Record ID: FAKL-343632
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval lead button, c. AD1500-1600. Conical, on its flat face is what appears to be a crushed loop and a raised line left by the casting mould joint. This button is of a type assigned by Read (2005, 56, Nos. 17-36) to the Post Medieval period. Diameter 14.2mm, Height 8.6mm, Mass 6.72g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-33FA8A
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead spindle whorl, (c. AD1200-1600), flat biconical with raised decoration, made up of bars and pellets, on both faces. Diameter 27.6mm, Height 8.9mm, Hole diameter 9.1mm, Mass 27.66g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-33CF8A
Object type: CAME
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of Medieval lead window came. Both are H sectioned, with projecting joint flashes along their edges. the smaller piece is damaged. Within the grooves are traces of a white material likely to have been the mortar or putty that hold the glass quarries in place. The cames were cast in a two part mould, rather than formed in a mill, suggesting a date prior to the 16th century (Biddle, 1990, 96). Larger fragment: Length 46.8mm, Width 8.8mm, Thickness 5.4mm, grooves 3.3mm wide x 2.5mm deep, Mass 10.81g. The smaller fragment is 20.8mm long with a mass of 3.24g. These lead wi…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-334F17
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or Post Medieval (c. AD 1200- 1600) lead weight, uniface, thick one face bearing what appear to be the retrograde letters I R or T R. Diameter 16.9mm, Thickness 5.2mm, Mass 8.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-5761EC
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint blade, narrow and likely to be of late Mesolithic date, (c. 6,500-4,000BC). Length 30.6mm, Width 10.0mm, Thickness 5.0mm, Mass 0.84g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-BA73B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval Spanish silver coin, a half reale of Ferdinand V and Isabella I (1474-1504). Only half of the coins survives, it has been broken, not cut. Obverse; a yoke, the symbol of Ferdinand, surrounded by scroll work, in the field is the letter 'P'. The surviving inscription reads 'CAS. Reverse: sheaf of arrows, the symbol of Isabella. The coin had been clipped and had an original diameter of c. 21mm. Surviving Diameter 18.4mm, Mass 0.90g. 'Edward Besly of the National Museum and Gallery of Wales has commented on these coins,"As far as I understand, they are very difficult to d…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-A747F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver halfpenny of Elizabeth (1588-1603), third issue, mint mark escallop (1584-1585) North 2018. Obverse: portcullis with mint mark above, Reverse; cross with three pellets in each arm. Diameter 10.0mm, Mass 0.24g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-A69119
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver halfgroat of James I (1602-1625) 2nd coinage, 1604-1619, North 2104/5, Obverse: crowned rose, [i d g rosa s] INE [spina]. Reverse: [tueature] VNI [ta deus]. Coin bent with a rectangular hole through its centre. Diameter 16.7mm, Mass 0.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-918849
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver short cross penny of John (1199-1216) London mint, Obverse: crowned bust, facing, [hen] RICVS REX, Reverse: short cross, ABEL ON LVN, Class 6a i, North 974, (1210-1213). Diameter 18.3mm, Mass 1.32g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-911F00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Bristol mint. Obverse: Crowned bust facing, trifoliate crown, +EDW R ANG [ ] YB. Reverse: VILL/ A [b] R/ ISTO/ LLIE. Class 3g, (1280-1281) North 1022. Diameter 18.3mm, Mass 1.04g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-90E657
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy 'strap fastener' or 'baldric hook' of late Iron Age date, c. 100BC-AD100. The fastener consists of a ring, with a 7.2mm diameter, circular section. On one face of this is a 9.7mm high, projecting stud with a waisted section topped by a 16.0mm diameter disc. Parallels for this object have been found at Camerton, Somerset (Jackson, 1990, 77, No. 81, pl 11) and Coleford, Gloucestershire (Stead, 2006, 180-181, No. 128, Fig. 82). Diameter 37.9mm, Thickness 7.2mm, Mass 39.18mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-90A2E3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Hollow, cast copper alloy mount dated to c. 1000-1100 and decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian 'Urnes style'. The mount is in the form of an animal's head with a pointed nose and a broad forehead. The tip of the nose was decorated but corrosion now makes it difficult to see the details but it appears that the top of the nose was marked by a baluster moulding on either side of which was scroll motif. Between the nose and the main part of the head are two circular openings between which, and either side of which, are plain areas. Above this area are two, hemispherical eyes set within rai…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-905B0A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead object in the form of a human face of probable Medieval date, c. 1200-1500. The face shows a broad forehead and narrow eyes, the nose is now flattened and the mouth consists of a slit with thin lips. The hair is shown on the top of the head and cropped around the ears. Around the head is a narrow flange the edges of which appear cusped. On the back of the object is a 7.0mm deep, oval hollow. This is important as it shows that the object was cast in a two part mould and the molten lead was not simply poured into a hollow as is the case of many lead objects. Stylistically, the…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-8FE1C3
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Pipe taper in the form of a claw hammer, probably of 19th century date. The hammer was attached to a handle by way of hollow socket the diameter of which expands down its length and is marked by a pattern of fine, circumferential, grooves. The hammer head and claw expand from a block the two faces of which bear recesses each containing two raised rings. There is a smaller, unmarked recess on the top of the head. The face of the hammer is circular and linked to the block by a cylinder bearing two baluster mouldings. The claw is down-curved, its slop expanding from 2.2mm to 3.1mm. There…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-8F5D7B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead seal matrix, c. 1200-1300, condition poor and bearing traces of red wax, its edges flaking, circular, with no trace of a fitting. The inscription is illegible and the central element cannot be identified. Diameter 27.3mm, Thickness 5.9mm, Mass 16.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-8EFC6A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy double loop buckle, c. 1550-1550, only one half of which survives. The remaining loop is D shaped and curved in at the points where it joins the shared bar. It has a D shaped section which expands towards its outer edge where it is marked by a notch for the pin, this is flanked by two angled grooves. Length 23.3mm, Width 31.8mm, Thickness 2.8mm, Mass 3.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-8C5C55
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: City of Stoke-on-Trent
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy (brass) button bearing the number '83' above which is a crown. The button is made from three components; a dished cover bearing the raised inscription, a flat backing plate, now corroded but bearing an inscription in impressed letters part of which reads ...GLAN... In the centre of the backing plate is a wire loop. This button was issued to the 83rd, 'County of Dublin' Regiment of Foot. The regiment was raised in 1793 and was in existence until 1881 which is was amalgamated with the 86th, County Down, regiment to form the Royal Irish Rifles. Diameter 20.2mm, Height 8.7mm,…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-9E0A3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin, penny of Edward III (1354-1355), Pre-treaty Series E, North 1167,1354-1355. Obverse: Crowned bust facing, [edw]ARDVS REX A [ (annulet stops). Reverse: Long cross, CIVI/ [tas/lo]N/DON. Diameter 15.7mm, Mass 0.50g.
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 20th October 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-9DDF78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a silver coin, cut to a lozenge shape and bent to an angle of 45 degrees. Not identifiable but some surviving marks appear to represent lettering of the style seen on Medieval coins. The fragment is worn and its edges rounded. Its funtion is unknown but it may have been part of the 'love token' phenomonon. Length 17.0mm Width 8.0mm, Thickness 0.3mm, Mass 0.29g.
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Saturday 20th October 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-9DB231
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval coin, silver halfgroat of the Commonwealth of England (1649-1660). Obverse: the Arms of England on a shield, Reverse: Arms of England and Ireland conjoined, II above. North 2728. Diamter 16.10mm, Mass 0.73g.
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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