Record ID: PUBLIC-97050E
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy adjoined cuff link fasteners dating AD 1750-1900. The cuff link consists of two oval discs with a wire suspension loop shank in the centre of each reverse, and a copper alloy wire link holding the two discs together. Each fastener has an incised running fox facing left in landscape orientation with the word TALLIO above. Parallel record on the PAS with different device but similarly manufactured object: PUBLIC-514C69. Dimensions: Length of fastener: 16mm; Width of fastener: 11mm; Thickness of fastener: 0.5mm; Length of wire link: 13…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th June 2020
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Record ID: WMID-958A06
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver possible button or cufflink dating to circa AD 1650 - 1750. The object is broadly oval in form with octagonal edges. The object has slight bubbles to the flat surface which may be casting flaws. As this object is undiagnostic and may date from 17th to 18th centuries it has not been considered as treasure. Thanks are given to Peter Reavill who offered a second i.d on this object. The object measures 16.5 mm in length, 13.6 mm in width, 4.2 mm in thickness and weighs 4.2 grams
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
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Record ID: DUR-94FCAD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy mount in the form of a male human head of unkown date. ​The casting has fine detail with clearly evident eyes, nose, lips and moustache. There is a long full beard with cast wavy lines indicating luxuriant facial hair. The hair line is very receding but with thick curly hair around the back of the head. ​Below the hair on the back of the casting, the beard is hollow but strengthened with a flat bar insert. There is a small round hole at the base of the skull where some form of fixing pin may have been located.There is some rust staing below the …
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: NLM-94F076
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy finger ring. A cast D-section-to-concavo-convex externally plain band with legend, date and texture within it, and with one finely billeted edge to this internal surface. The date 1897 appears within a curved border springing from the edge of the band, which is formed by the shield with Union Flag from the figure of Britannia on the reverse of a penny. On either side of the date, and inverted relative to it, appear the well-spaced words: ONE PENNY. The ring was made from a penny using the legend, date and shield as features where a privy inscription might be expected, pr…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94E3CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I (1558-1603AD) silver threepence, fifth issue (1578-1582), mint mark Greek Cross dated to 1578. Obverse: crowned bust left with rose behind. Inscription ELIZABET[H D]G AN[G] FR ET HI REGINA Reverse: Long Cross over square shield with date above. Inscription POSVI DEV A[D]IVTOREM ME[V]. Spink 2573. Condition: worn with short split at 7 o'clock.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2020
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Record ID: WILT-94DC95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver pence of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625-1649. IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT reverse. Uncertain mint and initial mark. There is a 1.37mm wide piercing. Cf. North p.162 no.2261-2273.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: BH-94B3C1
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stud dating to the seventeenth century AD. The stud head is lentoidal in plan and convex in section. A rectangular-section tapering stem extends from the underside of the head. The stud measures 20mm in length, 10mm in width and 12mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: WILT-9491B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver pence of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1625-1649. IVSTITIA THRONVM FIRMAT reverse. Uncertain mint and initial mark. There is a 2.15mm wide piercing. Cf. North p.162 no.2271-2273.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: DUR-94889E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, flat, cast copper alloy toy animal in the form of a sheep or goat of unknown date. The front of the object has cast details that may represent the ribs or the fleece, the face is unclear but there is a distinct band around the animal's neck. All four legs are broken or missing. ​The reverse of the object is mottled with the surface marks from casting. There is some evidence of silvering but this is probably within the metal make up. The object is very similar to some Victorian or Edwardian toys that were found in early Christmas crackers. These were very popu…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: BH-943D04
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy knife end cap or stop dating to the sixteenth or seventeenth century AD. The stop comprises a cylindrical copper-alloy end-cap which is oval in cross-section. The cylinder is closed at one end, having a lentoidal cut-out which is filled with iron corrosion products as is the interior. The cylinder is decorated with three rectangular panels of incised decoration. On each of the wider sides the panels are decorated with four opposing triangles marked out as ribs and grooves. The narrower edge is decorated with two wavy lines and triangular stamps. The knife stop measures …
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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Record ID: NLM-93CD22
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable furniture fitting. A cast loop of rounded section, diminishing in its diameter towards its ends, which are both broken. Here interpreted as a light drawer handle or similar, made in a craft rather than an industrial setting, and, given a plain form, functional rather than decorative. Suggested date|: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800. Height: 31mm, Width: 48.2mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 7.08gms
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-93CABA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Moroccan one falus coin. The obverse has a raised design of the Star of David with a pellet at its centre. The reverse is worn and corroded but there appear to be parts of the letters of the mint above the numerals 12 in the centre. The broken ends of the casting sprues are still present to either side of the coin showing it was made from a strip of brass. Minted in the reigns of Abd Al-Rahman II or Muhammad XVII, between AH 1238-1290 or AD 1822-1873. Besly (1997) illustrates an example of a similar 3 Fals coin dating from 1286 or 1869-1870, on page 41, no.113.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 18th March 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-93B42D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval silver coin: an Irish shilling of James I (1603 -25), first coinage, first bust, dating from AD 1603 - 4. It is 27.9mm in diameter and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 4.26gm. Reference: Spink, 2003, Coins of Scotland Ireland and the Islands, page 154, number 6512.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-93B05E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy dress fastener, the blunt-hooked clasp dating from the Post-medieval period, from the 17th century, Read Class A, Type 2. The central section is oval in plan and convex in profile with an incised floriate design of stems with stylised flowers of annulets within a border of annulets. The stubs of three broken attachment loops remain, one at the apex oooposite the hook and one on either side of the base at the junction with the hook. The hook is rectangular in plan and slightly tapering as it curves forward and upward from the clasp. This hook would have slot…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Sunday 18th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-938E72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy rose farthing of Charles I, dating to the period AD 1636-1644. Type 2. CAROLVS D G MAG BRI obverse, depicting a single arched crown with two sceptres in saltire through it. FRAN ET HIB REX reverse, depicting a rose surmounted by a single arched crown. Uncertain mint and initial mark. North p.165 no. 2291.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: DUR-9377FB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early post-Medieval copper alloy hooked clasp dress fastener, c. AD 1500-1550, Read's Class E, Type 3. The front is moulded whilst the back is flat, the whole being of very thin metal. The top section of the loop is broken from the rest. The clasp has an openwork plate pierced with eight perforations of varying sizes. A chequered lozenge lies in the centre framed by a raised V. The side edges are curvilinear in outline. There is a ridged collar at the junction of the plate and the tapering hook. The hook curves forward and ends in an old break. It measures 29.21mm in length, 15.…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-935E27
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval iron and bone or ivory whittle tang knife dating from AD 1700-1900. The remaining knife consists of a sub-rectangular bone or ivory handle with a corroded iron blade. The knife handle has the name T. HATH scratched naively onto three sides: left, right and underside probable by the owner. There are a series of eleven cut notches on the lower right corner side of the handle. The bolster and blade is heavily corroded. Dimensions: length: 164.33mm; width: 16.41mm; thickness: 8.71mm; weight: 100.56g
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: LON-93581F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete English Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token issued by Samuell Griffeth in Fleet lane, dating to AD 1648-1674. Williamson (1889:600 no.1059) Obverse: SAMVELL . GRIFFETH = King's head crowned, full face. Reverse: IN . FLEET . LANE = S . G Dimensions: diameter: 15.71mm; weight: 0.56g. Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. I. Elliot Stock: London. Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade tokens ceased. Pers …
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
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Record ID: LON-935519
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy Norwich Weavers' Company Seal dating from AD 1654. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs connecting the two. The rivet is visible on the reverse of the disc in the form of a raised oval. The cloth seal is a Norwich Weavers' Company seal. The obverse has NORW / ICH / 1654 in three lines and the reverse has NSBH / CNPP / WBB[] in three lines. The letters on the reverse side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year. Unfortunately 1654 is three years before records in…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: LON-9315AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy (pewter) vessel possibly a small dish, dating from AD 1680-1730. The remaining part of the dish consists of the flange only, the bowl having been cut out. On the upper surface of the flange are two sets of pewterer's touchmark, comprising one set of four 'hallmarks', in elaborate cartouches' with scroll work tops. These consist: possible a leopards head (which is indistinct indicating that it was slightly misstruck); lion rampant; the initials RT with pellets above and below; a hand. Diametrically opposite is the second set of stamps comprising t…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
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