Record ID: LON-A62256
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy token dating from the first half of the 16th century. Other Early Tudor tokens can be found in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984:148-49, nos.18-47) which are dated to early 16th century. Obverse: Cross pattée: border annulets. Reverse: Star of David, the legend in the margin is uncertain. Dimensions: diameter: 18.49mm; weight: 2.03g. Reference: Mitchiner, M. and Skinner, A. 1984. English Tokens C.1425 - 1672.
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-7613AB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval lead alloy cross and pellets token, London series, AD1425-1490. The obverse has a shield quartered by cross (chequy) with central nipple, in the field surrounded by a border of oblique rays. The reverse has a central short cross pattee with a ring and dot in each angle surrounded by a border of oblique rays. The oblique rays run in a clockwise direction upon both faces suggesting a London rather than Paris origin. Mitchiner and Skinner (1984:94) write "a significant number of 'cross and pellets' tokens have been recovered alongside coins of Henry VII, suggesting that t…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-756438
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval, lead alloy cuff link or cuff button dating from AD1700-1800. The fastener is circular and depicts a left facing female bust, possibly Marie Terezie Holy Roman Empress with M.T.R.R.E.R.B below. The fastener has a beaded rim. The rear of the fastener is undecorated and the looped shank is broken and missing. Dimensions: diameter: 13.71mm; weight: 1.51g Other 18th century portrait cuff buttons on the database are LON-9386EB, SUSS-65BB71 and LON-D63C54. Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-6268F3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy pewter spoon of trifid form, dating from the reign of Queen Anne (AD 1702-1714). The spoon is decorated with a royal portrait bust of Queen Anne consisting of a crown (now missing) being held either side by amorini (a putto represented as an infant cupid) above a left facing bust. Below the bust, running down the front of the stem, is scroll or vine decoration; this stops just over half way down the stem terminating in cast initials 'T*P.', possibly the makers mark. The reverse of the handle and stem is undecorated, at the point that the stem meets the elong…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-61D397
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy watch dating to the early 19th century. This is a Type 15 watch. This watch case has a plain back with a pelleted circumferential scrolling foliate decoration dividing the front from the back. The watch has a flat angular profile with a recessed dial, Roman hours I-XII. There is a clearly defined edge between the case and the dial to represent the difference between the outer and inner cases on a real watch. The dial is decorated with a central rosette surrounded by twelve pointed star with each point associated with an hour. There is a ring band between…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.