Record ID: NLM-1D1408
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron furniture fitting, as kindly identified by Tom Redmayne, correcting an initial identification as a bell by this reporter. An open copper alloy open socket has a thickened and everted rim around its mouth and slightly converging sides which end in a flat top; the copper alloy part of the object is 30.8mm high. A thick pyramidal structure of iron rises a further 22mm from the flat top, and further rusted metal projects [by just over 1mm] within the socket., Three lightly countersunk and equidistantly distributed drilled holes of aperture diameter 3.2mm are set on a…
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-1B9511
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy drawer handle dating to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1700-1800). The handle is broadly trefoil in shape and would have had a rectangular suspension loop which is now broken and missing. The pull or handle is decorated with a central moulded head, possibly of a cherub, with an extended neck connecting to a body at the base with wings either side which is surrounded by scrolls. The underside is flat and undecorated, with a square-sectioned iron rivet in the centre. The handle would have been attached to a similarly decorated escutcheon that would have …
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded.