Record ID: SWYOR-86E256
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Acopper alloy modern terminal-end ferrule from an umbrella or parasol spoke dating from AD 1750 - 1950. It is a tapering hollow conical body (now squashed flat) finishing in a sub-spherical knop. There is a circular rivet hoel in each side. Measurements are; length 31.9mm, width 16.2mm, thickness 6.7mm and weight 7.77g. They are often mistaken for medieval and post medieval lace chapes or aiglets, but compare NMS-DA1611. 
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-875295
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy umbrella fitting. A cast ball-ended and collared tapered conical ferrule from the end of a rib from a parasol or umbrella, with opposed rivets hole to assure fixing in its side. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Length: 20.8mm, Diameter: 6.9mm, Thickness (wall): 0.3mm, Weight: 1.68gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0717F1
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green copper alloy ferrule from a parasol or umbrella. Pressed copper alloy sheet ferrule for a parasol or umbrella. Central strip gilded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 14.7mm, Thickness: 1mm, Weight: 1.35gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-0C5429
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tin alloy fitting with a floral pattern with dots around the bottom; possibly a fitting from an umbrella. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Diameter: 28.6mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 10.37gms
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DA1611
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy modern terminal-end ferrule from an umbrella or parasol spoke. Tapering hollow conical body finishing in a sub-spherical knop. As is the case for this example vestiges of the wooden interior often survive. The wider open end has opposed circular holes that would have accommodated a transverse retaining pin. They are often mistaken for medieval and post medieval lace chapes or aiglets, hence its inclusion in this database.
Created on: Thursday 30th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-41D405
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern cylindrical object, probably a runner or spoke guide from an umbrella or parasol dating from AD 1800 - 1950. This is a ring of lead alloy, flanged at one end in a pattern resembling crenellations, with indentations occuring at equal intervals around the flanged end, although this pattern is degraded on one side. There is also an iron pin running through the centre, with both edges piercing through the sides of the object. It has a white patina, with a rusted iron pin. It has a height of 6.0mm, a diameter of 12.5mm and weight of 1.38g. An imag…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8D10FE
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval ferrule, probably from an umbrella or parasol and probably dating from AD 1700 - 1900. It is made of sheet copper alloy and is a truncated cone with a flat end cap. There is a butt joint or seam running the length of the ferrule. The cap is probably a separate piece of metal. The wider end is decorated with four darker coloured circumferential bands, the dark colour from fragments of paint or lacquer surviving in the grooves. Piercing these bands are two pin or rivet holes, positioned opposite each other. A tapering cylindrical piece of wood is preserved …
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-73A70F
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron umbrella fitting. Cast ring with five equidistantly spaced projecting radial lugs and a sixth retaining ferrous concretions. David Williams kindly corrects an initial erroneous identification of the object by this reporter as a watch winder: '[This is a] modern umbrella component, not a watch winder'. Suggested date:Modern, 1900-2000. Diameter: 26.2mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 4.33gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-9AB2C5
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval ferrule, probably from an umbrella or parasol and probably dating from AD 1700 - 1900. It is made of sheet copper alloy and is a truncated cone with a slightly domed end cap. There is a butt joint or seam running the length of the ferrule. The cap is a separate piece of metal. The wider end is decorated with darker coloured circumferential bands; a thick one flanked by a thin line on each side. Piercing these bands are two pin or rivet holes, positioned opposite each other. A cylindrical piece of wood is preserved inside the metal ferrule. The ferrule is 3…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A22492
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ferrule from a cane or umbrella. Solid cast hemisphere clenched by a separate pressed metal sheath, probably, as the finder suggests, for the end of a cane or an umbrella. Three circumferential ribs and two grooves adorn the mouth of the ferrule. Now squashed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Length: 23.5mm, Diameter (toward narrow end where measurable): 10.7mm, Thickness (sheet): 0.4mm, Weight: 5.02gms.
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-22F3C4
Object type: UMBRELLA
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone object fragment identifed by Geoff Egan as part of a 19th century umbrella handle.
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.