Record ID: CORN-08DBCD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy leg of a large cauldron, 145 mm long and 53 mm wide at its connecting point with the body of the cauldron, tapering to 29 mm at the foot. It is 21.5 mm thick at the upper end, tapering to 7 mm at the foot, and weighs 437.15 g. The leg is a trapezoid in section; the three-faceted back face has a flat central component, parallel to the front face and 26 mm wide with narrow, tapering faces at an angle on each side. The front face is flat with a central rib 5 mm in width; the rib is very distinct for about half the length at the upper end of the leg but appears to taper t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-086AE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver one real of Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain, from the reign of the Reyes Catolicos (1469-1504), when they were both rulers of Aragon and Castille (1479-1504), Cuenca mint in Spain, Cayon (2005) no.2645, which dates from 1497. Obverse description: Isabella of Castille's arms - quartered arms of a Castille (a castle) and Leon (a lion), quartered with Aragon's arms (stripes of gold & red) and Sicily (quartered on the diagonal arms of Aragon with the Sicilian black eagle). At the base of the shield is a pomegranate of Granada. There is a cuenco or cup or bowl to the left of …
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-06A101
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast lead cloth seal, circular in plan, embossed on one face with a double-headed eagle surmounted by a crown. The seal appears to be a single disc without obvious signs of an attachment for a second disc. The reverse of the disc is unmarked and with no apparent cloth impression. The disc has a slightly raised rim around the edge. The double-headed eagle is the symbol of the Hanseatic Clothworkers Guild, but its use on seals does not necessarily imply that this is a continental seal, according to Egan (1995) p.116. The Hanseatic organisation had outstations in Ipswich and Lond…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-056F8A
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Nuremburg jetton of the Lion of St. Mark type, issued between 1553 and 1559. The obverse has a lion nimbate (with a halo) standing left with tail raised holding the Book of the Gospels in his raised right forepaw. The reverse has the imperial orb surmounted by a cross inside a tressure of three rounded arches with a rosette in the external angle of each arch. This design of tressure, without the sharp triangular protrusions in the angles of the tressure, according to Mitchener (1988) p.364, no.1118, is a special form used by Iorg Schultes and Hans Schultes I. Iorg and H…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-04E725
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy crotal or rumbler bell, dating from the mid-18th to the early 19th century. Such bells could have many uses; they were usually attached around the necks of animals so that they could be tracked, but were also used in morris dancing and smaller examples could even attached to people's costumes. Crotal bells came to be described as rumblers from the 17th century. The bell is broken vertically, with the weld mark between the top half and bottom half still visible. The lower half of the bell has a sunburst design radiating from a border of two half cir…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CEBA29
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth or bale seal dating from the Post-medieval period. The seal is 'butterfly' or 'bow-tie' shaped in plan, 32 mm in length, 24.5 mm in width, 3 mm in thickness and weighing 25.6 g, with a folded, tapered connecting strip attached at the centre, 40 mm long, 5 mm wide at the base widening to 10 mm at its terminal. There is a 1 mm perforation 5 mm in from the terminal of the connecting strip. Both surfaces of the body of the seal are marked with numerous semi-parallel lines, spaced at about 13 per cm, which may possibly be the impressions of fabric in the soft lead surface. The…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CEA359
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stylus of probable Roman date. The stylus is 86 mm in length with a circular section shaft that is 5.2 mm in diameter and weighing 17.55 g. One end has been bevelled on both sides to produce an almost semi-circular, spatulate eraser edge 7.2 mm in width and 2 mm thick; the opposite end is tapered to a slightly rounded point that is 2 mm in diameter. The stylus is undecorated and has a patchy dark green and brown patina that is similar to a Roman dupondius of Vespasian that was found on the same side of the field. It is similar in profile with a spatulate terminal t…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CE8586
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy plate from a Medieval folding strap clasp, rectangular in plan, 22.5 mm in length, 13.5 mm in width, 3 mm in thickness and weighing 3.2 g. The clasp is made from a strip of cooper-alloy sheet which has been folded double to grip the leather strap; the open ends of the folded plates were held together by a pair of small copper alloy rivets, 2 mm in diameter, which are still in situ with the remains of the enclosed leather still visible between the plates. The vertical edge of the joined plates has been shaped in the form of a small V at the centre with shallow concave…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CE6E41
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a cast copper alloy cauldron. The fragment is 75 mm in length, 35.5 mm in height and 3 mm thick, narrowing to 2.2 mm thick before widening at the rim; its weight is 46.95 g. The upper edge of the rim is internally bevelled with a triangular profile on the interior and flush with the upper edge of the vessel on the exterior. The exterior surface is smooth with very slight pitting, probably from the casting process. The interior surface is smooth, with little sign of pitting. With a diameter of around 190 mm the rim falls close to the lower end of the normal range fo…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CE2CCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), Reece period 4, dating to AD 71, FORTVNAE REDVCI S C reverse type depicting Fortuna standing left with branch in right hand and rudder on globe at her feet and cornucopiae in left arm, mint of Rome. Cf. RIC II, Part I (second edition) p.77, pl.26, no.270
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CCFB84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver radiate of Gallienus (AD 253-268), sole reign (AD 260-268), Reece period 13, VICTORIA AVG 3a reverse type depicting Victory running left holding up a wreath in her right hand. Mint of Rome. Cf. Normanby p.167, no.79
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-CB3FBE
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy coin weight for a unite of James I (1603-1625), with a value of 22 shillings. It is roughly square with bevelled edges giving a trapezoidal section. Both faces are worn but one depicts a crown over the numerals XXII/s within a beaded circle, and an additional stamp above the crown; at the top left corner is another crown above the letter I, denoting James I. The opposite face depicts a half length figure of King James I holding an orb and sceptre within a beaded circle. The coin weight falls below the standard weight for the unite (155 grains) at 9.315 grams or 141…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3AFF25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a penny of Edward III (1327-1377), Third Florin Coinage (1344-1351), Type 1 with annulet stops after the 'R' and the serpentine 'S' in the obverse legend and a bifoliate crown with a tall central fleur and vestigial pointed ornaments, and lombardic 'n' with everted foot in the reverse legend, London mint.
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-3A5761
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy leg and everted foot from a cauldron, trapezoidal in plan, L-shaped in profile and semi-circular in section. The leg has three pronounced moulded ribs running vertically down the front face until they meet the foot. The central rib continues down the centre of the foot, which widens and juts forward into a pointed hoof shape with a flat base that is triangular in plan. The back of the leg is flat and continuous with the foot. The surface of the leg is corroded with black patches of burnt organic material on the base, back and in the grooves between the rib…
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C6A8B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfpenny of Edward II (1307-1327), Withers Type 13b (1310-1314) with bifoliate crown like Type 10 and face and legend like Types 11 -12, with narrow 'N' with incurving sides and closed 'C' and 'E'. North Class 10-11, North 1069/2, Spink 1472, London mint.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C42619
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Venetian soldino of one of the Doges of Venice, Leonardo Loredan, issued from 1501-1521 in Venice, Type 9. Soldinos were known as the galyhalpens (galley-halfpence) as they were brought into the country by the annual Venetian trading fleets. The soldino was about the size of English halfpennies and was popular because of a contemporary lack of small change; soldini in fact occur as English finds more often than proper halfpennies of the period.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C38EAA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of the Commonwealth (1649-1660). The obverse bears a shield containing the cross of St George. The reverse shows two conjoined shields, one of which shows the cross of St George for England and the other the Harp of Ireland. There is a I above the twin shields denoting the value of one penny. London Tower mint. Spink 3222.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C3295D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Exeter mint, mintmark 16 rose 44, smaller bust and letters but large VI behind head, Spink 3087A.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-C2B9FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603), Fifth Issue (1578-1582), mintmark Latin cross (1580-1581). The coin is perforated for suspension. Spink 2575.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2018
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Record ID: CORN-330EA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue (1560-1561), Mint mark cross crosslet (1560-1561). The obverse portrait is worn away but there does not appear to be a rose behind the head, nor a date on the reverse above the square shield. The edges are slightly torn, but the inscriptions are legible. Cf. Spink (2008) p.237, no.2555 for an illustration of the type.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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