Record ID: LON-76F176
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy token, probably dating to the 16th century. Obverse: A loop on a stem with a branch on each side Obverse inscription: Nonsense Reverse: Radiating lines from a central stem Reverse inscription: Nonsense Dimensions: diameter: 21.88mm; weight: 1.96g
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-76EB55
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy thumb piece from a vessel probably dating 16th - 17th century. The thumb piece has a twin-ball decoration with twisted stems. Each of the balls has four small leaves at one pole, suggesting these may be two small fruits. Part of the hinge mechanism and the join with the lid of the vessel is still present. Dimensions: length: 33.86mm; width: 19.45mm; thickness: 19.65mm; weight: 19.
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-76E4E8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating 1500 - 1700. This thimble has a slightly pointed top and rectangular fine punching. The punches cover the peak in a right-hand spiral and there is a break in the punches at the junction between the peak and the walls. The punches then continue in a spiral on the walls with an incised line forming a border above and below. Around the base there is a decorative row of stamped lozenges, which are quite irregular, again with two incised lines forming a border. Dimensions: length: 19.71mm; diameter at peak: 13.35mm; diameter at base: 15.25mm; …
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Record ID: LON-76DFD4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy button, AD 1650-1750. The copper alloy button is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. On the obverse there is a narrow border before a sharp step-up to a central circular boss. The boss is flat rather than domed, and is decorated with a simple border of two parallel incised lines at the outer edge. The reverse of the button is gently domed and has an integral attachment loop that projects approximately 8.14mm. On either side of the attachment loop are visible the two holes that indicate the hollow-headed button was cast in a mould (Egan 20…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-76DA62
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy bowl, probably 17th century. The find comprises a miniature lead alloy deep bowl with steep, curving sides and a small foot-ring at the base. The bowl has a lip that extends outwards at a slight angle, and below this lip the exterior of the sides are covered down to the base with a number of fine horizontal striations in parallel. On the interior, the sides have been decorated near the base with a pattern of vertical diagonal lines which are in parallel and very close together. These are quite hard to discern as the interior of the bowl is fairly pock-ma…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-76BC82
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper alloy scale pan dating to the 13th - 14th century. This scale pan is circular with three suspension holes arranged equidistant around the edge of the pan. Its shape has been distorted but originally it would have been concave. There is no evidence of any stamped marks. Similar scale pans are illustrated by Egan (1998:324) and come from contexts of c. 1270-c. 1400. Dimensions: thickness: 0.71mm; diameter: 44.83mm; weight: 2.20g.
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
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Record ID: LON-76B596
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval double-looped oval buckle (AD 1300-1500). The buckle has a double-loop frame that has been cast with a D-shaped section and a flat back. Each oval loop has a wide outer edge, decorated in the centre point with three radiating incisions that serve both as decoration and as the pin-rest. The loops narrow slightly as they curve inwards towards the strap bar, which is on the same plain as the loops and undecorated. Around the strap bar is wrapped the copper alloy sheet pin, which is also D-shaped in section. The reverse of the buckle frame is undecorated. The buckle is…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-76AB96
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy double-loop buckle with a Linseed oil coating, AD 1475-1550. The buckle has a double-loop frame that has been cast with a D-shaped section and a flat back. Each of the oval loops has a wide outer edge, and a bevelled inside edge. From the upper and lower outer corners of each loop projects a rounded knop. Here, the buckle was poorly finished after casting, and small projecting tabs of metal that spilled over during the casting process have not been filed off. The loops narrow slightly as they curve inwards towards the st…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 15th August 2010
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Record ID: LON-7686A2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval - Modern glass African trade bead dating to the 16th - 20th century. This large bead is a double chamfered cylinder disc - in the centre the cross-section is circular whilst at both ends the cross-section changes to become octagonal. There is a single perforation extending along the length of the bead. It has a chevron pattern with blue in the centre of the bead, a thin white stripe and then red at the ends. These beads are known as 'trade', 'aggry' or 'slave' beads. They formed an important element in early trade networks between Europe and Africa. The bea…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: SUR-7663D0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An apparent fragment of a buckle, probably of 17th century date. It is not clear if this formed one half of a double frame buckle as the shape, with two projections, is unusual. There is evidence for a white metal surface coating.
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
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Record ID: SUR-764484
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy dupondius of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (161-80), IMP VI COS III, Roma seated left.  Rome, AD 171-3.  RIC III, 1040/1067
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2010
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Record ID: SUR-75FD43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn penny of Edward I or II, London mint.
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Record ID: PUBLIC-750008
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount. It has a central D shaped section with incised radiating lines creating a scallop shell appearance. There are large lobed knops projecting from the opposite ends (one in the centre of the straight edge of the D one in the centre of the curve). The one projecting from the straight edge starts with a narrow projecting bar which expands into a terminal in the form of a square flanked by triangles. The opposite projection has a large oval knop topped by a smaller more pointed oval knop with a horizontal incised line across the middle of it, possibly…
Created on: Saturday 3rd April 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th June 2010
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