Record ID: LANCUM-68892B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval 17th to 18th century cast copper alloy button with integral shank and floral design on the front. The button is circular. It has a flat front and back. The shank is a tab, roughly broad D-shaped in profile with a large circular hole drilled through it. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 4.10g. Similar examples are illustrated by Read (2005), dated to the 17th to 18th centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68367C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast conical lead weight with a hole probably Medieval to Post-medieval, 1400-1700. The length is 17mm, the width is 22mm and the weight 23.22g. Weights such as this have been used from Roman through to post-medieval times. Numerous weight-related functions are likely for objects such as this, for example, steelyard weights, standing weights, net weights or fishing weights.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-6B00CF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy vessel foot, probably from a cauldron, posnet or skillet. The size of this foot suggests a cauldron is the most likely vessel for it to have come from. The leg is sub-triangular, tapering towards the rounded point. The top end has a flattened area where it attached to the vessel.The vessels to which these were attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used for food serving and cooking. Dates from from c1200 to c1750 AD. The length is 76mm, the width 52mm, and the weight is 211.43g. Butler and Green (2003) 15, state 'there…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-5F8145
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy, or lead, token or token copy. Decoration is crude and a similar incised pattern on both sides. This consists of a multi-armed cross or star partially within a circle. Further rays or arms emanate from this circle to the edge of the object. Possibly an imitation of a token similar in design to a Powell Type 3. Without further context, is it not possible to closely date this artefact? It could date to anytime between c1200 and c1700 AD. The diameter is 14mm and the weight 1.78g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-582285
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to early Post Medieval, cast lead alloy or lead, weight, possibly a spindle whorl or net weight. It appears undecorated. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds that spindle whorls should ideally be circular and must have a central perforation (ibid.). It is possible, therefore, that this lead weight is a spindle whorl. At the Austin Friary in Leicester (see Mellor and Pearce, 1981), a decorated whorl was found, still on its…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-57E323
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Early Medieval to early Post Medieval, cast lead alloy or lead, weight, possibly a spindle whorl or net weight. It appears undecorated. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds that spindle whorls should ideally be circular and must have a central perforation (ibid.). It is possible, therefore, that this lead weight is a spindle whorl. At the Austin Friary in Leicester (see Mellor and Pearce, 1981), a decorated whorl was found, sti…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-39BA69
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval date copper alloy button dating to c. 17th to 18th century. The loop is missing. The front is domed and the rear is convex. It appears to be undecorated. The surface of the button is shiny dark grey in colour, and the reverse has a brown patina and some iron residue. The button is 14.7 mm in diameter, 6.5mm thick, and weighs 1.96g. A similar button can seen in Read 2005, page 73, no. 294 The diameter is 15mm and the weight 2.03g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-39B4B3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval (14th-16thcentury) button: The copper alloy button head is biconvex, and is undecorated. Protruding from the back of the head there is a trace of an integral lug which has a trace of the perforation. The surface of the button has traces of a dark brown well-developed patina otherwise the surface is abraded. The diameter across the head is 12mm and it weighs 24.35g. Another similar shaped button in Egan and Pritchard (2002), No. 1404 is thought to be dated to the 13th to late 15th centuries. Other examples are illustrated in Egan (2005), for example 207 to …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-394B2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a late Roman copper-alloy radiate 'minim' coin, dating from c260 to c402 AD. The obverse is illegible and the reverse difficult to make out. Mint unknown. Radiate 'minim' coins were circulated throughout Roman Britain during the later imperial period, particularly in the 3rd century. Although it could just be a button copying a Roman style. The diameter is 16mm and the weight 0.93g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-34C0E5
Object type: BULLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object probably a bullet dating to the post-medieval period to early modern 1700 to 1900AD. The length is 36mm, the width is 11mm thickness 11mm and the weight 8.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-252BE2
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness ring. Cast ring of originally facetted section, now smoothed and locally thinned by markedly differential wear within its band. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500. The diameter is 25mm and the weight 1.37g.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-25277E
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness ring. Cast ring of originally facetted section, now smoothed and locally thinned by markedly differential wear within its band. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500. The diameter is 17mm and the weight 0.69g. .
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-252261
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness ring. Cast ring of originally facetted section, now smoothed and locally thinned by markedly differential wear within its band. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 2.25g. .
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-AE6F0F
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy clog clasp. Sub-rectangular sheet metal plate with a U-shaped lug at one end and the remains of a lug or latchet at the other end. The clasp has a pale green patination and is crudely decorated with numerous small stamped vertical lines. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800 - 1900.. Similar objects are recorded at NLM-FED6DC, CORN-4A3180 and WMID-C82231. The length is 21mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 0.96g.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-87FB78
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spindle whorl or weight of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 - 1800. The object is circular with a flat top and base, and rounded edges. A perforation runs through the centre. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-brown patina. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 25.35g. Lead spindle whorls and weights were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. The function of such objects is also difficult to determine as the forms are comm…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-87F77A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy bi convex decorated spindle whorl, of probably the Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1100 to AD 1500. The spindle whorl is sub circular in shape, and lentoid in section. Both the upper and lower faces have been decorated with raised decoration with a segmented design made up of evenly pellets. The central hole is circular in shape and has been cast / set roughly centrally. It has an internal diameter of 8.5 mm. The diameter is 29mm and the weight 31.39g. The whorl is of a light to mid greyish brown in colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-87F389
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead or lead alloy bi convex decorated spindle whorl, of probably the Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1100 to AD 1500. The spindle whorl is sub circular in shape, and lentoid in section. Both the upper and lower faces have been decorated with raised decoration with a segmented design made up of evenly spaced lines and pellets. The central hole is circular in shape and has been cast / set roughly centrally. It has an internal diameter of 8.5 mm. The diameter is 26mm and the weight 28.15g. The whorl is of a light to mid greyish brown in colour, with an even surface patina.…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-87EEFE
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead alloy shot or weight probably dating to the post-medieval period. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. The object is spherical with an uneven surface. The object has a light brown patina. The diameter is 22mm and the weight 44.46g. The mass, at well over an ounce, would suggest this was used with a smoothbore muzzle loading firearm of military specification. Its weight suggests it was used in a musket (Harding (2012) Lead Shot of the English Civil War: a Radical Study). The musket ball is similar to PAS find HAMP-087C78. Harding, D.F., 2012 Lead Shot of the Englis…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-87EAAC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trefoil mount with 3 rivets for mounting probably early Post-medieval 1500 to 1600AD. The length is 23mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 3.02g.
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-87E64A
Object type: HORSE TRAPPING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mound with a hemispherical section and rounded ends probably post-medieval 1500 to 1700AD. No clear parallel has been found for the object but it probably relates to horse trappings. The length is 27mm, the width is 7mm and the weight 2.75g.
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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