Record ID: BM-110BD3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A characteristic Victorian snake ring.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-109438
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin hoop engraved on the exterior with a foliate scroll. The background would have been originally enamelled, but no traces of enamel remain.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-6E76F4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, torn around circumference of dome. The body decorated with lozenges centred with squares of waffle-type indentations; the triangles between the lozenges also with indentations, plain border between engraved lines. Lathe centring mark on dome. Length: 2.2 cm. 17th Century. The precious metal content of the thimble is greater than 10%.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-10B90E
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description:. An incomplete silver child's whistle, A tubular whistle formed from sheet silver and with an open D-shaped mouth piece and a D-shaped sound hole. There is a visible seam along the length of the whistle. The body of the whistle expands towards the open end. The open end has a series of sharp triangular projections around its edge. most of which are bent. The body is decorated with three collars. One below the sound hole is formed of coiled, spring-like silver wire, The second, equidistant between the latter and the end of the body, is of the same construction and …
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melcombe Horsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-B53A68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A decorated finger ring of post Medieval date made from a low grade base silver alloy. The hoop has a flat cross-section and has moulded decoration to the exterior, comprising palm fronds alternating with cinqfoil rosettes of pellets. The applied bezel is a 4.7mm wide quatrefoil with a small heart incised onto it, possibly with a flame emerging from the top. The hoop has been crushed and is now distorted.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
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Record ID: DOR-364BBF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A gold finger ring with an internal inscription. The hoop is D-shaped in cross section. On the flat interior surface is two line inscription in Italic lettering. There are incised guidelines visible under the inscription. The inscription reads: The eye doth finde the hart doth chuse Faith doth finde and death doth loose Next to the inscription is a maker’s mark in a shield- DA Dimensions: 24.43 mm x 4.70 mm x 2.78 mm Weight: 10.21 g Date: Post Medieval – c. 1650 - 1730 Discussion: Since at least the middle of the nineteenth century (Waterton 1859, …
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1A0895
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy finger ring, dating to AD 1600-1800. The ring has a thick circular band, flat on the inner surface and at the sides,  and is decorated with ten raised, conjoined lozenges around the centre of the circumference. The outer surface shows traces of gilding. The ten raised areas suggest that this may be a form of  "decade" ring. Such rings were intended to assist in the saying of the rosary. Diameter: 24.69 mm Width: 4.88 mm Thickness: 3.31 mm Weight: 6.72 g
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: SOM-35B668
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval copper alloy ring type seamless thimble dating to c AD1520-1600. There are circumferential upper and basal plain bands with with one groove, and a right-hand spiral of reversed-D indentations. At the start of the spiral is a maker's mark showing a V shape connected to an oval. The thimble measures 21.97mm in diameter at the top, 23.49mm at the base, is 1.71mm thick and weighs 4.34g. Similar examples can be found in Read (2018), e.g. nos 26 and 42. He states that these type of thimbles were possibly from Nuremberg and probably cast. They have punched indentations and…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B7AC34
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Hair Pin or Bodkin of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object comprises a long, rectangular sectioned, tapering needle-like pin that has been bent slightly. The upper portion of the pin is missing due to an old abraded break. At the uppermost retained portion is an incised transverse line with a series of longitudinal line below of varying lengths. Discussion: A number of silver pins/bodkins are recorded on the PAS database including IOW-A1E3AB, SUSS-8E94FC and BUC-816668. All are predominantly dated from the late 16th-17th century and many have integra…
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-9B91E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T547: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A complete gold finger ring with a gem inset bezel probably dating to the Post- Medieval period. The hoop would have originally been circular in profile but has been compressed from one side of the ring so that it is now sub-oval. The hoop is circular in cross section and even in thickness (1.2mm) until reaching near the bezel. At this point the hoop flattens and widens on both sides into a fleur de lis design, both of whose outer petals point out and away from the bezel. The central petals of the fleur de …
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0FF02E
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver vervel (hawking ring) of Lewis & Richardson type C.ii. The object comprises a shield-shaped plate with a separately attached circular loop at the rear, set along the long axis of the shield. The shiled is square-topped and pointed at the base. It is decorated with a goat head facing left, bearded, both curved horns visible and the pelt decorated with small incised lines. The band of the loop is rectangular in cross section and stamped at either end with the letter C and H (C facing inwards at the end behind the point of the shield and the H at the opposite end beh…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-195212
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver filigree button. The separately applied wire attachment loop is U shaped and soldered to the octagonal silver backplate. The domed is fomed from applied silver twisted wire and strip metal. There are eight curled strands of twisted wire, emanating from a central pin with a wire band around it. Each of the curls is framed by a drop-shaped strip of silver sheet. Dimensions: 14.22 mm x 7.95 mm Weight: 1.49 g Date: Post Medieval - c. 1600 - 1700 Similar buttons are recorded on the database in records DOR-712AB6, DOR-4C8D82 and DOR-0FF84D
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30B478
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly clipped and bent post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Second coinage (North 1997). Initial mark: lion, dated 1567 (on coin). Mint of London. North (1991, 134). Diameter: 24.6 mm, thickness 0.7 mm, weight: 2.61 g
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2FDB18
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A large fragment of a broken post-medieval copper-alloy strap-fitting, probably a sword belt hanger/mount dating to c. 1500-1650. The strap-fitting would probably have had three suspension loops from which a trio of hooked plates would have hung, and with a trefoliate terminal (knop) at either end. The other terminal and two of the loops and all hooked plates are missing. The fragment consists of the one end of the mount, just under half of the complete object, including one surviving attachment loop (that which would originally have been at the mount's centre). The mount terminate…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minterne Parva', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D4EAEE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy farthing of Charles I (1625-1649). Rose Type 2 (North 2291). Initial mark: crescent, dating to 1636-1644. Mint of London. North (1975, 140). It measures 12.9 mm in diameter, 0.8 mm thick, and weighs 0.57 g. The coin contains a copper-alloy (brass) wedge which was added to negate counterfeiting. This is located at approximately 12 o'clock on both faces. The circumference is slightly abraded.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2017
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Record ID: ESS-1C4C56
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver hooked tag of Read’s Class D type 5 (figurative type). The item is a trefoil of hollow-domed bosses with an engrailed edge. The bosses are separately soldered, and each boss is within an annulet. Central is a ten-petalled flower with raised centre. Large granules are located in the interstices on the edge of the plate. On the reverse is a separately soldered cylindrical hook, which tapers to a sharp point. Separate soldered loop on reverse is missing. Dimensions: Weight: 6g. Length: 30.5mm. Width: 22.8mm. Plate thickness: 4.7mm. Discussion: This type of dress…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-75F9FC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A Post-Medieval enamelled gold posy ring. The ring consists of a gold band, plano-convex in cross section, and with the exterior decorated with a recessed foliate motif, retaining both white and green enamel in situ. The interior is inscribed "Free consent breeds much content", in an italic script. There are no maker's or hall marks. Dimensions: 18.41 mm x 4.42 mm x 1.45 mm Weight: 3.66 g Date: Post-Medieval - c. 1650-1750 Discussion: Posy rings with longer, italic inscriptions tend to date to after the mid-17th century. Similar inscriptions can be seen on SUSS-9…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-159705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval silver gilded finger-ring, dating to the period AD 1500-1550. It measures 23.21mm in diameter, 7.12mm in thickness and weighs 6.66g. The decoration is framed by two ridged rims, one either side, which run the entirety of the finger-ring. In between are triangular sections of raised dots, approximately 21 in each section. Again, these triangular sections are enclosed by a ridged rim, and alternate from top to bottom. There is no discernible decoration or writing in the inside band. Discussion and Date: This style of ring is typical for the very early Post-…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fontmell Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-761A0B
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver bodkin with the same incised decoration on both faces. The spoon terminal (an earscoop) is missing. The head of the bodkin is a sub triangular panel with a single vertical incised line, a circular hole and a transverse ridge at the base. Above the rectangular aperture is a short section decorated with a sub-triangular incised frame filled with a of row vertical incised lines with a quatrefoil between transverse bands below (around the quatrefoil are radial diagonal lines between each of the foils and a pellet at the centre). Around the aperture the frame is decora…
Created on: Saturday 1st July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
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Record ID: ESS-A8C22C
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress pin of bodkin type, dated to the 17th century. The pin is an elongated oval in shape, tapering to a point at one end and a slightly wider curving edge at the other. The curved edge also features an oval 'eye' hole through the pin, close to the edge. This hole looks to have been extended into the surface of the pin on both faces, though not cutting completely through the pin, creating a chased triangular point extending from the eye hole on both faces. The pin is rectangular in cross-section with bevelled edges. The surface is uninscribed. Dimensions: weight: 4.3g,…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne', grid reference and parish protected.