Record ID: LANCUM-B05907
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern copper alloy object, probably a vinaigrette screen cover, or a brooch element, or a mount from a box. There are remnants of attachment points on the rear. It is made from a sheet of pressed copper alloy and is decorated with a floral and or foliate scrolling motif. Construction technique and decoration style lead to a suggested date of c1750 to c1940 AD. Length 30mm, width 21mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 1.52g.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulswater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A62656
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, albeit broken, Modern vinaigrette, likely dating to the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. The vinaigrette box would have been used to house perfume or scents, such as cedar wood chips or a cloth soaked in perfume, and used by the upper classes in Georgian and Victorian England. The box is made from copper-alloy but has been treated with silver gilt on its exterior. The box is hinged; however, the top does not open. Although the backplate has bent and come away from the top of the box, it is in very good condition considering the circumstances of discovery. The internal s…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Saturday 19th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Crosscanonby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-58DE27
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy, openwork pendant most likely a vinaigrette. Description: The pendant is sub-teardrop-shaped in plan with an integrally-cast, circular suspension loop at the apex. The loop has a twisted rope-effect design. The body of the pendant has an openwork, floral design on both sides, is gilded over all surfaces and has been cast to create an internal hollow space and an opening along one side that was used to gain access to the interior space. This side opening is now partially filled with iron corrosion but two small protruding knops appear to be a hinge-point suggesti…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-0FDE7B
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold vinaigrette, 22mm in diameter , 4mm thick and weighing 3.71grams. The object is circular in form and ovoid in cross section and is formed of two parts hinged together like a locket, with an attached suspension loop. The front of the object has a border decorated with raised flower and foliage motifs, some of teh flowers are picked out in red gold. This surrounds a central circular plate which has a recessed border and contains concentric lines of triangular projections. The reverse has a pattern made up of circular holes forming three lines around a central hole, wi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-36ECF2
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object probably dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period. The object is incomplete but would have been circular in plan and conical. Projecting from the top of the object is a sub-circular knop below which is a collar. The rim at the base of the object is slightly turned out and is decorated with a circumferential band. The object is decorated with vertical roles of three circular perforations. The exact function of this object is uncertain. There are no visible remains of an attachment for a clapper within the object which would occur within a bell. The…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A89F87
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 19th century vinaigrette, used to house perfume or scents, such as cedar wood chips and used by the upper classes in Georgian and Victorian England. The box is made from fine silver wire, and decorated with intricate open wire filigree in floral designs. The box is hinged and there is a small rounded silver knob to act as a catch; the box still opens. Although slightly damaged, the box is in very good condition considering the circumstances of discovery. There is a reddish hue to the silver, suggesting a lower grade silver with high copper content. The box may have been housed withi…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
No spatial data available.