Record ID: LIN-DF66D0
Object type: COMMEMORATIVE OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pewter or lead-alloy commemorative medal commemorating Queen Victoria's visit to Sheffield Town Hall, May 21st 1897. Obverse: Bust left; VICTORIA QUEEN OF BRITAIN, IRELAND & EMPRESS OF INDIA Reverse: Sheffield town hall; SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL 1897.
Created on: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Apley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-CB52D8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A white metal thimble of modern date, post 1712. The thimble has been squashed in half and is covered with evenly spaced and sized pimples over the sides and top with a plain border at the rim of 2.89mm height. The top of the squashed thimble is now oval in shape and measures 12.90mm x 9.50mm. The base of the now oval thimble measures 22.70mm x 6.37mm. The plain rim has a thickness of 1.03mm and has been punch with five symbols. These symbols are difficult to read as they still have some mud embedded how ever they seem to show, from left to right, possibly a rectangle containing proba…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB29A0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy livery button of Modern date. It is flat, circular in form with an integrally cast circular sewing loop at the centre of the back face. The front face carries the Arms of a baronet, with traces of gilding visible in places. Edward Martin (SCC Pers. Comm.) notes that the Arms are those of Peter Isaac Thelluson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (1761-1808), who was created a baron in 1806. They are impaled with those of his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor Cornwall, daughter of John Cornwall of Hendon, Middlesex, whom he married in 1783 and who died in 1809. The entire arms may be descib…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B95054
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Two typical late 19th century chain links with stamped elements forming a hollow box; two openwork oblongs at the top and bottom, the sides made up of a strip stamped with stars.
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brookland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B943A0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Parts of an unidentified object or objects of Post Medieval to modern date. The fragments are made of layers of lead sheet and pieces of leather, held together by copper alloy rivet and roves. There are two large pieces and eight less complete pieces. The two larger pieces are made of three sheets of lead stacked up, with several layers of leather on the top and bottom. The rivets fixing them together go through all the layers. One end of the pieces is rounded and the other is straight, but it is not clear which are breaks and which (if any) are complete edges. It is also uncerta…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: CORN-A59A41
Object type: TALLY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mining workers pay cheque token or tally with the words: PAY CHECK stamped in the legend around the number '7' on the obverse of the token. The reverse is blank and the token has been perforated for suspension. These tallies were used as part of a system for ensuring the correct pay by 'checking' in and out of the workplace prior to machines being produced for this specific purpose. 'Checks' were often 'holed' for hanging on boards. In mining, for example, a number on the check was personal to each miner and prior to going down the pit, the miner would give one of his tal…
Created on: Sunday 26th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 26th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-A51194
Object type: ROD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken cast copper alloy bit from the end of a soldering iron rod, square in plan and section and rectangular in profile, which was used for tinning or soldering in order to repair copper alloy vessels and other items. There is some iron corrosion product at the broken square end of the bit, which is where a steel pin would have been connected to the copper bit. The other end of the steel pin would have been connected to a wooden handle. The copper bit tapers to a pointed end which has been flattened and rounded through heating and use, to apply a lead/tin alloy solder. The material a…
Created on: Sunday 26th February 2012
Last updated: Sunday 26th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-79BF12
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by a hole running across its diameter. The holes would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. Stamped text can be seen on both sides of the seal though it is extremely worn with breaks rendering much of the text illegible. One side reads [----]//[-]HR//VI and the other reads [---]B//[--]//C.T.//1832. The text is likely to represent the name of the Quality Control Officer and possibly a code for the location at which the Officer worked or the…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-79B681
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by a hole running across its diameter. The holes would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. Stamped text can be seen on both sides of the seal; one bears three lines of text which appears to read A.ERO[-]//XNHb//H7 (the N is in retrograde). This text is likely to represent the name of the Quality Control Officer and possibly a code for the location at which the Officer worked or the registered number of the sealing tongs he used. The other …
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strensall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6638E0
Object type: PARASOL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy parasol fitting, from the end of a rib. Cast conical cylinder with an apical loop formed by crimping of its narrower end. This terminal bears a drilled hole of diameter 2.5mm, and its stepped sides suggest it was intended to limit movement to a single plane. At its wider end, the cylinder bears scars indicating the position of a transverse rivet with a head diameter of 2.3mm - its further extent is lost, though its other end is visible, showing it went through the object off-centre. A similar, larger, object retaining degraded wood (NLM-662EE3) was reported along wit…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-661835
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast pair of discs linked by sprue and clamped together to leave a long slot on one edge opposite a bifurcated slot, enabling use with a drawstring. A beaded border appears on both sides: within this is CARTER in a flowing script as if handwritten, and on the other side L O N D O N. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 25.3mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 16.16gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: HESH-65A537
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment from a 'fob' seal of late Georgian or Victorian date (1750-1850). All that survives is the abraded die element which is enclosed within a hoop of copper alloy. The die is formed of a ceramic paste which has decayed in the soil. The reverse of the die is filled with a ceramic adhesive or fine grained cement. The die is abraded and so some detail is lost; the best suggestion of the device is a plumed shield on which is emblazoned a rampant lion. It is possible that the plumed feathers device could alternatively be interpreted as a debased crown. The design is …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-656171
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plaque. Cast concavo-convex shield-shaped plate bearing numerous punched holes of diameter circa 1mm on its convex face. The finder kindly notes these spell out HOME / SWEET / HOME over three lines. This phrase was first popularised as the title of a sentimental ballad written by John Howard Payne in 1823; then as a soldiers' song in the American Civil War; and as a text for children's needlework samplers - most of the letters may be rendered in straight lines. It was perhaps the latter source this object draws upon. The concave face may suggest attachment to a mug or bot…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-651956
Object type: FLAT IRON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, painted, iron stand. Shoe-shaped plate with a triangular platform and oval-ended handle; three round section pins of diameter 8.3mm and length 30mm (one lost) were set in round holes with edges lightly countersunk on the upper side of the plate. Jennifer Dunne, Collections Assistant (Social History) for NorthLincolnshireMuseum, kindly confirms the opinion of the finder that this is probably an iron stand for the temporary storage of a heated flat iron, and comments it may be for a small iron used for specialised tasks or unusually shaped objects such as hats. Paint survi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-64E484
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy, with coat of paint or tar, possible vessel fragments. Two fragments of a cast vessel with curved body of thickness 2.6mm and a thickened rim, the latter possibly serving as a lid seat. A thick black paint or tarry coating is splashed on the outside surface of both fragments, and may suggest its use rather than a decorative finish. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Dimensions for larger piece: Height: 23mm, Estimated diameter: circa 140mm, Thickness (rim): 5mm, Combined Weight: 18.71gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-64B6E4
Object type: NOZZLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible nozzle fragment. Cast tubular object with a shoulder above which it continued at a diameter of 14mm; this further extent is lost. This might come from a pair of bellows, or from gas supply equipment or domestic water piping. The good condition tends to indicate a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1875-1950. Diameter (approximate): 30mm, Height: 17.5mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 11.93gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-64AA14
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy. Cast toy bowl with a pedestal foot and everted rim. This object appears apt to use in a dolls' house kitchen. An external mould line is visible; the bowl is now slightly squashed and part of its upper body is lost. The vessel form is distinct from that of Post-Medieval objects reported from London, and is suggested to be of later date. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Diameter (approximate): 25mm, Height: 24mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 5.46gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-649653
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead metal working debris. Fragment of lead melt, spilt and solidified on a flat surface. The unpatinated state of this object indicates a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-2000. Weight: 33.62gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-6486F6
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, painted, possible plumb bob. Cast point with four radial tapered fins or vanes in opposed pairs, one larger (25.5mm across) and one smaller (15mm across). The object is collared above the vanes with a circular top (of three quarter inch diameter) and traces of a central hole or socket of diameter 5mm, now filled. The surfaces of the fins are stippled with fine punch marks, and patches of lime green paint occur over all but the upper surface. The object appears apt for use with a theodolite, whereby the point would be suspended over a reference point. Suggested date: Mode…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-63CA82
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shell fragment. Two cast fragments of estimated diameter 90mm, from a conical casing. The fragments bear at least 12 bands of fine screw thread within. On the outer face a numbered sequence between 8 and 17 on one fragment and 1 and 8 on the other accompanies a subdivided scale of units of circa 1.5mm. The finder notes that the gradations were intended to set the fuse of heavy anti-aircraft shells to the altitude at which they should explode. Suggested date: Modern, 1916-1945. Weight (combined): 36.12gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NCL-639976
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy bag seal from Russia, 1822. The seal is discoidal, but incomplete with raised letters on each face. The obverse reads: ...Р// Ж12Н// [1]822 The reverse reads: МПДО// НИКО// НЮР
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Record ID: NLM-630253
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pipeclay tobacco pipe fragment. Stem fragment with wire drawn bore of 2.3mm. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Weight: 1.73g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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Record ID: NCL-628F61
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy water pistol toy of later 19th or early 20th century date. The object takes the form of a revolver or 'six-shooter' handgun, missing the sqeezable balloon handle. The attachment for the handle is a projecting disc that would have fitted into a socket. The gun is not an exact replica in miniature, however, as there is no trigger or trigger guard, hammer or sight at the end of the barrel. The end of the barrel of worn and slightly rounded and appears solid. Flashmarks are visible along the upper and lower faces around the perimeter of the object.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th October 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-628701
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pipe tamper of post-medieval to modern date. The tamper is in the form of a naked female figure standing with legs slightly apart, left hand on hip and right arm raised resting on head, possible clutching a cup or similar. The tamper is very worn rendering facial features indistinguishable though a faint outline of hair can be seen. On the back of the figure wavering lines running vertically may represent flowing hair or water being poured from the cup in the hand. The figure is stood on a circular base which is now broken and very worn though may hav…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn In Elmet', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT-605D48
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven silver beads; four of them spherical and three barrel-shaped. After examination, the beads were considered to be of insufficient age to be considered under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-4ED895
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring in the form of a strap or miniature belt. It has fractured across the band at one point, no gilding is evident. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has a band width of 6.3mm, an internal diameter of 22.2 x 19mm and weight of 5.844g. The finger ring has a form typical of a nineteenth century date. The popular form was made by a range of manufacturers, including Spiers (Hart 1978, 133). Details of the strap slide vary, and some have buckle loops. This ring is of nineteenth-century date and therefore as it is not at least 300 years old is not treasure under …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanmer', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-3BA075
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eleven (11) pieces of early industrial slag - most probably not more than 300 years old possibly associated with glass making. All (bar one small piece) are non-ferrous. Bulk weight: 473.5 grams
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3A2086
Object type: BUTTON COVER
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Modern pressed silver sheet object, possibly a button cover (c. 1800-c. 1950 AD) It is very thin and flimsy with no means of attachment other than the down-turned rim. On the front is the raised word: VECTIS in serifed capital letters. The V is larger than the other letters. Diameter: 16.05mm thickness: 1.36mm. Weight: 0.28g.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-382DC8
Object type: POKER
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy poker fragment. Concavo-convex casting representing a perched eagle, probably a handle for part of a fireside companion set; a vertical screw-threaded fixing hole in the base indicates a recent date. The motif became especially popular in the period after the Napoleonic Wars, when the British capture of French standards topped with gilded eagles was much celebrated and commemorated; and subsequently as the merits of the defeated Napoleon were canvassed by liberal opinion. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1930. Height: 41mm, Width: 30mm, Thickness:1.8mm, Weight: 14.96gms.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-3765A1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, painted black, coin weight, as identified by finder. Probably milled design, probably mimicking coin of George III (1760-1820). The mass is just over one quarter imperial ounce. Obverse description: Bust right, with prominent Roman nose, beetling brow and prominent hair or wig. Partially obscured by green encrustation. Obverse inscription: G[---]18 11 DE[--] Reverse description: Cushion crown over legend: C?VENT within beaded circle. Diameter: 20.1mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 7.70gms.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-3756F4
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver stud. Cast stud comprising a flat circular plate joined to a smaller concavo-convex head by a round section shank. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 11.1mm, Height: 6.7mm, Weight: 1.54gms.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NARC-E97244
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Modern cast-lead pencil sharpener of 19th century date (c. 1850-c. 1900). The lower part is hollow and cone-shaped to house the pencil. It has a rim at the base and a vertical slot at one side. On the opposite side of the slot there is a raised cartouche or similar feature with the initials SO. The decorative handle end is sub-triangular in plan and pointed in side view. Two scrolls rise from each side of the cone to form a six-sided opening. The scrolls support a scallop-like feature which has an almost similar design on each face with a circular hole at the base. …
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-E94AF3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy belt fitting. Square in plan, with concave sides and etched design which suggests lettering. The reverse has four rectangular lugs, one at each corner, which are each broken at approximately 3.5mm high.The design and patina suggest a modern date.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Record ID: NARC-E8C674
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast lead strip. A similar object has been recorded on this database WMID-EF3192 and has been interpreted as a plaque commemorating Napolean Bonaparte. Cast into the plaque is decorated with an eagle with wings outstretched, standing left. The Eagle was adopted by Napoleon as his standard, and its presence on this plaque suggests that it held a similar function to the one recorded at WMID-EF3192. The reverse is plain and the object is broken and bent.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: LIN-E723F8
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate bowl from a 'Cadger' or 'Novelty' clay tobacco pipe in the form of the head of a bearded male, probably St Nicholas (Santa). The man has a cheerful face with slender eyes, smiling mouth and the top row of teeth on display. He has a large nose and well defined cheeks. His beard is long and wavey and his hair is formed by holly leaves and berries. The bowl is large, oval in plan and broken at the base of the stem. Many clay pipes depicting St Nicholas were made by Charles Crop of London. Charles Crop began pipe making in the 1840's and his Sons continued after 1870 until…
Created on: Friday 17th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: SOM-BD4BB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern silver crown of George III (1760-1820), mInted at London, dated 1820 on the coin, Spink 3787. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-A36E66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1723 Irish halfpenny type II of George I. Obverse shows head of king facing right; inscription: GEORGIVS DEI GRATIA REX. Reverse shows Hibernia leaning on a harp; inscription: HIBERNIA 1723.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2012
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Record ID: NLM-941AC4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy weight. Cast discoid weight with rim; illegible stamped notation appears on its upper surface. One of a series of nesting weights, possibly representing one quarter of an imperial ounce, though if so, this is underweight. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 17.7mm, Thickness: 4.1mm, Weight: 6.32gms.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: WMID-8D5BD1
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy gaming peg, almost certainly from a cribbage set. The peg has a tapering shank above which there is a discoidal collar with another biconical collar above and a globular head above this. It measures 48.45 mm long, 8.47 mm wide at its widest and 8.2 grams. It has a dark green patina. Cribbage was invented in the 17th century and its creation is attributed by John Aubrey to the English poet Sir John Suckling. Gaming pieces such as this are difficult to date as their appearance does not always change significantly. Modern pieces come in many forms, but plastic exam…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2012
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Record ID: YORYM-3CA931
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by three parallel holes running across its diameter. The holes would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. Both sides are stamped with a central motif in a bordered roundel. On one side the image depicts a bird, most probably a pelican and the other side shows a pelican feeding its chicks with blood from its breast. The text around both these images reads "G & T EARLE LIMITED HULL" who were ship-owners and cement manufacturers in the …
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langtoft', grid reference and parish protected.