Record ID: PUBLIC-68A650
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast lead alloy toy plate, probably dating 17th - 18th century. The plate has a slightly scallop-edged flange, bevelled wall and a flat base. The rim has a beaded border along both the outermost and the inner edge, with vertical lines between borders. At the centre, the plate is decorated with a stylized arcuate cross with saltires in the angles, and pellets at the ends and in the centre. The reverse of the dish is undecorated. The toy plate has suffered some rim damage, perhaps at some time after its deposition. No exact parallels can be found, but there is an exam…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: SOM-638C3A
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The end of the handle and about half the length of a slip topped lead-tin (pewter) spoon of xx date. The handle is is hexagonal in section with a slightly narrower back than front and ends in a corroded break towards the centre of the handle. The handle widens and thickens gradually towards the terminal. The slip top end is slightly expanded and broken around the lower edge with corroded breaks. The piece is 64.0mm long, 9.5mm wide by 8.0mm thick and weighs 15.02g. It is 6.5mm by 5.8mm at the narrowest point. Found in the same field as SOM-1E6780 but unlikely to be fromt he same s…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-624731
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight, possibly a steelyard weight, of Unknown date (c. AD 43-c. 1800). This weight is roughly cylinder shaped and is sub-circular in cross-section. The sides taper from the flat base towards the top where it is narrowed and flattened to form a suspension loop. The off-set circular hole has a diameter of 6.0mm. The body of the weight has a chop or cut mark, 20.8 mm in length with a maximum width of 3.1mm. The surface of the apex has six transverse cut marks. There are several circular indentations on the base. The weight is grey. One half of the base is ve…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5FFBE2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy pot mend probably dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1200-1600). The pot mend is sub-oval in shape with a slightly convex head on one side that extends to a slightly concave reverse with a fingerprint covering most of it. A continuous shallow recessed groove extends around the side of the object. The pot mend measures 34mm in legth, 23mm in width and 8mm thick. It weighs 35.41 grams.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th October 2018
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Record ID: IOW-5F9AAD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four complete post-Medieval lead alloy circular double-sided token (c. 1500-c. 1850). 1: Diameter: 19.2mm. Weight: 6.45g. Possible initials on one side and grid on the other side. Powell: 2/7. 2: Diameter: 21.7mm. Weight: 4.95g. Possibly initials on both sides. Powell: 2/2. 3: Diameter: 22.0mm. Weight: 4.30g. Illegible 4: Diameter: 20.0mm. Weight: 9.18g. Initials on one side, possibly S T, possibly segments on the other side. Powell: 2/3. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5F10CD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead-alloy pointed oval seal matrix of medieval date (1200 - 1350 AD). The object is flat, with a small spur at one end on the back representing the remains of an attachment lug. There is a sunken design on the upper face of an angel standing with a cross in its left hand and a sword in its right, its head slightly bowed to the side. The figure is probably St Michael the Archangel, who is often depicted with a sword in hand. Around the edge runs an inscription: S' RVI[....]A N? ROV[..]. The top of the cross runs into the inscription. A section of the inscription is missing …
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: NLM-5DC4F2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy soldier. Solid cast semi-flat figurine, naturalistically modelled at a scale of c.50mm or 1:36, and representing an armed sailor of a Naval landing party running with rifle held aslant and projecting in front of the body [part lost]. The subject is identified by a flat cap with ribbon at the back, a V-shaped arrangement over the collar, and by his flared or bell-bottom trousers. The figure retains an elongated hexagonal base, crisply defined. The manufacturer is probably Continental, possibly German. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1939. Height: 51.9mm, Width: 28.4mm, …
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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