Record ID: FAKL-AC7B28
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy Dress Hook of Read's Class D Type 1e. The mount is tongue shaped, one face bearing a raised design consisting of a rectantular panel containing a recessed triangle and four small recesses forming a square. One of these appears to contain a pellet. Surrounding the rectangular panel is a band of fine, transverse lines. On the back of the object is a transverse, rectangular loop, now crushed and a projecting blob of lead. Through the object's length is an angled, 2.0mm diameter hole. Length 21.5mm, Width 16.0mm, Thickness 3.3mm, Loop 11.6 x 5.4mm, Mass 4.39g. This obje…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-AAD9B9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast lead button, circular with a 8.0mm diameter central boss. On its back is an integrally cast loop set on top of a casting seam. Diameter 22.8mm, Thickness 1.8mm, Mass 7.06g. Read (2005, 17) cited parallels from thirteenth to fifteenth century contexts. While Egan and Pritchard ( 1991, Fig. 178) show no parallels for this button there are examples cast using the same three-part mould process.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-AAA2C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval casket mount, copper alloy with traces of iron nails/rivets. The object is Y shaped, one end being divided with a rivet hole in each limb. Its limbs are ornamented with lateral spurs with further spurs either side of the the main, slightly expanded, bar and at its end. The mount is heavily corroded with much loss of surface. Length 43.6mm, Width 18.3mm, Thickness 1.9mm, Mass 5.05g. A similar casket mount is illustrated by Egan (2010, 69, Fig. 50, No. 150) where it is dated to c. 1200-1230.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-AA1043
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver cut halfpenny made from a voided long cross issue of 1247-1279, Class IV to VII, 1250-1279. Obverse: Facing bust with sceptre r] EX III. Reverse: Voided long cross, ]TE [ Diameter 17.2mm, Mass 0.54g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-A98CDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver long cross penny of Edwardian type I (1279-1377), worn and in poor condition with much loss of detail. Obverse: detail lost, EDW [ ]ANGL DN [s hyb], Reverse: Long cross, CIVI/ [tas/ c] AN/T [or]. Diameter 17.2mm, Mass 0.85g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-A94F68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver long cross penny of Edwardian type I (1279-1377), poor condition with much loss of detail. The loss of surface appears to be due to corrosion rather than wear. Obverse: detail lost, [ ] R ANGL DNS HYB, Reverse: Long cross, CIVI/ TAS [lon/don]? Diameter 17.7mm, Mass 1.00g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-A82052
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Medieval silver penny, little survives but the presence of what appears to be a cross pomee on the reverse suggest that it was a short cross issue (1180-1247). Obverse: unreadable, Reverse: cross pomee, inscription barred letter A. Length 8.2mm, Mass 0.12g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-A7C56E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Canterbury mint, Class 9, North No. 1037 (unbarred N), 1300-1302.Obverse: EDW R ANGL DNS HYB, crowned bust, facing, trifolate crown. Reverse: Long cross, CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR. Diameter 18.7mm, Mass 1.28g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-623EFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver halfpenny of Edward I (1272-1307) London mint. Obverse: Facing bust, trilobate crown. 'EDWR' ANL R DNS HYB'. Reverse: Long cross 'CIVI/ TAS/ LON/ DON. Withers Type 3 (1280-1289) North 1046, Diameter 15.5mm, Mass 0.68g
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-5F11B6
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper alloy mace head. The lower part of the head is cylindrical with a small moulding around the 22.7mm diameter socket opening. The cylinder develops into a pentagonal section along each angle of which is a 53mm long row of five, pyramidical projections, the intervening spaces being plain. At the top of the mace is a 12mm diameter hole opening into the socket. On one side of the socket cylinder is a 3mm diameter hole which would have allowed the head to be fixed to the handle. Length 79.5mm, Diameter (maximum) 30.4mm, Wall thickness 2.5mm (increasing towards top) Mass…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-5E6FED
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Leg from a Medieval or post Medieval, cast copper alloy cauldron, pipkin or skillet. Section flat, curved in one plane with two substantial ribs down its outer face. The edges of the vessel body survive and suggest that it had a thin, section of 1.7mm which might support a later date. Length 39.8mm, Width 46.8mm, Thickness 23.7mm, Mass 92.41g.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: FAKL-088F31
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval buckle plate, sheet copper alloy, secured by a single rivet, recess at one end to accomodate the buckle pin, The metal curved around on each side of the pin but did not extend beneath the plate. This object is diffiult to date but a Medieval dating is likely. Length 17.7mm, Width 14.0mm, Thickness 0.4mm, Mass 0.45g.
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th November 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-06FAE1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval bar mount from a strap or belt, Copper alloy, rectangular with a raised longitudinal band flanked by two grooves each of which contains two rows of impressed triangles conter set to give zig-zag lines. Through the plate is a 1.7mm diameter hole, which is not set on the centre line. Either side of this are two, integrally cast rivets, each 1.8mm in diameter x 2.5mm long, there ends expanded the secure them in place. Strap mounts like this have been found in London in contexts dating to 1270-1350 (Egan and Pritchard, 1990, Fig. 133). Length 12.0mm, Width 7.2mm, Thickness 1.2mm,…
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th November 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-064050
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or early post-medieval double loop buckle, two conjoined flat-section oval loops, the outer edges of which are indented to produce five low projections. Length 30.1mm, width 29.4mm, thickness 1.6mm, mass 4.08g. A similar buckle was found in a context of c. 1480-1600 in Southgate, Bath (Barber 2015, 101 and 254, fig. 84, no. S35).
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-061358
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval ampulla, cast lead, now crushed and cracked, one side obscured by earth. Small lateral stumps represent the two handles. The cleaner face bears raised decoration consisting of a four, leaf shaped, petals each of which with a central rib. There is a raised pellet in the centre of the petals. The other side is difficult to see but the design appears to consist of an arched crown but the letter W, often associated with crowns, is absent. These ampullae are late, and a date of c. 1350-1550 is appropriate. Length 50.0mm, Width 29.0mm, Thickness 6.0mm, Mass 26.81g.
Created on: Saturday 19th November 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th November 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-F12029
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval harness bar mount fragment, copper alloy with possible traces of silvering. On the surviving end is a rounded boss through which is the remains of a copper alloy attachment rivet. Separating this from the rest of the bar is a transverse moulding and narrowed waist beyond which the bar again expands. The fragment may have been an attachment bar for a Medieval harness mount but the use of silvering might suggest a later date. Length 26.0mm, Width 11.0mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Mass 3.46g.
Created on: Friday 18th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-39DEC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver penny, voided long of Henry III, (1216-1272), Class IIIb, Hereford. Obverse: Royal bust, facing, [hen]RICV [sr] EX III, Reverse: Voided long cross: HEN/ [rio] NhE/RE [f] Diameter 18.0mm, Mass 1.18g.
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
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