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy leather worker's palm guard. The object is ovoid in plan and has a convex section; the base is flat. The upper rounded face has a circular depression (17.4mm in diameter) stamped into it, to take the points of needles. The guard would have been wrapped in leather or cloth, with a hole to line up with the circular depression in the guard, and then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when forcing needles through very coarse material. It is thought that palm guards with this shape may have been cast in oyster shells. An example of a palm guard with part of…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FAB5D5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy leather worker's palm guard. The object is ovoid in plan and has a convex section; the base is flat. The upper rounded face has a circular depression (12.1mm in diameter) stamped into it, to take the points of needles. The guard would have been wrapped in leather or cloth, with a hole to line up with the circular depression in the guard, and then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when forcing needles through very coarse material. It is thought that palm guards with this shape may have been cast in oyster shells. An example of a palm guard with part of…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-48DD76
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy Roman miniature axe head, dating to AD 43-410. The axe head has a square butt, which is transversely pierced with a circular hole, 2.91mm in diameter. The body flares outwards in shape from the butt and thins towards the blade. There are many similar examples on the PAS, e.g. SF-F38B36, LEIC-15FF66, WILT-65C821 and NARC-ABC202. Axes, mainly from religious shrines and graves, form the largest group of miniature tools found from Roman Britain. Length 19.86mm, Width of blade 14.61mm, Width of butt 6.06mm, Thickness of butt 6.19mm, Diameter of h…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FBF934
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast lead object: a palm guard, for use by a leather worker to protect the palm whilst stitching. In plan it is oval in shape, pointed at one end. It is D-shaped in cross-section. The flat surface is marked by one small lead mound near the centre to stop the needle slipping of the flat surface. Bailey (1995, 64-65) dates such objects to the 17th century onwards.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B596D0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy bifaced circular lead token of Powell's type 2. Obverse: a bird facing right. Reverse: initials in capitals 'S C' with three pellets between the letters and one pellet after the C. Lead tokens with simple designs are very easy to make and continued in use for a long period. Those with initials are generally thought to date to the post medieval period. (1550-1800 AD).
Created on: Sunday 13th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B4F2D9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy seal matrix dating to c.AD 1200 -1350. It is sub-circular and flat. The die inscription reads: +S'TOME:LECAJ and surrounds a design of a cross of palm leaves or fronds. On the reverse there is a Fleur de Lys in relief. The pierced lug has broken away in antiquity leaving a small knop where it once was. Length: 33.2mm. Diameter: 31.74.  Thickness: 5.29mm.  Weight: 29.23gms
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E970CA
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast and decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid handle. The handle is broadly oval in plan and irregular in profile. The central handle is broadly decorated as a flower. It has a central raised boss, which expands into a series of eight radiating lentoid shaped petals. The neck below the handle becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of a rivet protruding from underneath. There is some corroded iron attached to the rivet. The artefact is in good condition. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Detector Finds…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EDDACD
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy tobacco box lid handle of post medieval date ( AD 1600-1850 ). The handle is oval in plan with a central raised boss and has no decoration. The neck below the handle becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with a rivet protruding from underneath. The artefact is in good condition. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Detector Finds', number 4 page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep moist tobacco inside. It is likely that this form …
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-643DF8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy mount of probable Medieval date. It is flat, zoomorphic in form and with moulded incised decoration. It takes the form of a bird, probably a dove, in flight, with the head facing to the left. There is a hole through the mount where the eye of the bird is, either for a rivet to fix it to whatever it was mounted on or possibly to allow a loop to pass through and be used as a pendant. The wings are symetrically placed and have been incised with three grooves on each wing to represent feathers. There are also five incised grooves on the tail to represent …
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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