Record ID: IOW-88B840
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy and glass locket fragment, c.AD 1800-1860. A thin pressed metal oval frame with part of a transparent white glass of thickness1.3mm (now cracked and part lost). The glass has a impact mark, possible from a drop that broke it. For a similar example, see NLM-EADD34 and NLM-CEBFD4.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B46592
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval-Modern copper alloy and glass locket, c.AD 1850-1900. This item consists of an oval metal locket frame with coveres that open on both faces, with hinges that formerly attached the frame to its counterpart cover. An oval pane of thin clear colourless glass remains in the frame on both faces, within an upstanding rim. The obverse of both covering cases bear a simple floral design and have the remains of gilding on it. A small piece of paper was found inside the locket, between the glass frame and the cover. It is unclear whether this paper w…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C89389
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval to modern gold locket, possibly a mourning locket, dating to c. AD 1800-1900. The locket is oval shaped, and formed of two halves held together by a hinge on one side and clasp on the other.The hinge is broken, so when the locket is opened the two halves fall apart. On the front of the locket is a raised monogram, with the letters J O U J I S. On the reverse of the locket there is no decoration. At the top of the locket is a circular attachment loop, with another larger attachment loop above. Looking at the locket from the front the opening clasp is on the left, wi…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Sunday 2nd July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-7CE877
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval-Modern hand made copper alloy locket, c.AD 1770-1900. This is the main body of a locket that was designed to hold a small photo. It consists of a solid base with a oval frame that attaches to it, which would hold the photo in the locket. This frame has stamped floral decoration around it, although the details are slightly obscured by corrosion and wear. The front cover, which may have been decorated or engraved, is missing. The reverse of the body has two broken attachment bases just below the centre of the locket. There appears to be the base of a third attachmen…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-2FCD74
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible locket fragment. Pressed metal concavo-convex object with a lug flanked by spurs at one end suggesting it pivoted or closed. A moulded four-petalled floret with hearts on stalks radiating from between its petals appears on the curved top; the sides are plain and frayed at their base. Glossy black spots appear on the reversed relief within the hollow back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850 Length: 21.6mm, Width: 14.6mm, Height: 8.6mm, Thickness (metal): 0.6mm, Weight: 2.49gms
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C4C703
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval-Modern cast and stamped copper alloy locket, c.AD 1800-1900. This is the cover of a cast copper alloy and electrogilded locket, decorated with the stamped monogram HEI. The rear cover and inside compartments are missing. A similar locket can be found in the V&A museum collections, dated to the 1880s (https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O376096/locket/). The letters HEI may be the initials of a name, although such initials are more cmmonly engraved into the back, or the innermost face of the cover, of a locket. The V&A example also has HEI …
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-81ACC7
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pendant locket. An oval case with slightly scalloped edge and a matching pressed sheet metal back plate bearing a central ovulo standing proud of ribs arranged in an open diaper-work pattern with a tiny loop in each compartment and a [now] open worn suspension loop at one end. A separate front plate is now slightly dished and appears plain. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 19.9mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness (overall): 2.6mm, Weight: 1.42gms
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8B79D3
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
 Report for HM Coroner Treasure Case 2022 T321 Medieval gold padlock locket PAS Database Number: LANCUM-8B79D3. Treasure Case Number: 2022 T321. Date of Discovery: 20 March 2022. Find Spot: Adlington, Cheshire. Circumstances: Found whilst metal detecting. Date: Late Medieval; fifteenth- to sixteenth-centuries AD, c.1400–1500. Overview: An incomplete medieval gold cast locket in the form of a miniature padlock. The locket appears to be made in at least four pieces: the outer casing, the twisted gold soldered on below the ‘shoulders’, and the two side…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Adlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1BFAB5
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket fragment. Oval stamped plate with a pelloidal beaded outer border, an inner plain annular border, and a central diaper-work field of linked stars, these details appearing either reversed or simplified on the back. A small tab remains to either side. Possibly a back plate. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 19.1mm, Width: 17.2mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-22AFBE
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible locket. A rectangular plate with crimped bevelled edges and four tabs at its corners which are folded behind to retain a waisted plain back plate. The front bears a probably stamped curvilinear vegetal motif. A slot of length 3.8mm between the edge of the decorated field and the bevelled side may be for a catch [if so, now lost]. There may be a third metal plate between the front and back plates, represented only by a protrusion at one end. The locket appears to have been made in the form of a little book. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1900 Length: 23.…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EF3B50
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy locket of Victorian/modern date (1856-1922). The locket is circular in plan with a diameter of 26mm and a remaining thickness of 5.0mm. The locket is in poor condition comprising a thin copper alloy sheet loosely fitting within the larger, thicker locket base. The thin sheet is badly damaged, missing the original edges, and the surface is covered in corrosion. An engraved love heart enclosing letters W&H above letters CO preserves in the centre on one side. This indicates the locket was manufactured by Wightman & Hough Co. (W & H CO), established in AD 1856 …
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-8888DB
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Oval back plate with upstanding flanged rim with a lug relating to closing the locket, bearing an incised floral motif on its back. Spots of gilding appear on the inner side, where they would probably have been concealed by a picture or item retained within the locket. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 29.5mm, Width: 24.7mm, Height/Depth: 2.7mm, Weight: 3.24gms
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1264CC
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket fragment. Octagonal plano-convex section frame with a central oval aperture, presumably framing a picture or other keepsake, now lost; with traces of gilding on both sides, and perhaps traces of fixative on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Height: 20.1mm, Width: 17mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 1.91gms
Created on: Thursday 21st October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owston Ferry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-13A71A
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lock plate of a silver locket. The object is an uneven pentagon, with two long paralle sides, one perpendicular side and two at 45 degree angles. Near the top edge is a lock hole for a key. There is some staining on the back and a small protrusion which suggests the position of a clasp. It is unlikely that the keyhole was functional but purely for decoration. Length: 16.3mm, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 0.5mm, Weight: 0.7g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cox Green CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1660BB
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver locket pendant, of Post medieval dating (17th century AD). The pendant is oval in plan and rectangular in section, made of three components, two sheets of silver cut in an oval shape, soldered onto the lengths of a rectangular sheet of silver that acts as the siding of the pendant. A ridge is present in the middle of the rectangular sheet. A circular suspension loop is present at the top of the pendant. An attachment scar is present at the base. Oriented with the suspension loop at the top, both faces are oriented at 6 o'clock (vertically). Both faces h…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-47E236
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket. Pressed metal oval frame of composite construction, with a flat back plate with four folded tabs, and with a plain convex display face. This presumably retained an image or keepsake. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 27.8mm, Width: 21.9mm, Thickness (clear of tabs): 3.1mm, Weight: 3.15gms
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton-upon-Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-214AAF
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket. The two pressed metal halves of a heart-shaped locket, with both bearing an integral loop springing from the cleft of the heard. The display side bears three hollow settings of diameter 2mm with incised scrolls around them. Gilding is retained near the decoration. There is no provision for opening the locket, so it probably served as a pendant rather than a container for a keepsake. Rebecca Hodgson kindly comments: 'this locket should slide open to reveal the compartment - I have one in better condition that is exactly the same and you slide the two halves away fr…
Created on: Friday 6th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B4038C
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment of a silver locket. A heart-shaped piece of sheet silver. On one face is an incised design of a heart pierced by two crossed arrows. The heart is small and near the apex of the heart. The crossed arrow tips protrude beyond the heart and both arrow shafts have fletching represented by triangles along each side filled with diagonal line hatching. There is a simple line framing the design around the edge of the piece. The rear surface is uneven with a slight recess and discolouration around the edge, possibly from attachment to the missing part of the locket. There ar…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stourpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CB433C
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hinged shield shaped 9 carat gold Art Nouveau style locket decorated with machine incised flowers around a central heart inscribed with this initials SCH - in interlaced copperplate script. The reverse is struck with a Birmingham assay mark (anchor) a stamp bearing the gold value .325 and the makers mark AEJ within a rectangular cartouche. The locket measures: 1 has length of 22.08mm, a width of 16.43mm and a thickness of 2.75mm; it weighs 1.1 grams. 2. has length of 22.34mm, a width of 16.66mm and a thickness of 2.28mm; it weighs 0.9 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E5DCEE
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy locket fragment. A circular flat-sided half of a flat discoid locket with a flanged rim; grey fixative or solder is thickly spread over a recessed internal surface, and may contribute significantly to the weight of the object. The display side bears central finely hand-drawn incised decoration of radial strokes around an irregularly drawn circle enclosing a smaller cross-hatched circle - only this cross-hatch appears to have been drawn as ruled lines. These motifs are enclosed by an incised lobed compass-drawn figure. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850 Diameter: …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gainsthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.