Record ID: SUSS-A92BB6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object made of copper alloy and iron. The artefact consists of a flat oval copper alloy plate (38mm x 23.7mm x 1.3mm, 5.95g) with a sub-circular 4mm perforation at each end. These holes apparently received iron rivets or pins, the corroded ends of which remain in the other object; this second piece is formed of a flat copper alloy strip, with small rectangular block ‘feet’ at each end, in the bases of which are the stubs of the rivets (32.5mm x 12.32 x 7.4mm, 9.46g). The upper surface of both the plate and fitting are decorated with stamped and punched designs, whic…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AAAD83
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete solid cast copper-alloy post-medieval button with integral shank. The sub-pyramid head of the button is decorated with raised dots. The dimensions of the head is 9.2mm x 9.8mm. The sub-rectangular shank has a large circular perforation. The complete length of the button is 15.0mm, the width is 9.8mm and the weight is 2.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUR-AB4AA1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A seal matrix with a trefoil handle with three circular apertures. The design on the matrix consists of the letters WI either side of a central branch-like motif.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-AB64C4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting of probable post-medieval date (1500-1700). The strap fitting is sub-rectangular in plan. It measures 54.9mm in length, 14.4mm width and is 2.4mm thick. It weighs 6.26 grams. The fitting can be divided into two separate parts; the body and the hooked terminal. The body of the fitting is relatively flat with a sub-rectangular cross-section; whereas the hook is sub-triangular (D shaped). The hooked terminal has been formed by bending the upper part of the fitting back upon itself to form a U shaped hook. This hook is undecorated and …
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-AB4FD4
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper alloy harness boss. The artefact consists of a dome, with a radiating surround at the base. The dome has a small central lobe, around which are 'spoked' perforations. The dome and radiating base are intricately decorated with scrolls and pellets. The base has a small perforation on each side, for attachment to the harness (these holes are situated either side of the dome). The surface is dull greyish-green and slightly corroded. This boss probably dates to the 17th or 18th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardingly', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-AB3CE7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast copper alloy mount, possibly the hook section of a hook-and-eyelet dress-fastener of seventeenth century daye (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length 36.5mm, width 15.5mm and 1.5mm thick. Weight 3.31g. Viewing the dress hook in plan, the main part is heart-shaped with open work in the shape of two circles and a lozenge. These features are bevelled around the edges. The lozenge is situated below the circles. Above the heart-shaped feature is a lobe which has a circular perforation 1.5mm in diameter. Below the heart-shape, the shaft is expanded slightly and also has a perforation simi…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-ABE8A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount of probable post medieval date (1500-1700). The mount is an irregular (fleur-de-lys) shape in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 28.2mm length, 17.7mm width and is 4.8mm thick (the body of the mount is 2.1mm thick). The mount weighs 3.15 grams. The front face of the mount is decorated with a series of motifs. These include two central cast countersunk holes each with a diameter of 4.5mm. Below these two holes is a cast ridge. The front and the rear face of the mount have been tinned; however, more of this applied surface survives on …
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-AC7AA5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount in the shape of a floral cone. Leaves are depicted in high relief, arranged in scrolls around each other, in what seems to be a bouquet. On the reverse are two integral bent over hooks, presumably for attachment to leather. The surface is dark green and fairly smooth. This is probably a decorative brass from a harness, and most likely dates to the 17th-18th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pyecombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-AC87E7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Naval button, made of copper alloy, with gilt. The cast, gilded obverse depicts a crowned anchor with the legend ‘NAVAL PRISON.LEWES.’, and wire inner/ outer borders, the whole having a ropework border. The backplate is stamped with ‘FIRMIN & SONS + LONDON +’, within beaded borders. The backplate has a separatering, which has collapsed through the broken plate. Nineteenth-twentieth century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-ACBD80
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate copper alloy crotal bell. The bell is made of two beaten hemispheres, soldered together around the middle. The bell is spherical, with a rectangular pierced lug at the top. This hemisphere has two small circular sound hole perforations; the base of the other has two perforations, joined by a slit (also known as the sound hole). The whole bell is decorated with radiating segments, which end in curved ends at the waist. The base has the initials FL on either side of the slit. The surface is smooth and dark green. This bell is post-medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pyecombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-ACDE62
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy jetton of post-medieval date. Nuremberg jetton probably dating from the mid 16th to late 17th century AD. The object is slightly damaged and corroded. It measures 21.7mm diameter by 0.3mm thick and weighs 0.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-ACED13
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy button: the head was cast, and is decorated with eight ‘petals’ around a pellet. The loop seems to have been cast as part of the head, and then perforated. Possibly 16th to 18th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-AD35C7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A trader's token of Ambrose Calloway of Lewes.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2005
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-BC2973
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval hooked tag. The trefoil plate had an integral triangular loop. Two of the trefoil petals are openwork and there is a flower at the base of the triangular loop. The hook is incomplete. The surviving length of the hooked tag is 28.8mm, the width is 17.2mm and the weight is 1.61g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-BF9D24
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy trade token. Peter Metcalf in Brigg, 1666
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-C00484
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval shoe buckle. The rectangular frame has moulded transverse lines and grooves on each side. It has been drilled for a separate spindle, which does not survive. The length of the buckle is 28.9mm, the width is 20.1mm and the weight is 5.16g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-C047D0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy sword belt fitting. The asymmetrical hooked mount has a trefoil terminal at one end, which tapers out to a drop-shaped centre. The hook terminal is incomplete. The mount has scrolled foliage decoration. The back of the mount has the residue of two copper alloy rivets, one near each of the terminals. The surviving length is 37.4mm, the width is 20.8mm and the weight is 5.4mm.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-C12B55
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn copper alloy Post medieval knife handle. This handle has been cast in three dimensions to show the figure of Jonah being swallowed by the whale.It is subrectangular in plan and subcircular in section. Jonah is shown with his arms bent upwards in prayer. His facial features are worn and no hair detail is present, but he does have a clearly moulded long drooping moustache. The bottom half of his body disappears into the whales mouth. The whale is integrally moulded, with its body tapering to the point where the knife blade would have attached. Again, this portion of the handle is v…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolleshunt Major', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C22FD3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A trader's token issued by John Martin of Guildford
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-C24355
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A trader's token issued by John Smallpeece of Guildford. As Williamson (Surrey) 123; Everson 128.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2005
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.