Record ID: CORN-CC7CE7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Issue, c.1587-89/90. As Seaby 2579, North 2016
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lanlivery', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-BC94F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Base billon duit of Overijssel, a province of the United Netherlands, dated 1633 on the reverse. [low countries]
Created on: Sunday 24th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-F60773
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy double-loop or spectacle oval buckle frame which has a flat base and a convex profile. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the rest of the frame. The pin is missing. There is a moulded fleuret knop on the outer edge of each loop. The sides of the frame are concave and there is a protrusion at either end of the strap bar. The pin is missing. The buckle frame is 44.6 mm long and 24.6 mm wide and 2.6 mm in thickness. The bar within the frame is 25 mm long and 2.9 mm wide and 3.1 mm in thickness. Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar examples on p.10, No.13 and on p…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-5521C8
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Hookplate from a book clasp made from a flat rectangular piece of sheet copper alloy. These clasps were attached to leather straps fixed to the book and helped to hold it shut by hooking into a corresponding catch-piece on the other side. The end of the plate, with a rivet hole to attach the plate to a leather strap, is flared. The one rivet hole still retains its rivet, but there is a tear from the rivet hole to the edge of the flared end. The opposite end is bent over to form a central hook, 8.1 mm wide, beyond a squared off terminal. Half of the upper face of the hookplate is decora…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-567933
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy unfinished signet finger-ring which was used as a seal as well as a pipe tamper. The bezel would have most likely been engraving with the owner’s initials. The sides of the ring have been engraved with a leaf pattern surrounding the bezel on either side on the upper half of the hoop. The central area between the two sides of the stem of the tamper contain iron corrosion products, suggesting there may have been an steel swivel tool held in place by a pin at its base (see Bailey, DF1, 1992, p.66, No.43). The tool would have had a tamper on one end to push the new toba…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7416E5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy clothes hook fastener with sharp-pointed hook. The asymmetrical quatrefoil openwork, consists of two sub-square-shaped loops and two crescent-shaped loops, below a rectangular loop and cross bar, which would have allowed the fastener to have been attached onto the garment. The decoration consists of punched annulets on the upper face of the fastener, around the edge of the openwork, and surrounding a central fleur blossoming out of two leaves or strands of foliage from the boss above the hook. Bailey (2004) illustrates two comparable examples on page 96, Fig.12.17 a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
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Record ID: CORN-74C457
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy belt mount or stud in the shape of a rose like a quatrefoil, in plan, with four round petals surrounding a central pellet and circle, and four leaves alternating in turn behind the petals. Each petal also has a small circular annulet within it, close it its base. There are two integral pointed attachment lugs on the back of the mount. Read (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 34, Fig.19, No.273, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7541C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy lozenge-shaped mount with a small triangular knop at the top of the shorter end of the lozenge, in plan. There is a line of punched annulets, on the upper face of the mount, that follow the edge of the lozenge around its circumference. There are two complete integral pointed attachment lugs on the back of the mount. Read (2001) illustrates two similar examples on page 34, Fig.19, Nos.282 & 284, which are dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-863376
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy rim fragment from a cauldron, with internal bevelled edge and carination at the base where it was attached to the body of the cauldron. The original diameter of the cauldron would have been about 420 mm, from the top edge of the rim. Butler and Green (2003) illustrate a cauldron of a the same diameter and a depth of 330 mm, which held 8 gallons and 5 pints of liquid, on page 66, No.42, which is dated to c.1660-1699.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-871423
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper-alloy leg from a cauldron, with internal chamfered edge with two carinations, and external mid-rib. The colour of the copper alloy under the corrosion layer is somewhat grey, suggesting that it may have a higher tin content than the usual percentage. The texture is also brittle which may be due to too much tin in the mix. Butler and Green (2003) illustrate cauldron feet of a similar style on page 154-6, Nos.159-161, which are dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D88811
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead leather workers' palm guard, ovoid in plan and convex in section with a flat base. The rounded upper face has one circular depression in it with a diameter of 14.2 mm. The shape and size suggest that it might have been cast in an oyster shell. The guard would then have been enclosed in a thin leather pouch or wrapped in a cloth which would have had a hole going through it to match the depression in the lead. The lead and leather were then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when forcing needles through tough material. Similar palm guards used by sail makers can be seen …
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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Record ID: CORN-D8C630
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead leather workers' palm guard, ovoid in plan and convex in section with a flat base. The rounded upper face has one circular boss on it with a diameter of 15 mm, a similar size to that of the common depressions that are found on such guards. The shape and size of the palm guard suggests that it might have been cast in an oyster shell and perhaps the boss was a casting jet or mistake which was normally removed. The palm guard would then have been enclosed in a thin leather pouch or wrapped in a cloth which would have had a hole going through it to match the depression in the le…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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Record ID: CORN-D8E0E5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead fishing weight, perforated in two places for suspension. These are commonly found in fishing areas like Mevagissey, and do not comply with a standard form. 18th-19th century
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-CED143
Object type: CLOTHING FASTENING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper-alloy clothing fastener, possibly a sword belt hanger. Rectangular loop attached to an oval boss with a lion's head motif in high relief. There is an integral circular attachment loop set at right angles to the boss. The outer edge of the loop and boss has engraved cable decoration. The upper surface of the boss has been gilded and some of this survives. Probably a naval fastener as similar examples were recovered from the wreck of HMS Innocence and are on display at Portsmouth Historic Ships Yard. Similar to HAMP1024 and HAMP2958 on the database. 18th century
Created on: Saturday 5th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-AF4FA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage (1604-1619), dated 1610 over shield on reverse. The bust is like North’s Fourth Bust (Vol.2, p.119) with hair brushed forward and plain armour.
Created on: Sunday 16th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-BE4876
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy square coin weight for the Scottish sword and sceptre piece made in the reign of James I (1603-1625). The date of 1603 is on the obverse.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-BE81D1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hexagonal Anglo-gallic or French coin weight for the salut d’or of Henry VI (1422-1461), first issued in 1423.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-EF9922
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-looped ‘vesica-shaped’ spectacle buckle frame with punched annulets running along the outside edge of the frame. There is a perforated loop at either end of the narrowed pin bar, both of which are flush with the frame, and openwork in the shape of a heart within each pointed outer edge of the loop. The pin is missing. The length of the frame s 47.4 mm, the width of the frame is 27 mm and it is 2.2 mm thick. The frame weighs 7.67 g. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example, in shape, on p.67, No.416, and, in openwork, on p.69, No.434, both of…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-8D0922
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy gilt spur rowel in the form of a 'sunburst' with eight angled, pointed rays, oval in section, with central ribs on both sides which have moulded oblique grooves running along them, from the central circular perforation to the tips of the points; four of the points have been broken off in antiquity 17th century
Created on: Sunday 20th February 2005
Last updated: Friday 16th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-3A0B97
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast silver-gilt dress-hook with tear-shaped backplate, pinked edge. At the top of the tear a recurving hook is soldered onto the backplate, a rectangular bar attachment is soldered on beneath that. On the front, a raised hollow-cast cushion with four circles divided by knops, the circles formed in filigree. Within the four circles are smaller circles arranged around a knop in the form of a flowerhead. L: 32.4 mm; w: 20.6 mm. 16th Century. The ornamentation can be compared with other fittings reported through the Treasure Act, see Treasure Annual Report 2001, no.148. The raised holl…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Phillack', grid reference and parish protected.