Record ID: WILT-03A637
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy pot leg, of Butler, Green and Payne's type C, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The leg is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section, with a prominent transverse collar dividing the foot and leg, with the latter lost to an old break. The inside edge is flat and plain, whilst the foot has five prominent longitudinal ridges down its front. Dimensions: length 46.7mm; width 26.1mm; thickness 18.0mm; weight 68.01g. Butler, Green & Payne (2009) classify such legs as their type C, in use by the 16th century and ubiquitous by the 17th.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Record ID: LON-027ED8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval Saintonge ware polychrome (green/yellow) chafing dish dating from AD 1550-1600. The remaining fragment consists of part of one of the triangular support knops with applied forward facing mask medallion decoration. The vessel has a green and yellow glaze and buff fabric. The complete vessel would have had areas of alternating green and yellow glaze. Similar Saintonge chafing dishes are illustrated in Mock (1995:76 Fig 4.6) found at Fort La Tour and Pentagoet, New France (Canada). A parallel can be found in Hurst, Neal and Van Beuningen 1986, plate 5 an…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: LON-0480C0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval ceramic Frechen stoneware Bartmann "bearded man", or Bellarmine bottle dating to AD 1550-1700. The vessel is a bulbous form in a grey stoneware fabric and is covered outside in streaks of brown iron wash under a speckled glaze. An applied grotesque Bartmann "bearded man" facemask is attached to the lower half of the neck and shoulder where the body of the vessel begins to swell. The vessel has a curved strap handle and has a central grove running its length terminating in a V shaped attachment. The top part of the neck of the jug is broken and missing. The body of the …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-037DDD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object, perhaps a stud or mount, maybe a harness or furniture stud of Medieval to post-medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1950. The object is 12.5mm long, 8.6mm wide and 7.5mm thick. It weighs 3.07g. It is a decorative terminal from a fixture or fitting of unknown nature. The shape of the terminal is of a frustum, or truncated pyramid, with four convex faces; its apex is slightly rounded. The integral rivet, projecting from the base, is of sub-rectangular cross-section and is broken after only a short length. The object may be an upholstery stud. Originall…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-049B7C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead alloy artefact, possibly a weight, of post-medieval to Modern date, about AD 1800 - 1950. It is a disc of lead, convex on the upper face and stamped with III in Roman style numerals in relief. There are two circular holes from front to back, evenly spaced. The reverse is rough and may have been soldered to another element. Some of the rough white lead is also on the front face over the smooth grey surface. It is 24.7mm in diameter and 5.4mm thick. It weighs 15.44g (0.54oz).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: LON-012FFB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead alloy pewter token of Elizabeth I (AD1558-1603), issued AD 1574 -1590. (North 1975: 116, ref: 2062). Obverse: Double headed displayed eagle. Obverse inscription: None Reverse: Crowned rose, [E R] at sides Reverse inscription: GOD SAVE THE [QUENE] Dimensions: diameter: 20.83mm; weight: 3.49g Other tokens of this type on the database are LON-87200F, IOW-3AAA72, SOM-220718, BUC-78D50A and IOW-F7CBD8. Reference: North, J.J. 1975. English Hammered Coinage, Volume II, Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662. Spink & Son, London
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-0598A3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by the Constables of Taunton, dating to AD 1667. Williamson (1891:987), Somerset 226-30.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
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Record ID: GLO-067E01
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Gloucester City token Dated to 1657 Obverse: Shield displaying the coat of arms of Gloucester. THE ARMES OF GLOVCESTE Reverse: three stars/C G/1657. A GLOVCESTER FARTHING
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: GLO-0690D0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Bristol token Date:1651-1670 Obverse: C B / [...] [A BRISTOLL FARTHING] Reverse: Port broadside partial view of a three-masted ship under sail and a fort Reverse [THE ARMES OF BRISTOLL]
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: SF-080103
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small assemblage of ceramic tile dating to the Roman period, c. 43-410 AD. The group consists 17 small to large size fragments, of which five are pieces of tegula, four imbrex, six combed hypocaust 'box flue' fragments and two indeterminate smaller pieces. All are a bright orange colour and heavily abraded. Combined weight: c. 2000g.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-03A7ED
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver sewing thimble of 18th or early 19th century date. The thimble is domed shaped and divided into two decorative panels. The upper section of the thimble has multiple small, machine-made pits arranged in circumferential lines to the dome. The peak of the thimble is worn and the decoration unclear, but there appears to be fainter (shallower) pits aranged around the centre in a swirl. The lower half of the thimble has two abstract floral sections between a lozenge surrounded by rocker-arm decoration, with opposite is a sub-rectangular panel with convex sides and concaved…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: NLM-01CE5C
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword belt fitting. Cast trapezoid plate with a lightly engrailed top and a constricted and more markedly engrailed lower end from which projects an integrally cast loop at right angles to the plane of the plate. A low ridge runs down the middle of the plate, and two drilled holes of diameter 2mm, lightly countersunk on the display face are set on this centre line. A broken S-shaped chain link passes through the loop. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1650. Length: 63.6mm, Width: 17.9mm, Thickness (plate): 2.4mm, Weight: 10.41gms
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-06DABB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy strap loop dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. It is sub-trapezoidal in plan, consisting a rectangular-sectioned frame with a projecting rectangular 'tab' extending from its back edge. A small rectangular washer is jammed around the tip of the latter, held in place by corrosion products. Preserved in good condition with an even greenish patina, it measures 14.91mm in length, 11.66mm wide by 2.51mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 1.25g. Strap loops were used during the medieval period as a method of holding down loose parts of straps. See Ega…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-06F653
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast coppper-alloy pendant loop and accompanying hanging-mount dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. The pendant itself consists an oval frame with an offset strap-bar and a prominent front edge with a collared circular knop. Wrapped around the strap bar is a folded sheet-metal suspension mount secured in place by a separate circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivet with a prominently knopped spherical head. Preserved in fair condition with an uneven greenish patina, the frame itself measures 19.29mm in length, 11.87mm wide at its midpoint by 4.73mm thick at the projecti…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-076D8B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap mount and pendant loop dating to the Medieval period, c 1250-1400. The bar mount is bent into a 'U' shape and riveted together at one edge, the latter being looped around a circular frame with an offset strap-bar. Preserved in fair condition with a dark green patina, the bar mount itself measures 11.35mm in length, the pendant loop 10.26mm in diameter by 1.48mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 0.84g. A comparable example is recorded on the PAS database as SOM-724875. See also examples published in Egan and Pritchard (1991), especially nos. 1239-1241.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-032984
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy composite strap end dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. Only the lower portion of the strap end survives, its upper section missing in an old break. The strap end is composed of three elements: two outer plates and an internal spacer held together by a circular-sectioned rivet sited in the terminal. In plan the strap end would have originally demonstrated a rectangular body, its tapering sides decoratively notched and waisted at their base prior to a projecting rectangular flattened terminal decorated with deep grooves and a transverse moulding…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0334C1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy strap end, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1450. The strap end consists of a sub-rectangular plate of copper alloy, the attachment end lost to an old break and with sides tapering into the terminal. this is elaborated with a sub-rectangular knop with additional separate sub-square front plate, decorated with an incised cross-hatched pattern. A second, separate backplate is of the same shape as the main plate, but is incomplete and survives at only the terminal end. Dimensions: length 35.4mm; width 7.2mm at break, 5.4mm at terminal; the plate is 0.…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-07ED69
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy strap end, 39mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 8.40g. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section, it is a 'tongue' shaped type which is plain except for a rectangular cross sectioned vertical ridge running down its centre, which is decorated with incised 'saltaire' crosses. It has a recessed rectangular upper front edge which houses three iron rivets, arranged in a horizontal row. Around this area both surfaces have iron staining and towards the rounded base on the front there is a patch of silvering on the lef…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-02F55B
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy rowel from a spur of Medieval or Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. It is in the form of a star with five points. There is a lanceolate moulding between each pair of points which projects to form a small pointed knop. The centre of the rowel is pierced with a small, circular hole for attachment to the remainder of the spur. The rowel has a patchy, light green patina. It is 42.3mm in diameter and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 16.01g. Other rowels of this type are recorded on the database: compare for example records SUR-E3DEE2, BUC-D5359, IOW-2AEB97 and especially S…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 20th November 2021
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Record ID: SF-01DC22
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) sleeve clasp of Hines form B12a, dating to the period AD 480-580 (Hines 1993, p. 47, fig. 90). It is the hook piece of a pair of sleeve clasps. It consists of a sub-rectangular bar with slighlty rounded ends, which has its front decorated with three raised panels and a series of transverse ridges and grooves between them. Two panels are at the ends and the third is in the middle of the bar; their front face is midly worn but some incised lines are still visible. The rear edge of the bar has three semi-circular lugs, which are pie…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.