Record ID: SOM-6220F1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small circular cast lead-alloy button of post-medieval date. The concave back has an integral shank (broken before the loop) and a line from the mould. The convex upper surface has raised decoration with a pattern of small pellets depicting a double six-petalled flower with a raised dot in each petal and a central dot. A similar button has been recorded on this database, ref. LON-F18AB7, with another example published in Hume (1969, 89; Fig. 22), described as late 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Record ID: SOM-AF25F4
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy cap from a post-medieval powder measure (c. 17th century). It has slightly flaring sides from top to bottom, at one point now squashed inwards, giving a sub-circular base which is open. Where the sides meet the top there are two attachment loops, one on each side, both squashed down against the sides. The top is slightly recessed at its circumference with low concentric ridges suggestive of a centring process. A seam is prominent on the side. The object measures 17.0mm in height, 23.2 by 18.3mm at the base and 18.1 by 17.5mm at the top (excluding the loops). Th…
Created on: Friday 14th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8FBC6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete two-part lead-alloy cloth seal, the two discs and the connecting rivet intact along with the connecting tab. The central rivet and front disc were stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchant's' mark. The mark has the letters ?P [...] with a knot design above and below within a line border. On the reverse is a are three incuse stamped capital letters arranged in an inverted triangle: V D // I. This was probably a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy mark suggests a 16th to 18th century date; many with incuse stamps are dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2013
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A5AC22
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete two-part lead-alloy cloth seal, one disc and the connecting rivet intact; part of one disc and the connecting tab have been lost following old damage. The central rivet and front disc were stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchant's' mark. The mark is unclear following the damage but has a central cross bar and numeral 2 to its right, a long vertical with further details at the top, now unclear. On the reverse of the other disc an incised 30. This was probably a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy mark suggests a broad late 16th to 1…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bleadon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5408E1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a lead-alloy toy 'horn book' of post-medieval date, representing around 25% of the original object. It is from the bottom right hand corner of a rectangular plaque, and reads OP in a line, above TV in a line, above YZ in a line, with decoration below, all in low relief. The omission of the letter U is not unusual (Lewis 2012, 99). The decoration at the base is indistinct but may consist of a central cross flanked immediately by a diagonal line, then by four or five upright strokes: possibly representing a numeral (see Lewis 2012, 100). The letters are within a border c…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uplowman CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E02CA3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy one-piece button of c. 16th-century date. It is circular in shape with a convex front and flat reverse. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded ?wheel of ?six spokes springing from a central pellet (the device may be floral but wear and corrosion has rendered it unclear). It seems to sit within a plain line border around the outer edge. On the reverse the integral oval-section shank with loop has been bent to one side. Similar buttons can be seen in Read (2005, 57) where they are dated to c. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 14th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burlescombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AEDE4A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval to post-medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 3 (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of five straight lines radiating from a pellet at the centre to the raised edge on both sides. Around a third of the token has been lost to an old break to one side. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 13th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: SOM-FBAE42
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern lead-alloy disc probably from a four-disc type cloth seal issued by Weres, Matravers & Fox of Wellington, Somerset. One disc survives, with cracks on the inner surface, and with stubs of strips for attachment at opposing ends. The outer surface bears a design stamped in low relief of a shield which at its base breaks through an outer band within which the inscription: WERES MATRAVERS & FOX WELLINGTON. The shield bears the arms of the Were family; its heraldic description is taken from Burke's General Armory and therefore gives tinctures not visible on this monochromatic objec…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC748C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seals probably of two-disc types issued by Weres & Co. of Wellington, Somerset. For each, two discs are connected by a rivet that appears to survive, squashed and stamped and the centre. The outer surface bears a design stamped in low relief of an asymmetrical sub-oval shield surrounded by the inscription which follows the circumference: WERE'S & Co : WELLINGTON. The shield bears the arms of the Were family; its heraldic description is taken from Burke's General Armory and therefore gives tinctures not visible on this monochromatic object: Arge…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-8EA94D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seals of two-disc types issued by Weres & Co. of Wellington, Somerset. For each, two discs are connected by a rivet that appears to survive, squashed and stamped and the centre. A third discoidal piece is retained between the discs. The outer surface bears a central inscription WERE'S / &. : Co : in two lines, below which a scallop shell, below which the inscription WELLINGTON, which follows the curve of the seal, all within a beaded border. One example, found September 1999, has the raised numerals 33 on the inner surface within a …
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Saturday 17th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F7CA4B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged, now incomplete, post-medieval lead-alloy button. The button has a slightly convex front with a moulded design of a sunken six petalled flower with raised lines between each petal that emerge from a central rosette. There is a line border around each sunken petal in low relief. The edge is shaped to the curved edges of the petals, though with alternating lines and double pellets that protrude. The back is flat, though raised at its circular centre which corresponds with the sunken petals. At the centre is a raised line from which two stubs emerge to have formed a simple loop…
Created on: Monday 4th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-04E2C8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seal of early 18th-century date. A disc survives, slightly damaged, from what was probably a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. As Egan (1994, 60) states, the relief designs on these alnage seals are characterised by fine detail resulting from well-engraved dies. The disc bears a female bust facing left, that of Queen Anne (AD 1702-1714). The bust is surrounded by a border of short raised transverse lines and the legend ANNA REGINA. There is evidence for a loop at one point at right angles to the bust. The cloth seal…
Created on: Friday 9th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-605B4E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy bifacial token dating to the period c. 1600-1750. Powell Type 2 depicting initials I R, retrograde, with strokes (or letter Is) to the side/Powell Type 33 depicting a heart above four strokes (or letter Is) with pellets between each. The token is relatively silvery in colour suggesting a tin content. It measures 16.0mm in diameter and weighs 1.77g.
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-728DA7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A terminal fragment from a medieval to post-medieval lead-alloy spoon. The fragment includes a crude knopped terminal, possibly intended to be an acorn, at the end of a stem of hexagonal cross-section. The stem has been bent through ninety degrees just before the point at which it has been broken. The fragment measures 31.8mm by 20.9mm across the bent element. It is c. 4.0mm thick at the stem and up to c. 8.5mm thick at the knop. It weighs 6.61g.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Sunday 22nd February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-743085
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval lead-alloy unifacial token dating to the period c. 1300-1700. Powell Type 12 depicting a quartered geometric design with nested Vs in each quarter. The is made brittle by the addition of tin in the alloy; it has suffered a loss at its circumference. It measures 23.1mm in diameter and weighs 5.85g.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: DEV-A53D9B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The abraded, and slightly bent, terminal of a post-medieval cast lead-alloy (pewter) spoon handle of late 17th-century date. Only this element of the flat handle remains; the rest is lost to an old break, while its own terminal is unclear due to abrasions. It is broadly trapezoidal, tapering from an expanded terminal. On the front it is decorated with a raised cast floral design: a flower, possibly a tulip, with large head and leaves emerging from a central stalk; any design below the ground on which this sits is unclear. The reverse bears initials P . L in low relief. Measu…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-114689
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early post-medieval lead-alloy spoon (c. 16th century, probably later 16th). The spoon has a pointed oval shaped bowl and a hexagonal stem; the stem terminates in a 'seal top' knop. It is now damaged, and bent, with repairs by the finder, including a sleeve that holds together the broken stem, and glue reattaching two parts of the bowl that had become separated. In addition, the bowl has been bent and has suffered losses. No marks are apparent in the bowl, or on the stem. On the reverse, at the junction of bowl and stem, is a 'rat tail'. The faceted s…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.