Record ID: PUBLIC-647D74
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble of early post-medieval date. Description: The thimble has a tapered body, pointed crown and manually-punched, rectangular pits. The pits on both the body and the crown of the thimble are in a right-hand spiral pattern. The pits on the body begin about one quarter of the way up from the base. Between the pits and the base there is a circumferential groove above a decorated band. The decoration on the band is a pattern of repeated, facing half-annulets. Measurements: Height 18.16mm: Diameter 15.94mm: Weight 2.24g. Discussion: This style of thimble is dat…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-64689C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle c.1350-1650. With just over half of the buckle remaining (29.2mm length and 27.5mm wide) the frame is shallow D-shaped in cross section being rounded on the top and flat on the reverse and waisted adjacent to the narrowed strap bar that has rust traces, indicating an iron pin. The remaining loop is also D-shaped and has a pin notch on the front edge probably more due to wear than design. Thickness 2.3mm and weight 4.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Sunday 18th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-60BAE9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper alloy Royal farthing token of Charles I (1625-1649) dating to c.1636-1649. Crown with sceptres and saltire obverse. Oval flan. Very little detail surviving. Date: Post Medieval. Diameter: 16.05mm. Thickness: 1.85mm. Weight: 1.53g. Die axis:
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-607909
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1550 - 1650. The buckle is a double looped oval with moulded decoration. Just over half of the buckle has been lost to worn breaks. Trilobed, trefoil mouldings are present to the surviving loop and bar terminal. The reverse is flat and undecorated and the pin no longer remains. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The buckle is 30.9mm long, 24.5mm wide, 3.3mm thick and weighs 5.3g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.65, no.397 and is dated to circa AD 1550 - 1650. Ref: Whitehead, R. (199…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-605B2F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sword belt hanger buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 -1630. The buckle is a double loop rectangle, though one end has been lost to worn breaks. An integral semi-circular suspension loop projects from one side, above the bar. The sides of the frame are angled and no decoration is present. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 38.3mm long, 34.7mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 7.2g. A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead p.76, no.472 and is dated to circa AD 1500 - 1630. The suspension loop on the published example is at r…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-6046D0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by John Price at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, Williamson Hampshire 236, dating to AD 1648 to 1672. Ref: Williamson (1889, 274).
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5F9DF6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Furniture Mount of Post Medieval date (1600-1800 AD). The mount is most likely the back plate for a drawer or cupboard handle. The object is a flat circular disk with an integral raised decorative pattern. The object has a single central sub-ovate aperture which is worn. The upper face of the mount is decorated with eight short decorative ridges radiate from the aperture, and there are 4 evenly spaced pellets between every other pair of ridges, alternating with what may be small relief fleurs-de-lis. Eight evenly spaced pellets around the circumference are alig…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-5F90E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver washed copper-alloy contemporary copy of a sixpence of Charles I dating to the period AD 1625 - 1649. Square shield over cross reverse. Uncertain initial mark. Mint uncertain. The coin has been pierced at 3 o'clock on the obverse.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-5EE2A5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1800. The mount is circular though roughly one third is lost to a worn break. A raised central knop is present around which is a worn and largely indistinct design, possibly foliate in nature. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a mid-grey/green patina and is worn. The mount is 40.3mm in diameter, 3.2mm thick and weighs 10.3g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-5EDA81
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy dress hook, Read class A, type 2, dating from the early post-medieval period. about AD 1550 - 1700. It has a flat, oval body with three pierced lugs for attachment, one on each side of the oval and one at the base. At one end of the oval is a transverse strip, and the remains of a broad, curved hook, part of which has broken away and is missing. The face of the body is decorated with an engraved design consisting of a spray of five leaves, edged with a border of small annulets. The reverse is plain. The hook has a smooth, light green patina. It is 39mm long,…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-5EB93B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy Irish 'gun money' shilling of James II (AD 1685 - 1691), Dublin or Limerick mint, dated May 1690. The coin is 28.2mm in diameter, 1.9mm thick and weighs 7.01g. See Spink (2003) Coin sof Scotland, Ireland and the Islands, number 6580B. Obverse: IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA; laureate bust left. Reverse: 1690 MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX; Crown over sceptres dividing JR, XXX above, May below. These were official tokens issued in Ireland when James II was attempting to recover the English throne and were ultimately intended to be exchanged for silver coins of equiv…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SUR-5E80AC
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded copper alloy object, 35.2mm in length, with a rounded body, a flat semi-circular projection and a pierced hole through the centre. There is a break across the body of the object; what remains is extensively corroded and heavily damaged. Possibly the central block from a cast, copper alloy purse bar of late Medieval or early post-medieval date, circa 1450 - 1550. The central vertical perforation would therefore take the suspension loop swivel and the form could compare to Williams (2018) Class C1 (Ward Perkins' Type B1), with a square central block and short ar…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 8th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-5E7A03
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy name tag, luggage label or similar tally or plaque of Post Medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1900. It is a sub-rectangular sheet of copper alloy, broken at one end and rounded at the other with a small broken projecting strip at the apex. The sheet is punched with circular marks which spell out [...](L)NES / [...](N)TON. The bottom line may say SWINTON, the name of the nearest village. The object is 29.8mm long, 14.5mm wide and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 1.62g. It has a red patina, green in the recessed punchmarks. It cam be compared to name plates perhaps for luggage such as …
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-5E669B
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the front plate of a post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, probably dating to c. 1500-1650. The fragment is rectangular in plan, with one end (the strap attachment end) which is flared and has four triangular indentations. One of the tips of this flared edge is missing due to an old break. The opposite end of the plate (the hook end) is missing. The break here is worn, but it is straight and square. At the attachment end there are two equally-sized holes, arranged transversely and each sitting within a stamped circle. The two holes are close enough for the stamped ci…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5E20D8
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probably Post Medieval to Modern furniture fitting; part of a bowed drop handle from a drawer. Only one end survives. It has a short cylindrical pin which would have been held in a handle attachment lug, and then a wider swan-necked curved handle, broken at the base of the side of the handle. The handle is rectilinear in cross-section near the articulating pin, and circular in section at the break. The object is 28.9mm long, 17.8mm wide and weighs 3.94g. It has a dark green patina. Compare NMS-40E701, CAM-7D372B, NLM-4A0591 and LANCUM-54934E. Though this is most probabl…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-5DAEB5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1720 - 1790. Only a loop chape remains. The chape is trapezoidal with two tubular hinges for the spindle and two internal spikes to the longer end. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The chape is 46.6mm long, 31.8mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 7.5g. A similar chape is illustrated in Whitehead, p.103, no.VIII. According to Whitehead, shoe buckles were fastened "further down the instep as they increased in size after 1720" resulting in more stable means of attachment such as the loop chape with forked tongue…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-5D8CF9
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy head with two articulation points, filled with iron oxide, on the sides of the temples. The head is laterally compressed, and the neck terminates in a circular collar-like base, the bottom of which is corroded. It is difficult to determine the age of the object
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kellington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5D2E4D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton, small rose-orb type of uncertain Nuremberg issuer, much corroded and further details illegible, 1586-1635
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5D21C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I, much corroded and further details illegible, 1636-44
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-5D1687
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible clapper from a small bell. Cast in copper-alloy, the object features a candy twist shaft connecting a thin suspension loop to an egg shaped weighted end, the bottom of which appears to have a crudely radial star-shaped design.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kellington', grid reference and parish protected.