Record ID: CORN-EDFECB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint under Parliament, mintmark (R) so dating from 1644-1645, Group G with late 'Aberystwyth' bust, Type 4.4, on obverse, Spink 2819.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-EDF230
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy belt plate that would have been attached to a single looped buckle. The plate was cut from a sheet of copper alloy. In plan it has a circular terminal, a triangular projection mid-way along on each side, followed a wider D-shaped section close to the opposite end that would have attached to the buckle. The bar of the 'D' is terminated by a small projection at each end. Beyond this the end of the plate is narrower and has been folded backwards and then fastened to the D-shaped section using two rivets. The strap-bar of the buckle was held by the folded end of the plate, th…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: CORN-EDE5FE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy thimble, bent out of shape in plan so that it is no longer circular, but still slightly conical in profile with a rounded crown. The thimble is complete but flattened on one side with worn patches around the outer surface and a small tear at the base where it has been crushed into a point. There is a plain raised border around the base that is 2.3 mm in depth, and above this the thimble is covered with drilled irregular circular pits, spaced at five per cm in circumferential rings. At the crown at the top of the dome the pits have been spaced in pairs like petals aro…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-EDDB3E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy thimble, circular in plan and slightly conical in profile, with drilled circular pits, spaced at around six per cm in parallel concentric circles which become more random on the crown. There is no border around the base. The thimble is complete but worn and with slight damage around the edge of the base. The thimble is of a heavy-duty type with the metal fairly thick, around 1.5mm at the base, thickening towards the dome. Egan (2010) illustrates a similar thimble on p.267, fig.206, no.831 dating from c.1400-1450. Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on p.7…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-EDC8FF
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy enamelled stud in the form of a shield with an integral cylindrical shank that is circular in section, 3 mm in diameter, projecting 8 mm from the back. On the front of the shield there are three irregularly shaped patches of dark blue enamel that remain along the top edge of the shield and a fourth at the point. Very slight traces of enamel remain in the central part of the shield and these also appear to be dark blue. The shape of the space between the patches of enamel at the top of the shield vaguely resembles the shoulders and head of a beast facing left with its…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
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Record ID: CORN-EDBD2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Iron Age unit, possibly from the Catuvellauni tribe who were based in all of the counties just to the north and west of London. The coin is incomplete and worn but it bears a resemblance to the Tasciovanus War Trumpet bronze unit (ABC 2676), which dates from 25 BC - AD 10, with a head facing right with two lines and two dots in front of the nose with could be the 'S' of 'TAS' on the convex obverse and a warrior on horseback galloping right on the concave reverse, as the horse's rear and the warrior's head can just be made out, with the 'V' of 'VER' just visible beneath th…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2018
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