Record ID: NLM-DC19E8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, kindly identified by the finder as a commemorative issue celebrating the Preliminaries of the Peace of Amiens (1801), engraved by H Kettle, by reference to the Numista website. Obverse description: Shield with Union Jack blazon and circumferential legend in three orders. Obverse inscription: PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE / BETWEEN /[GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE] / SIGNED / [OCTOBER 1 1801] Reverse description: Dove flying above quayside scene within laurel wreath border. Reverse inscription: PEACE COMMERCE [& PLENTY] Diameter: 24.0mm, Weight: 2.42…
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DBF92C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast oval weight of round section with a longitudinally moulded hole of diameter 6.5mm; patinated. The form is common for modern fishing weights, particularly those used in coastal waters; either singly on a line, or in series along the selvedge of a net. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Length: 27.6mm, Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 38.67gms
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9E89E5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and lead button. Cast uniform button front with its hollow back filled with lead, and with two disturbed areas in that filling which may mark the loss of either a loop or other provision for its attachment, whether as button or badge is uncertain. The front has an applied plaque bearing a military badge comprising a Garter with a Latin motto: DESDIC[---]PERO, enclosing a seated lion left beneath a crown with five upright jewels - i.e. not the Crown Imperial commonly seen on more recent militaria. White metal plating appears to have covered both the button front and the ap…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8B3BD6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast sub-cylindrical weight with a central moulded aperture of diameter 5.9mm. The diameter is slightly expanded towards the flat ends, though subsequently knife trimmed where this was more marked. A low groove crosses one flat end, passing over the position of the aperture; subsequently patinated. The form approaches that of bobbin or cotton reel-shaped lead weights of uncertain purpose but probably Roman date, as, for example, recorded by David Haldenby from a Roman site at Newbald Lodge, East Riding of Yorkshire, and also reported elsewhere in northern Lincolnshire. Th…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B563BC
Object type: WHEEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron wheel, Cast wheel with four equidistantly spaced spokes with slightly concave sides, and with the stub of an iron axle remaining at its centre. Traces of untrimmed casting flash remain between the inside of the rim and the sides of the spokes. The finder originally considered this to be part of a toy vehicle of recent date. A suggestion of an identification as a votive object was then canvassed by this reporter. Craig Cook corrects this, with reference to the advice of Ben Paites, FLO for Essex. Ben kindly suggests that the provision of an axle distinguishes this…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NLM-766F59
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast chape from a buckle with a separate chape on a steel spindle (lost). Cast plate with its bifurcated wider end drilled to receive a spindle through circular housings, narrowing towards an oval-ended button chape which has lost its stud. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720. Length: 34.5mm, Width: 16.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 4.33gms.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
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Record ID: NLM-E0BF15
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast pendant, probably in the form of a gad-fly, with an oval loop at right angles to the plane of the pendant itself. The loop takes the place of the insect's head, a pair of interleaved wings appear half folded to either side of an elongated body which tapers towards a rounded knop at its end, possibly representing a sting. The knop is now bent forward of the body. The body itself is textured by finely executed incised cross hatch. This, and detailing of the wings, retains extensive traces of gilding. The gad-flay was a heraldic charge which might be gr…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0ADF7
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Cast ring, possibly originally of rounded section. The band is narrowed by wear at opposed points on its sides, possibly stretched out of shape, and is slightly bent in profile, though it is not robust enough to have served with animal harness or in any similarly demanding role. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900. Diameter: 27.0mm, Band Width: 1.9mm, Band Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 1.30gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0A27E
Object type: CURTAIN FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Cast ring of D section, probably a curtain ring. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Diameter: 35.3mm, Band Width: 2.2mm, Band Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 2.45gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E0971D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight: a flat discoid weight with a central depression on one side occupied by a pair of stitching of diameter c.2mm. Bent and possibly clipped, patinated. This object is smaller than most hem weights seen by this reporter; it may have been trimmed to this size. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Diameter: 22mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 9.75gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E08B61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Upper or lower side of a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal buckle with a separate steel spindle [lost]. The end of the buckle , which is thin, is bent forward. An incised decorative scheme comprises a longitudinal medial line with a centrally placed pellet which is flanked by diagonal cuts arranged in a chevron pattern. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720. Length: 32.5mm, Width: 6.4mm, Thickness (at spindle housing): 3.5mm, Weight: 2.91gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E07C22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Middle and lower bow of a trumpet brooch, possibly Mackreth Type TR 1.5b. The upper bow is of round section and only a stub remains. The mid bow knop comprises two main discs which run all around the bow and are angled outwards so as to appear separate from each other; each is flanked by a subsidiary disc or moulding. These were probably plain. The continuation of the bow below the knop retains its round section but acquires a ridge on the back; it tapers towards the foot, which is lost. The type is thought to have been manufactured 'around the Humber' an…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
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Record ID: NLM-E0706D
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. Gently concavo-convex discoid plate with a central aperture 6mm square. The convex outer surface bears a low rim, and is coated with black material. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Diameter: 28.7mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 6.47gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-E065EE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Rim shard from a cauldron with a slightly thickened and rounded rim. Sooting appears on both sides, more prominently on the outer surface. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500. Height: 46.8mm, Thickness (rim): 5.4mm, Weight: 29.28gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A0DCF8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Hollow composite biconvex discoid button possibly made in two halves, though a single blow hole in the back might indicate a one piece construction comparable to that of cast spherical bells. A drawn wire loop passes within the back of the button. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750. Diameter: 14.3mm, Height (overall): 14.4mm, Weight: 1.69gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A0D0D7
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rivet. Cast square section shank, with a square rove now corroded to a domed head of diameter.5mm at one end, and burred at the other. The technique of fixing is an ancient one, best known from the construction of Early Medieval boats, where the rivets were of iron and are known as clench bolts. In this case a more recent date is certain. Lightly bent. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1900. Length (shank): 20.8mm, Thickness (shank): 1.8mm, Width (rove): 9.9mm, Weight: 1.91gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A0C625
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears the stamped legend: [--]TTING & SONS / LONDON. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1920. Diameter: 17.1mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 4.34gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A0BAAB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal. A pair of cast discs joined by sprue which have been clenched together. The larger disc bears the Roman numeral XII. This may indicate a cloth of 12 yards length, or may indicate the weight of a cloth. There are no other indications that the seal represents official inspection. The use of Roman numerals to denote length or weight is known from seals of later 16th to 17th-century date (Egan, G. et al, 1994; Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, London, [British Museum] Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities Occasional Paper no. 93, page 89). …
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A091E6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Upper or lower edge from a rectangular buckle with a separate steel spindle (lost). The display face bears moulded floral or vegetal decoration. Abraded. The slight curvature may suggest a function as a shoe buckle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790. Length: 23.1mm, Height: 6.7mm, Thickness (spindle housing): 4.4mm, Weight: 1.85gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
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Record ID: NLM-A084C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast and pierced catch plate from a bow brooch with a long thin bow, probably of a Colchester or Colchester derivative form. The apertures are both triangular; the stub of the folded part of the plate marks its former position. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, AD 1-50. Length: 28mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 2.63gms.
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.