Record ID: NARC-7DB472
Object type: WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pen of probable medieval date. Knobbed shaft with four longitudinal rows of linked lozengiform facets; hollows between. Roughly hemispherical knop with flat, sub-circular terminal. Between the knop and the knobbed decoration the shaft narrows to a diameter of c. 3.5mm over a length of 11.2mm. There is a similar plain, narrow section between the knobbed decoration on the shaft and the lanceolate end, 14.7mm in length. The lanceolate end is 27.9mm in length, 7.3mm at its widest point before tapering to a point. There is a bevelled groove filed along each side t…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E32932
Object type: WORKBOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable copper alloy lid from an Anglo-Saxon workbox. The lid is circular thin sheet of copper alloy with a central hole, containing a suspension loop. The loop consists of a single oval strip of copper alloy looped over at the top, threaded through the hole and then splayed on the reverse to secure it to the lid. Attached to the suspension loop is another small strip of copper alloy looped through the suspension loop, perhaps forming the first link in a chain. There is a further hole to either side of the central hole although it is not certain whether these are areas of damage. …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-891EF2
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date, probably eighteenth century (AD 1700 – AD 1800). Length 67mmm, maximum diameter 16.5mm. Weight 10.05g. The whistle has been designed to resemble a cannon. The closed end of the whistle is cast and is composed of a base ring, a cascabel and a button. The button is elongated and has a transverse perforation which is 2.2mm in diameter. This perforation allowed the whistle to be suspended. Viewing the cascabel from the button end, it is decorated with a circle of repetitive tendril motifs. The base ring has beaded decoration around …
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-896262
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy whistle of Post Medieval date (AD 1500 – AD 1800). Length 49mm, diameter 5mm. Weight 3.92g. The weight includes some soil. The fragment is part of a decorated “hawking whistle”. It has been made from a single piece of sheet copper alloy which has been folded and joined by solder to form a hollow tube which is sub-circular in cross-section. The sheet has been thoughtfully cut so that the continuity of the decoration is not interrupted by the soldered seam which is clearly visible on the underside. The surface is decorated with three equally spaced longi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-6091F3
Object type: WHIP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greyhound shaped riding crop mount
Created on: Monday 31st October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-E938F5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy trade weight of probable eighteenth or nineteenth century date (AD 1700 – AD 1900). Diameter 23mm, 5mm thick. Weight 13.01g. (0.459 oz). The weight is circular in plan and the edges slope gently outwards and upwards from the base. The upper face is recessed and has a six-pointed star motif which is slightly off-centre. The arms of the star are wedge-shaped. There is an ewer at 6 o’ clock. The weight has possibly been “over-stamped” with initials “CS” divided by two conjoined circles. The upper surface is smooth and the lower surface appears to have a cast…
Created on: Friday 7th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-507606
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular copper-alloy trade weight of saucer form, 25mm in diameter, with a greatest thickness of 4mm, the marginal rim being 2.5mm broad. The weight is 13.22g, that is 0.466oz, showing that it is intended for a half-ounce weight. The upper surface bears three struck assays or authorization marks. The sign of the ewer is shown at 6 o'clock: one shaped coarsely like a letter L (perhaps for London)is at 12 o'clock, and the third is clearly a Crown above the capital letter G. On this trade weight that apparently stands for one of the four King Georges 1714-1826 (before the 1826 Imperial…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chelmondiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-BEF512
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat circular trade weight with raised rim. Charles I orII. The upper surface is stamped with an upward pointing sword at one o'clock (the City of London (Guildhall) mark, the sword of St Paul), a poorly impressed ewer at six o'clock (the mark of the Founders' Company), and a crowned C at eleven o'clock (for Charles I or II). It weighs 0.41 avoirdupois oz, and is presumably an underweight 1/2oz weight. Diameter 15.92mm, thickness 4.08mm, weight 11.69g.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-FC2231
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A disc shaped copper alloy trade weight, with a circular recess on the top. In this recess are two upper case Bs have been stamped above an obscure cluster of motifs, below which is a stamped number 12.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-8C63A7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
The centre of a copper alloy trade weight with the sides broken off. The resulting disc has raised edge, a raised area in the centre and a hole punched through just inside the outer border.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amersham', grid reference and parish protected.