Record ID: CORN-42EF37
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy chisel, rectangular in plan and section, and triangular in profile. The socketed collar is missing and the blade end has been hammered flat so that is has flanged outwards slightly on both sides. The casting seam on both sides has been filed down, and there are now lumps of corrosion product following these lines which obscure the detail. The surface is generally corroded and pitted with patches of powdery bright green bronze disease. Pearce (1983) illustrates a similar socketed chisel from Bodmin, Cornwall on page 563, Plate 2, No.12 and another from Bovey Tracey,…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-434197
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a bowl with an everted beaded rim that is sub-square in section as it has been flattened on its upper, outer and lower edges. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly to suggest a reasonably deep bowl and the curvature of the rim suggests a diameter of about 200 mm. The rim itself is 4 mm thick which is twice as thick as the body of the vessel. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar example of a bowl fragment with an everted rolled rim on page 98, Fig.85, No.441, which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th century. Ottaway and Rogers …
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0AB3F6
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crucifix with Christ on one face and the Madonna and child on the opposite face, both mounted on to a four-lobed cross which is backed by a square at right angles with a fleur de lis emanating from between each arch of the cross. Each fleur de lis terminates in a point that projects from the edge of the square back on both faces. The central cross expands into three arms with three Xs on each arm, representing the Holy Trinity, and a quatrefoil cross terminal. The style of a cross 'botonnee' (budded) is a style that has been used for hundreds of years, and was origin…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-F4D163
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead papal bulla of Pope Urban VI (1318-1389) who was Pope from 1378-1389. A lead bulla or seal was used to authenticate a papal document or 'bull'. The obverse reads *URB / ANUS / *P.P*. VI in three lines within a border of pellets. There are crowns or a bracket above each letter of the P.P and there are two eagles below the third line on either side of the socket for the cord which attached the bulla to a document. The reverse has the portraits of Saint Paul to the left and Saint Peter to the right within two pelleted aureoles, with a Roman cross between them. The saints are id…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-438E35
Object type: SIEVE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sheet copper alloy sieve or strainer, circular in plan with irregular circular punches or perforations roughly made from one face. The roundel has been irregularly cut out of sheet and its edge is uneven where sections have broken off or been torn away, leaving open perforations. The object has been hand-made and was perhaps used as part of a kitchen implement or as a drainage filter and looks to be Medieval in date. A similar example was found at Hellesvean, St Ives, excavated from houses dated from the 12th century (Preston-Jones & Rose, CAJ 25, 1986, 146). Egan (2005…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-38EC05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass dupondius of Vespasian (AD 69-79) with upright radiate crown like BMC 527 but too worn to be more specific and reverse scratched and corroded so that half of surface has gone.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0DB4D3
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy book clasp with expanded bifid terminal at one end and hook at the other. The clasp also retains its shorter rectangular back-plate, though it has broken in half, and its three rivets, holding the front and back plates together, around the leather strap, now missing. The upper face of the front plate is decorated with a longitudinal incised groove that runs from the indented end, between the two sections of the expanded terminal, to about the middle of the clasp where the surface is more corroded. The opposite end near the hook is decorated with two concentric circl…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0E5E16
Object type: NAIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Folded sheet copper alloy nail or tack with a flattened ovoid head in plan, and triangular in profile, with a shaft that tapers to a point. The sheet has been folded around to form a cone shape, with one layer overlapping the other at the head and down one side of the tack. The outer edge of the head has worn away, the top layer more than that underneath, where it is starting to separate. The upper face has two triangular indents where it may have been lightly hammered, pressed or punched. Presumably used for shallow connections or small repairs, due to its size and strength. The fi…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4BC311
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Edward III (1327-1377), Fourth coinage (1351-1377), Pre-Treaty period, c.1351-1361, Series G, c.1356-1361, initial mark cross 3, lombardic broad arched M, unbarred Roman N, single annulet stops, Spink 1578, North 1202
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4BD3F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 10ab6 (c.1305) transitional with EDWAR legend and very little room for the slight wedges as drapery under the chin of the bust, and with a worn left ornament on the tall crown. Minted in London. North 1039/4, Spink 1409B, Withers 10ab.
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4BE412
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 11b2 (c.1312-14) with pointed back E and serifed N and large face with no forehead, leering eyes with extra brow and rounded chin. Minted in London. North 1061, Spink 1456, Withers 11b2.
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4BF8A8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy buckle in the form of an 'S' with a stylised beast's head at each terminal. The head is a combination of a bird-like and serpent-like creature, with raised ears or a crest on the back of the head and a projecting upturned beak, with lentoid eyes and an open mouth with a defined linear tongue. The buckle is worn more on one side than the other but most of the moulded details can be discerned and are repeated on both sides of the frame. In the centre of the buckle frame is a tri-lobed moulded collar, which may represent a flower, flanked by a leaf with three pointed lo…
Created on: Saturday 17th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-268076
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged dolphin-type brooch, missing one wing and the hinge and pin, as well as the foot and catchplate. There is a small fragment of the copper alloy spindle visible within the tubular wing. Some of the surface of the wing remains on the outside and retains two sets of parallel transverse incised lines. The head of the brooch has a central raised moulded square which extends vertically down the bow into a lozenge-shape which tapers into a neck and then expands into a rounded terminal. The terminal appears zoomorphic because a chip has been broken off…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-1F8643
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper sestertius of Lucilla (AD 164-169), wife of Lucius Verus (AD 161-169), First Issue, c.AD 164, VENVS SC type, BMC 1174, RIC 1778
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-11D2F5
Object type: BIRD FEEDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bird feeder or water trough, D-shaped in plan and section with the flat side designed to fit on the wall or the side of a cage. The base of the feeder is also flat and the body flares upward from the base, with a flanged rim. The object is undecorated, apart from a series of parallel bands, below the expanded rim, and therefore could date from the 16th to the 17th century as decorated examples tend to be earlier in date. The metal surface is worn and cracked with a layer of corrosion and several indentations and gashes from more recent damage. Read (1988) illustrates…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-50D1A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy Aesica-variant brooch, likely another Cornish Type 31 (Bayley, Butcher & Tyacke, 2011), judging from the length of the crossbar, with long narrow wings, and the form of its junction with the bow, at the head where there is a perforation for a stud, and a circular plate bow with a central perforation, again missing its stud. There are two slight projections or knops on either side of the disc plate, which might have held studs, creating a cruciform shape typical of the Cornish Type 31, but the thin and flat plate is not typical of the type. The fantail foot…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Sunday 11th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-8AB047
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot or 'cake', oval in plan, and almost triangular in profile and section, but with an uneven base from the solidified lumps of molten metal. The side and upper surface are smoother but still have circular pits. The molten copper alloy would have been poured into a mould with a slightly rounded base, echoing the curvature of the side and upper surface, and allowed to cool until it was solid. The undulating lower surface represents the formation of air pockets, with troughs beside where the molten metal would have run away. The colour, texture, shape a…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-8B1008
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a tinned cast copper alloy buckle frame, annular or shuttle-shaped in plan with a drilled frame for a separate spindle to take the pin and chape. The hole for the spindle survives in the centre of the outer border of the frame, but the spindle, pin, chape and rest of the frame are all missing. The frame has an inner and outer border with an interlaced, openwork, floral design. The outer border has a row of single stamped annulets and the inner border is like a mask with two eyelets on either side of a central rosette. There is evidence of tinning on the upper surface of th…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-B58784
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shilling of William III (1694-1702), First bust, c.1695-1697, too worn to make out any mint mark on obverse or date on reverse, so Spink 3497-3503
Created on: Saturday 10th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th March 2012
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Record ID: CORN-7EEF93
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy leg from a small cauldron or large skillet, sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The attachment to the vessel body still remains, and the leg then tapers evenly to the foot which is worn to a rounded end. Three wide ridges remain on the outer face of the leg, varying in width, which terminate at the transverse collar which divides the leg from the foot. The foot would have originally also been ridged, but it is now so worn it has lost its claw-like terminal. The centre of the outer face of the foot still projects outwards, however, representing the arc…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th March 2012
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