Record ID: CORN-BDD2F0
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy bridle boss, or harness mount, circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, missing its rectangular attachment loops for the strap. The boss has a plain raised circle in the centre, with a recessed groove beyond and then two concentric borders: the first is a raised wavy line and the second is a line of raised squares, each with a circular perforation and defined by a recessed transverse groove. The closest parallel on the database is YORYM-9D5048 which is dated from the 18th century. Read (1988) illustrates similar plain centres and multi-roundel borders on lead …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-BDA145
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper farthing of Charles II (1660-1685), with the date on the reverse in exergue, which appears, though mostly illegible, to be 1672 as the base of the 2 can just be made out; Spink 3394.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-7E6A42
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy two-piece domed button with soldered attachment loop. The face of the button is very worn and hard to make out but the back mark is clear: .FIRMIN & WESTALL. STRAND which operated in London from c.1794-1812. The letters within the seven-pointed star of the Order of the Garter, surmounted by a crown, appear to be D G which stands for Dragoon Guards, with an X above them which would stand for the 10th Regiment which became the Prince of Wales' Own Hussars in 1806. At this time the buttons depicted the Prince of Wales feathers so this button must pre-date 1806. The mott…
Created on: Monday 7th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-53E127
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron shot, spherical in shape, with pitted surface, but with most of the surface iron corrosion product having fallen away since it was found, leaving the original object. The shot is about an inch and a quarter in diameter, or 39 mm, which could have been used by the smaller artillery pieces like the 'base', or small cannon, which was the smallest of the 'standard' list of guns of the late 16th century, at one and a quarter inch calibre, but equally could have been used as grape shot for some of the larger pieces. In the 17th century, during the Civil War, any iron object was us…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 5th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-2637E3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two cast lead shot, probably musket balls, spherical in shape, one with two incised parallel lines on the surface at its widest point, but not damaged from use. The diameter of about 16 mm and weight of about 23 g of the shot compares well with examples from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Royal Institution of Cornwall's collections and those on the database. These are definitely for small arms and may have come from a smooth bore musket. Musket calibres ranged from 0.5 inches (13 mm) to 0.8 inches (20 mm), but during the 17th century they tend to be larger and heavier than these e…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Saturday 10th November 2012
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Record ID: CORN-251B02
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast iron cannon ball, spherical in shape, pitted and corroded on the surface but not damaged from use. The diameter of 82 mm and weight of almost 2kg of the cannon ball compares well with examples of Civil War shot in the Royal Institution of Cornwall's collections, in particular a cannon ball from Castle Dore, Lostwithiel (TRURI 1992.91) and another from Tresillian Bridge (TRURI 1993.8), both Civil Ware battle sites. The size and weight of the ball suggests that it would fit a 'Minion' cannon which had a 3.5 inch bore and shot a 4 pound ball (Bailey, 2000, 95). These were used from …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-1AEFD1
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy bowl, from the base of the rim, following the curvature of the body of the bowl and tapering towards the base where it has broken away from the vessel. The curvature in profile shows that the bowl would not have been very deep, perhaps 120 mm in depth. The the curvature in plan suggests that the bowl would have been about 260 mm in diameter. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar example of a bowl fragment with a curved body on page 99, Fig.85, No.443, which is dated from c.1550-1600. Ottaway and Rogers (2002) list body fragments of thin cast cooking pot…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-F0C156
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a large bowl or cooking vessel with an internally bevelled rim that is semi-circular in section and flush with the upper edge of the vessel. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly to suggest a reasonably deep straight-sided bowl or a deep straight-sided everted rim, as seen on cauldrons, and the curvature of the rim suggests a large diameter of about 320 mm. The bevelled rim itself is 4.7 mm thick which then tapers to the body which is 4 mm thick. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar example of a bowl fragment with a flared rim and straight…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
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Record ID: CORN-EBBDA2
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy receptacle leg, probably from a small cauldron or skillet, triangular in plan, profile and section, with a large central mid-rib, flanked by a slightly narrower rib either side, and tapering from the triangular fragment of the body of the vessel at its upper end, to a pointed end at its foot. The back of the leg is flat and the end of the foot is worn, particularly on one side from use wear, so that it looks deliberately narrowed or pinched. Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 96, no.596, which is dated from the 13th to the 17th century. Butler & …
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-F3AE48
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy spur with only one terminal remaining, the other side having been broken in antiquity. The sides of the spur have been bent outwards and the terminal has been bent back towards the side that it would have originally been in line with. The terminal is an enclosed sub-rectangle in profile and this type is often found paired with a circular terminal on the other side in Medieval examples, such as on iron prick spurs; but the style of the moulded neck and rowel box suggests that this spur dates from the Post-medieval period and so there would probably have bee…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-D56A12
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Issue (1561-1577), dated to 1568 on reverse, confirmed by mintmark of coronet, North 1998, Spink 2566.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-D539B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver 4 sols of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715), minted at Lyon and dated on reverse to 1676. Obverse: IVDOVICVS XIIII D GRA; draped bust with annulet curls facing right Reverse: FRAN ET NAVARRE REX 1676; Crown above fleur-de-lis cross, D within. Krause & Mishler 2003 (17th century, 3rd edition), p. 218, No.KM 232.2.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-CA4A22
Object type: JEWS HARP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy jews harp, with bevelled edges so that it is lozenge-shaped in section, which flattens out as the body extends into the tapering arms. At the apex of the loop there are two parallel grooves where the iron tongue would have been attached originally. This small lyre-shaped musical instrument was used by holding the frame between the teeth and striking the iron tongue with the fingers. They were used from the Medieval period right up to the 18th century, but the earlier ones are often forged iron, are decorated with punchwork or engraving, have 'barleytwist' loops, and …
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-C98581
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy dress hook fastener with the hook end having been bent straight and the loop end broken and missing. Two pointed projections are all that remain of the base of the attachment loop. The body of the fastener is circular in plan and domed in profile with a larger central raised pellet and six smaller pellets around it, representing a six-petalled flower, with six larger pellets alternating with these, as the larger petals, all within a border of smaller pellets. Bailey (1992) illustrates a similar example on page 30, No.12, which is dated from the 16th cent…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012
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Record ID: CORN-C93882
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy buckle pin with a drilled circular hole for the bar and an incised groove on both sides just below the loop where the pin then narrows and is recessed and tapers to a flattened point. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar incised and recessed pin on a shoe buckle on page 101, no.649, which is dated from c.1690-1720. Read (1988) illustrates a similar incised pin on a shoe buckle on page 174, No.1150, which is dated from c.1720-1790.
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C8C480
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy mount or escutcheon plate in the form a flower with a central raised roundel and four trefoil petals in a cross formation. One of the central petals in one of the four groups has broken away so that it is flush with the other two petals either side. This broken edge may have originally been extended to form an arm of a handle for a drawer or as a decorative mount on an item of furniture. The back of the mount has an open circular hole, which is about 6 mm in diameter, where the mount has been punched from behind to form the central roundel on the front. It does not …
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-C85006
Object type: DOOR FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy, likely brass, knob terminal from a door or drawer handle, circular in plan and semi-circular in profile. The fitting is in the form of a daisy with a central raised dome. The dome is defined and bordered by two concentric rings which are surrounded by twelve petals that form the flower. The back of the fitting has a raised circular setting with a central hole, about 5 mm in diameter, which has several ridges to take the securing bolt, now missing, that would have fixed the knob to the door or drawer. Bailey (1993) illustrates similar examples on page 20, Nos.47 & …
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 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-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-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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