Record ID: LEIC-914507
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy hawking whistle, 72mm long, 38mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 45.28g. The object is sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section and consists of three sections. Firstly is a circular cross sectioned hollow whistle with a semi-circular air hole in its upper surface. On the opposite to the hole is a rectangular cross sectioned shaft which is broken off and the break has the traces of part of a centrally placed circular hole. Projecting forward from this is a curved, circular cross sectioned 'Corvid' like zoomorphic head. Where it joins …
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Earl Shilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-76F6E3
Object type: WHEEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy wheel part, 47mm long, 43mm wide and 3-6mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green/brown patina and weighs 116 grams. The object is shaped like half a tube, rectangular in form and semi-circular in section. Each end has a raised lip c.4mm deep. Its external face has three distinct surfaces, the central one has a rectangular recess and appears to be designed to hold the object in place. One side of the object, around the lip, has clear signs of wear, consistant with rotation and the whole of the inner surface has been worn smooth.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-05B335
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval, copper alloy trade weight? 14mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The weight is in good condition with a green patina and a weight of 2.59grams. The weight is marked with the ewer of the London founders company who issued the weights and has what appears to be a crown minus the monarchs initial? The shape of the weight and the marks fit with the smaller ones issued between 1590 and 1826, but without an initial its not datable.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-16A725
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 21mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and weighs 6.4grams. It has a lipped upper edge surrounding a flat surface which is stamped with a ewer and a sword, the marks of the London trade guild. The weight is dated by the st. Georges cross contained within a shield, the mark of the Commonwealth.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C588C1
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 15mm in diameter and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 3.36grams. The weight has a raised upper edge and is stamped with the Royal cipher of one of the King Georges
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-CE8154
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, 28mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 12.44 grams. It is circular with tapering sides and a small lip. Its surface is decorated with the ewer and sword, symbols for the London guild which regulated weights. It has a royal cipher, a crowned I for James I, only the base of the crown is visible.
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thrussington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9121B5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 33.7mm in diameter and 4.9mm thick. The weight is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 23.24 grams. The weight is circular with a raised ridge on its upper side and is stamped with the ewer and sword of the London guild and also has a stamped crowned C for Charles I.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6C5D86
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval/Post medieval copper alloy official trade weight, 64mm in diameter and 6mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 106grams. It is circular in form and rectangular in section with a raised lip, c.5mm wide. The lip is decorated with two concentric incised lines and a further two appear, evenly separated, on its inner surface. It is stamped with a crowned h, the official mark for the reigns of Henry VII and VIII.
Created on: Friday 20th November 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-DCBE25
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 22mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 6.23grams. The weight is circular in form with a tapered edge. It is stamped with the Ewer mark for London and what is possibly I for James I.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-2092F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 27.6mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The weight has a tapering lip with a recessed surface. This has the sword and ewer marks of London stamped into it but the Royal cipher is not visible.
Created on: Friday 27th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.