Record ID: PUBLIC-112C4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy shoe buckle of Post-Medieval date c. AD 1680 -1720. The buckle frame is rectangular with rounded corners, and has three raised lines of metal at the point where the missing pin and spindle bar would have been held in place. The front of the buckle is decorated by both foliate and floral decoration. There are flowers at either end, and four groups of six leaves spaced along its front. The buckle frame is in good condition, and has a dark grey colour. Dimensions: Length 46.69 mm. Width 31.37 mm. Thickness 3.34 mm. Weight 12.7 g.
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-68E1A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy shoe buckle of  Post-Medieval date c. AD 1680 - 1720. The object would have been double looped with rounded ends. The pin and its separate spindle bar are missing. The upper surface has both a foliate and floral decoration, of eight flowers and six leaves spaced around the frame. It is in good condition, with a dark grey colour. Dimensions: Length 38.05mm, width 22.95mm, thickness 4.34mm, and weight 8.1g.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2F082E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap slide, most probably for a 19th century horse harness. The front of the object is domed with a Tudor rose style motif that still has the remains of silvering. The reverse is dished and has two lugs that would have sat either side of the strap. There is still iron on the end of the lugs, presumably the remains of an iron fitting. Diameter:34.9mm.  Thickness: 11.98mm.  Weight: 18.97gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BDB4F9
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Copper alloy fob seal with a stone intaglio in-situ, probably of 18th century date. The fob seal is sub-rectangular in plan and is complete apart from the suspension chain which is missing to antiquity. The seal case is pyramidical with a sturdy openwork frame soldered to the top. The suspension frame is largely flat in cross section, with a raised border which has a heart shaped piercing at the seal end. Within the frame there are three flowers either side. Two further flowers decorate either side of a raised shoulder which supports the attachment loop. The loop is set a…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-205D57
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy 17th Century button, discoidal shaped with convex front, concave back, integral rectangular trapezoid shank with a drilled hole and a slightly rounded end, significantly worn on one side. The button has an incised design with dots and annulments forming a quatrefoil, fleuret headed sepals and bordered with crescents. The condition of the surface of the button is good with a smooth light green verdigris. Two very similar examples are illustrated P46 Figs. 153 and 155 in Read. The finder reports that other 17th Century finds in proximity to th…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DB4685
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval tombac button, dating to circa AD 1700-1800.  The button is in the form of a 18mm diameter flat solid disc, with an engraved design of a c.10mm diameter five-petalled Tudor rose, between each petal is a small triangular leaf. The disc is bevelled at the outer rim, flat backed, with a small conical central boss with the stubs of a copper drawn-wire loop. The button is a shiny grey colour and there is no maker's mark. Most probably of  C18th origin. 
Created on: Sunday 11th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston and Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9874A7
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two, once joined fragments, from a length of wooden casket or chest binding dating to the Post Medieval period , c.1700-1900.  The pieces are cast with a plain flat back and designed panel on the front face. The binding is heavy and of dimensions suggesting that it was once binding to a large wooden chest or casket. The front face has a raised border along both edges and contains a design area consisting of a floral, scrolled and cross hatched design consistent with the Post Medieval date.  The is a round fixing hole of 5.9mm diameter at one end of the larger fragment. There …
Created on: Saturday 9th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-067ED4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy Medieval or Post Medieval uniface circular token, AD.1250-1800. The token is decorated with a six petalled flower. The reverse is blank. The token is 15.46 mm in diameter, 1.48 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams. Tokens with simple designs are easy to make and continued in use for a long period; therefore a general date of c. (1250-1800AD) is suggested.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D60FCF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Copper alloy post medieval 'acorn' mount c. 1500 - 1650 AD. The mount has a convex plate, mimicking an acorn with top and bottom knops. The cup has a cross hatched moulding and a smooth upper 'acorn'. The reverse has the remains of two fixing prongs. There are remnants of gilding with the exposed surface having a dull green oxidised finish. See also OXON-D040FA.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1ED9B2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy Medieval or Post Medieval uniface circular token, AD.1250-1800. The token is decorated with a six petalled flower. The reverse is blank. The token is 16.01 mm in diameter, 1.51 mm thick and weighs 1.8 grams. Tokens with simple designs are easy to make and continued in use for a long period; therefore a general date of c. (1250-1800AD) is suggested.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1EC0C8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy Medieval or Post Medieval uniface circular token, AD.1250-1800. The token is decorated with a six petalled flower. The reverse is blank. The token is 15.35 mm in diameter, 1.52 mm thick and weighs 2.5 grams. Tokens with simple designs are easy to make and continued in use for a long period; therefore a general date of c. (1250-1800AD) is suggested.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F451D1
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete silver post-medieval bodkin (AD c.1600-c.1700), missing most of its length, including its sharp point. The surviving piece of the bodkin consists of an engraved florally decorated terminal consisting of a downward pointing flower below a large single flower. These are topped by coiled Greek style column tops surmounted by a small cross. The cross has cross hatching on the transverse bar. The design is replicated on the front and rear face of the bodkin. Below the surviving terminal the bodkin divides into two parallel rods, …
Created on: Saturday 25th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FBC64A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn pewter (lead and tin alloy) toy, of a miniature ewer or jug, dating from the Post-Medieval period c. AD 1600 - 1800. The object is the lower section of a jug or ewer which has a hollow, waisted, pedestal base. The upper section is slightly oval, widening from front to back as it reaches the broken top. There is a vertical casting seam at the front and back, the back seam incorporating the broken stubs of a, now missing, handle. There is a design in relief, on both sides of the ewer, of a ten-petalled flower at the centre of a cross. In each angle form…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1261A4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Thimble, probably dating from the Post-Medieval period c. AD 1750 - 1850. The thimble has suffered compression damage and the loss of some of its lower edge. The crown has circles of machine imprinted pits, similarly the upper half of the body has them circling around it in a band 10.2mm in width. The lower half has a band of decoration 12.3mm wide of a scrolling foliate design, the two halves separated by an indented line. Dimensions: Height 23.5mm, width of compressed base 22.7mm, crown diameter 13.2mm and weight 5.5gm.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th August 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CF6F36
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval mount, dating from the mid 12th to early 16th Century AD 1270 - 1500. It is made from a thin sheet of copper-alloy into the form of a sexfoil, six lobed leaf or flower. It is flat, with a central hole and a small separate rivet in place. The rivet has a round head at one end, and has a small rove (anchor plate) fixed at the other, this combination would have held the mount to a thin material. Dimensions: Diameter 20.1mm, thickness 0.3mm and weight 1.1gm. The rivet is 7.2mm in length and 1.7mm in thickness. The small rove is 4.7mm square. Examples giv…
Created on: Saturday 1st May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-41BD81
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy (tombac) decorated button. It is flat and solid, measuring 24.3mm in diameter and 1.1mm thick, with a small central cone at the reverse with the broken stubs of an iron loop protruding. The obverse has a shallowly stepped rim and a ropework border, surrounding an abstract incised design which may be intended to represent a flowering plant, but manages to convey the impression that the engraver was either drunk or had never seen one. Bailey illustrates several similar but rather better executed examples on pages 54 and 55, which are dated to the 18th century.
Created on: Monday 12th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heather', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1631C1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, post-medieval, cast copper alloy button with an integral shank. Description: The button is circular and dish-shaped with a flat front and a hollow reverse. On the front there is an integrally-cast central design of a quatrefoil with a central annulet, set within a circular border. Projecting inwards from the border are four fleurs, one in each quarter of the central element. The circular border is raised with a shoulder sloping down to the outer edge of the button. The back of the button is hollow with an integral, perforated "U" shaped shank projecting from its centr…
Created on: Saturday 10th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9A9CFA
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy book clasp of probable post medieval date. Description: The object, possibly of Howsam Type A3, is sub-rectangular with the 10.55mm wide hook at the slightly narrow end. The other end widens and has been damaged where it has a torn edge.There is a centrally placed raised circular boss measuring 10.74mm in diameter, surrounded by a ring of raised pellets, enclosed by a raised circular perimeter line. From this perimeter line there is a circle of engraved petal shapes, each with its central edge turned inwards towards its base. There are two rivets,…
Created on: Sunday 4th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A74C8E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting of probable post-medieval date (1500-1700). The fitting can be divided into two separate parts; the body and the hooked terminal. The body of the fitting is relatively flat with a sub-rectangular cross-section; whereas the hook is sub-triangular (D shaped). The hooked terminal has been formed by bending the upper part of the fitting back upon itself to form a U shaped hook. This hook is undecorated and tapers slightly along its length terminating in a broken edge. The upper part of the hook flares into the decorated body of the strap fitting. The…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E00B5B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast, copper alloy double loop buckle dating to c. 1550-1650. Description: The frame is semi-circular in cross section, rounded on the face and flat on the reverse. The pin and one loop is missing. There is a moulded rosette on the outside edge of the remaining loop and pointed knops either side of the strap bar. The buckle has a dark green patina. Measurements: Length 27.9mm, width 24.1mm, thickness 2.3mm and weight 3.8g. Discussion: An identical buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead 'Buckles 1250-1800' page 66, no 407.
Created on: Sunday 14th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.