Record ID: LON-49D0B4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat decorated lead alloy toy, possibly a bedhead or chair back. with raised decoration on one side. The object is rectangular with a three sided upper part, with concentric circular bosses at the junction between the straight and sloping sides. It is surrounded by a raised border and the bottom edge appears to be torn. There are two rectangular slits near the bottom of the sides. The central motif is of a quatrefoil rose surmounted by a crown, which forms the top edge. There are two floral motifs below the rose, branching out from a semi-circular hatched area in the centre of the bott…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queenhithe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-495272
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat lead alloy badge with raised decoration. Roughly oval in shape with double scrolls protruding at the edges: two at one end (with a central circular area in between) and another at the other. The surface is decorated in fine cross-hatching. The central area has an openwork cross with a smaller cross in one angle. The back is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brooks Wharf', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-3511A0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy weight or spindle whorl of probable Roman to post medieval date (1 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl / weight is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 23.7mm and is 4.4mm thick. There is a circular cast hole through the weight / whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 8.1mm. The weight weighs 10.58 grams. Neither the upper or lower face of the weight / whorl or weight has been decorated. The spindle whorl or weight is of a mid-light grey colour with an even patina which covers all surfaces. The whorl has been abraded and rol…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-1F15C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead domed mount, the obverse is decorated with a male figure in 17th or 18th century costume holding a cane. There is an inscription around the edge - much of this is damaged and broken off. What can be seen reads []D VERNO[]. There is a pierced hole, presumably for attachment, towards the bottom left edge. Diameter 30.40mm, thickness (as curved) 5.0mm, thickness of metal 1.4-1.9mm, weight 4.91g.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Packington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B675E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unidentified object which appears to be made from a pewter or lead alloy and is now distorted and folded, probably due to exposture to heat. It measures 28.88mm in length, 16.5mm in width and 6.9mm in thickness. One face has a smooth part of a grey colour and a hollow part with a central longitudinal rib. The other face is more silvery in colour and one rectangular fragment has an especially silvery sheen, there is also a small rounded knob projecting from the side of this face. The date and function of this object is unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Friston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B0BF22
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy coin weight used to weigh a medieval 'Noble' coin. Square in plan, the obverse shows a stylised ship with high fore castle and sterncastles, no sail, simple rigging and waves beneath. There is cross hatching to the reverse. The weight is creamy beige in colour and is 14.5mm long, 14.14mm wide, 4.54mm thick and weighs 7.02g or 108.3 grains. Withers 48.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barling Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A05E06
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token. Sub-circular cast lead disc with long cross design on one side; the other side is undecorated. Probably medieval, 14th-15th century. Length 17.80mm, width 14.96mm, thickness 3.82mm, weight 5.70g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NARC-9CC447
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy medieval pilgrim's ampulla, worn and flattened as a result of old damage. This is a conventional flask-shaped example with a pair of extant integral suspension loops which are sub-triangular in shape. The front face seems to feature a scallop shell design (see notes, below), emblematic of St James the Great and duly of pilgrimage in general. The back face features a pair of concentric rings with zigzag motifs within. Within these circles is a further, indistinguishable, design. Later medieval, 14th or 15th century in date
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-8A0B37
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular shaped fragment of a flat metal bar, rectangular in section. Both surfaces are scratched.
Created on: Monday 14th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trafford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-89D682
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Square buckle with central bar. Pin missing but traces of iron corrosion. There is a recess for the pin in the centre of the central bar. The pin rest is on the reverse side. The outer edge is thicker than the opposite one. There is a line visible from casting in a two-part mould. Dull grey colour, possibly lead-tin alloy.
Created on: Monday 14th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4AF743
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handle fragment from a post-medieval pewter spoon. The end of the handle is all that survives of the spoon. The flat pointed-oval fragment has a knob on the top and depicts a male and female figure in low relief on one face. The figures are in side profile and facing each other. On the opposite face are the initials E.W. The fragment has a small triangular hole in the middle. The surviving length is 36.0mm, the width is 25.7mm and the weight is 11.91g.
Created on: Friday 11th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-3433D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of metal vessel, possibly a tankard or the neck of a jug. Plain, slightly widened rim decorated with three grooves and raised bands below the rim, 11mm from the top. There is a slight thickening of the rim on the external side.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-090955
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably a fragment of casting waste of unknown date.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-F58A46
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of casting waste. The underside is fairly flat whilst the upperside is domed and irregular. The metal looks like a lead alloy or pewter.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F41956
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
Group of fifteen musket balls. Heavy white patina – no.s 2, 4, 8-10, 15; the rest are grey. Numbered left to right from top to bottom. (1) impacted with two areas of flattening at right angles, diameter c.11mm, weight 7.04g; (2) heavily chewed/pitted and misshapen, diameter c.12mm, weight 6.66g; (3) impacted, flattened on two opposite surfaces, diameter 14.3mm, thickness 8.4mm, weight 9.49g; (4) probably impacted musket ball, convex but flattened on two opposite surfaces, diameter 15.2mm, thickness 9.44mm, weight 12.34g; (5) not impacted, sprue not filed off, faint casting line aroun…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F3DB90
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group of seventeen musket balls. All have heavy white patina, except no.s 9 and 17. Numbered left to right from top to bottom. (1) double linked musket balls, heavily chewed/pitted, joined by short (c 2mm) circular sectioned sprue, length 30.38mm, diameter c.16mm, weight 39.30g; (2) impacted musket ball, flattened and ridged on one side, diameter c.16mm, weight 15.36g; (3) impacted, slightly concave impaction, diameter 14.7mm, weight 15.76g; (4) impacted, flattened on one side, diameter 14.5mm, weight 9.92g; (5) not impacted, unmarked, diameter 12.2mm, weight 9.70g; (6) not impacted, c…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-B2BC70
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy token, 18mm in diameter and 2mm thick. The token is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 3.72grams. It is decorated on one side with a raised rope like border which contains a heart shaped motif which appears to have a plant sprouting from it. This is flanked by the initials I B.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-A1B0C4
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy papal bulla of Sixtus IV, 38mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The object is in good condition with a beige patina and a weight of 46.07 grams. The bulla shows St Peter and St Paul on one side with the inscription PPAE on two lines. The other side contains the inscription SIXTVS// PAPA// IIII over three lines.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9F61E6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Circular shaped weight with a hole in the middle. The surface is uneven and rough. Its overall diameter is 23.86mm, the diameter of the hole is 7.98mm, thickness 11.31mm, weight 32.12g.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-94C865
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy short skillet leg with four ribs on the outer face, which extend the length of the leg, and four ribs protruding from the inner face, which only extend half way up the leg. The end that would have been soldered onto the body of the vessel has been filed down on the outer edge and the opposite narrower end has been cut. This looks to have been used as a trial piece in order to test the mould for a more permanent copper alloy leg. Or it may have been used as some sort of repair, as lead is easier to work with, and has to be heated to a lesser degree, but it is difficult…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.