Record ID: SWYOR-A7D156
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy musket ball dating from the Post Medieval period, probably the 17th century. The ball has a mass of 29.2g suggesting it may have been fired from an Arquebus or Caliver firearm. The casting seam is visible, and the sprue has been removed with nippers leaving two facets.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A7FA02
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead alloy pistol balls dating from the Post Medieval period, probably the 17th century. The balls have a mass of 9.29g and 8.19g suggesting they were fired from a pistol. the heavier one has a diameter of 12.3mm and the lighter one has a diameter of 11.65mm and some recent damage. Both have a creamy yellow patina.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A80FF3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy artefact, possibly a badge of Medieval or early post-Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1600. It is in the shape of a small anchor. The underside is flat and the upper sides of the stock, shank and arms are bevelled. One of the arms has broken away and is missing (the break is patinated), and the other has been bent sideways up towards the stock or cross bar. There is no evidence of mounting points on the underside, not any other form of attachment, suggesting it was originally sewn in place by wrapping thread round the object. The lack of any perforation makes it unlik…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A83066
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy toy watch dating from the late 17th or 18th century. it is circular and convex on both faces, though damage has caused a depression in both faces. The edge round the top of the watch face is missing, revealing the two pieces that form the watch and the hollow inside. Both sides have the same design: a beaded edge, a band of ornate foliage decoration in relief, including large C scrolls, and then another row of beading before the clock face in the center. The numerals are Roman and are enclosed within raised bands. The inner face is plain, and the hands are cast in reli…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A861B3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy artefact, possibly a fragment of a badge of Medieval or post-Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1800. It is roughly square in shape with rounded corners, but the edges are likely to be broken, though they are worn. Protruding from one corner is a small spur of metal, perhaps once part of another element that has now broken away and is missing. The underside of the artefact is undecorated. It is thicker in the centre. Possibly this is two layers of metal, perhaps a projecting tab which has been bent over and flattened against the main object. A groove on each side if the…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A861F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel leg dating from about AD 1250-1650. This leg is oval in cross-section and is mis-cast, with a deep concavity in the wide end, and a hole and cavity in the other end which is rounded and tapered. It has a light green and brown coloured patina. Compare IOW-FA6317 which is a larger example of similar style.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A88D16
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy impacted pistol ball of post-Medieval date, AD 1600 - 1850. The ball has been fired and has struck a solid object as it is now a in the shape of a flattened disc with a slightly thicker centre. It is characteristic of balls that have struck a hard flat rough surface at high velocity and can be compared to examples in Harding (2012, Lead Short of the English Civil war: a Radical Study, plate 25). The leading face displays a pattern of radiating striations. It has a light grey patina. In its current configuration it is 25mm long, 22.9mm wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 9.76gm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8A0C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double looped oval buckle frame, of late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1400 to 1600. The outer edegs of the loops are expanded and decorated with transverse grooves giving a ridged effect. The central bar is thinner and worn in the centre. The back of the frame is plain and undecorated.The pin and strap plate are not present. Compare NARC-9E9186.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A91943
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded copper alloy annular buckle probably of a type called a disc-on-pin brooch. It has a corroded circular frame with a constriction for the pin. An unusual feature of the frame is two recesses on the reverse of the frame. These would have held a separate narrow bar, which would have divided the circle in half, forming a cross with the pin. The pin and bar do not survive except for a tiny fragment of one end of the bar which is copper alloy but of a different composition to the frame. Other brooches with an additional bar also have an elaborate pin with a disc or ring mou…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-A95E65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch, dating from AD 100 - 400. It is a variant of the knee brooch type with a plate like head (the edges are broken so the original shape in unknown), a short bow and a fantail foot. Head, bow and foot are all of rectangular section. There is no decoration. On the underside of the head are two semi-circular lugs. These are pierced to take the pin bar. The remains of a ferrous pin bar can be seen in both of the lugs; the pin and bar itself is missing. The remains of a catch plate are also visible on the underside of the fantail, running its full length. The…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-A96512
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy shoe buckle with a maker's mark reading: "W / (W)OT(F)" on the chape. It dates from about AD 1690 - 1720. The frame is rectangular in plan and curved in profile. It is drilled for a separate iron spindle upon which is the copper alloy pin and stud chape. The stud from the chape is mssing, but was a separate piece rather than being integral. The maker's mark is stamped onto the chape. The buckle has a smooth grey shiny patina. Compare number 663 on page 103 of Whitehead's Buckles. This appears to be the first example of this maker on the database.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-A97EF6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped rectangular buckle dating from AD 1500 - 1650. The frame has an expanded outer edge decorated with a groove along the outmost edge. The sides are half round in section and baluster shaped. The sides project beyond the bar to form lobed feet. An iron pin survives wrapped round the bar. The frame has a smooth dark green patina. Compare number 152 on page 28 of Whitehead's Buckles.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA0222
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount with two rivets still in place, of probable Early Medieval date. The object is rectangular in plan with bevelled edges and has two separate thin wire copper alloy rivets surviving. It has no visible decoration. Compare SWYOR-7CAAE7 and SWYOR-877094.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA1048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin; a nummus of Constantine II, dating from AD 330 - 335 (Reece period 17) GLORIA EXERCITVS type, depicting two soldiers and two standards. The mint is illegible. The coin is 15 mm in diameter and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 1.27gm. The edges are damaged slightly.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA91E4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a rowel spur probably dating from the Post Medieval period, probably the 17th century. It consists of two sections of a divided, copper alloy neck and a rowel of six points.The outer ends of the neck are pierced to take a copper alloy pin on which the rowel is mounted; this pin remains in place. The outer sides of the neck are decorated with shallow, diagonal grooves which give the effect of twisted wire (barley twist). The points of the rowel are cast into a similar spiral effect design, like a narwhal tusk. All the elements appear to be made of copper alloy and have a …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AAEC45
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, lead alloy papal bulla of Pope Nicholas IV (AD 1288-92). As usual, the obverse depicts Saints Paul and Peter. The reverse has the Pope's name in three lines, NICO/LAUS/PP IIII. The bulla has a light cream-coloured patina. It is damaged at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock where it has a vertical hole running through the bulla for the attachment string. The faces of the bulla are also cracked along this line. Recent damage has removed the patina and bent the bulla too. It is 36.1mm in diameter and 5.6mm thick. It weighs 39.87gm. Compare WMID-BD9914 and BUC-B82B06.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB6BB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward II (1307-27), class 13 (1314 - 1318), Canterbury mint. It is 18.2mm in diameter and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 1.35gm. Reference: North, volume 2, number 1064.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-AB9644
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mount with two rivets still in place, of probable Early Medieval date. The object is rectangular in plan with bevelled edges and has two thin wire copper alloy rivets, one mostly surviving and the other almost entirely missing. It has no visible decoration. Compare SWYOR-7CAAE7 and SWYOR-877094.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ABB7C4
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable spangle of Early Medieval date. It consists of a sheet which is 1.15mm thick, broken on almost all sides. There is an incised line along the edge of the surviving original edge. The plate is decorated with a row of four raised blobs which are hollow on the reverse and look to have been raised by hammering (repousse). Two are along the complete edge, but two appear to curve away form the edge though they are truncated by a break. The metal has a grey brown patina with some brassy colour on the front. Compare number 48.6 on page 245 of McGregor and Bolick.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ABD382
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin: a penny of Edward II (1307-27), class 13 (1314 - 1318), Durham mint. It is 18mm in diameter and 0.6mm thick. It weighs 1.21gm. Reference: North, volume 2, number 1064.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 26th May 2019
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