Record ID: WAW-75EA85
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (16th century ) chafing dish handle: The copper alloy chafing dish handle is incomplete and may have been sub-triangular frame in plan originally, but is now distorted. The attachment fitting to the chafing dish is still in place. This is a thick oval framed lug with a short circular platform protruding from the base. The handle has a mottled dark green patina. It measures 59.27mm long from the attachment fitting to the terminal of the handle, 58.25mm wide across the two handle terminals and the attachment is 14.49mm thick. It weighs 29.5g. Chafing dishes were domestic u…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: WAW-75D544
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post Medieval (c. 1500 to 1850) lead uniface tokens: 1. The design consists of a cross with a pellet in each quarter - possibly Powell Type 31. The reverse is undecorated. The surface is a matte oxidised cream colour. The tokens measure 19.12mm diameter, 3.18mm thick, weighs 5g. 2. The design consists of a possible cross-crosslet - possibly Powell Type 31. The reverse is undecorated. The surface is a matte oxidised cream colour. The tokens measure 14.57mm diameter, 3.4mm thick, weighs 2.8g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pi…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-75BE61
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1400) barb-spring barrel padlock: The copper alloy barrel case is octagonal in cross-section throughout its length. The surface is decorated with double-strands of small triangular cells forming wavy lines along the length of the case, on the upper face. At each terminal there is two parallel transverse grooves as decoration as well. The lower face has file marks across it. One terminal is slightly abraded, and off-set within the casing there is a 'H' shaped bar forming two perforations. The opposite terminal of the case is incomplete, and the damage is re…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-758963
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (c. 1600 - 1800) tobacco jar handle: The lead alloy lid handle, in plan is a lozenge shape, and the handle is in the form of an eight-petalled flower with a central, circular knop projecting from a flat collar. On the reverse there is an integral sub-conical whose underside has a integral stud. The upperside has patches of a black shiny coating. It is 19.67mm long, 14.31mm wide and 16.75mm tall. It weighs 8.8gm. Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead bo…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-726DF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Coin: Groat of Henry VI (1422-1461) minted in Calais, annulet issue dating 1422 - 1427. North no 1424 Diameter: 26.92mm. Weight: 3.6g. Die axis: 7
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-724952
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval coin: silver Edwardian halfpenny, dating from 1272-1377. Mint is London. Diameter: 13.76mm. Weight: 0.5g
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-721692
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pot leg from a cooking vessel of late Medieval to early Post Medieval date, circa AD1400-1750. The vessel was probably a skillet or poset. The pot leg is sub rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross section. The base of the pot leg imitates a hoof or a paw with 3 curving longitudinal grooves creating the 'toes'. Above the 'hoof' design is a horizontal ridge. The surface of the pot leg has an even mid green patina with a blackened carbon build-up. Length: 37.89mm. Width: 28mm. Thickness: 16.3mm. Weight: 65.6g A comparable potleg is recorded in the…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th May 2014
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Record ID: WAW-720751
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD1660-1800. The spindle is missing due to old breaks. This is a shoe buckle. The upper surface of the buckle has a moulded decoration of radiate scalloping at the apex of the loops and also at the centre of the frame, near to the pin bar. The sides of the buckle are waisted. The surfaces of the buckle have an even mid green patina and are worn due to movement in the plough soil. Length: 33.72mm. Width: 22.4mm. Weight: 6.7g A comparable buckle is recorded in Whitehead:2003, p99, no 62…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-71E641
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy sestertius of uncertain 1st to 3rd century ruler, dating from circa 23BC - AD269. Reverse inscription is illegible. Reverse shows a seated figure facing right. Obverse inscription is illegible. Obverse shows a laureate bust right. Mint not known. Diameter: 30.25mm. Weight: 16.7g. Die axis: not known Find recorded from rally notes.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
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