Record ID: LEIC-85DFA5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy toy cannon, 44mm in length, 15mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 11.49grams. The object is a typical cannon, circular in cross section and rectangular in form with tapering barrel. It has two circular cross sectioned projections which would have supported the cannon. One has part of a supporting framework still attached, consisting of a flat sheet with two circular loops attached, one holding the cannon.. LANCUM-B5FE32 notes ' Many of these cannons were fired and are often found with exploded barrels from mis-fires. There are good parallels on t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-855E70
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy belt mount, 25mm in length, 18mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 2.07grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It consists of a flat rhombus shaped plate which has a raised border with projecting knops at each corner. It has a central raised flower motif formed of a central circler with radiating petal motifs. Its underside has a circular cross sectioned. just above central fixing prong. It is similar to NMS 5B56E4 and WMID B0896E.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-8460A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy buckle, 22mm in length, 22mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 2.73grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and D shaped in cross section. It has two oval loops, one with a slightly pointed centre, a rounded upper surface and it pin bar has iron staining.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-844703
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy buckle, 27mm in length, 21mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.47grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and D shaped in cross section. It is formed of two oval loops with one rounded surface and is covered in iron staining around the pin bar and the rest.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-82FC12
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 43mm in length, 34mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 25.87g. The mount is sub rectangular in form and cross section and is complete. It has a flat base and sides which begin to curve inwards to its triangular apex. at the point they begin to curve there is a small sub rectangular projection and above this three sub triangular ones which stop just below the apex. These form the outline of downwards facing beasts with gaping mouths, rounded head and large eyes. The rest of the object is decorated with, now w…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C89908
Object type: MUSKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trigger guard, 65mm in length, 17mm wide and 19mm thick with a weight of 15.36g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a flat plate with a flat triangular projection at one end. This is decorated with an incised line across the shaft and then two lines curving outwards from the transverse line and into the sides of the triangle. At the the other end the object has a rounded terminal and from just in front of this is a curving sub rectangular transverse projection. This is the broken base of a trigger guard and behind it in…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C831F9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy tri-lobed vessel foot, 36mm in length, 25mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 16.88g. The object has a tri-lobed form and is sub rectangular in cross section. It has a slightly relief upper surface and its flat edge has a triangular cross section with evidence for a missing attachment. relief. The object is probably a vessel foot and is similar to DEV-23B8CB.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C80F31
Object type: TAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy barrel tap, 30mm in length, 22mm wide and 20mm thick with a weight of 16.12g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It consists of a damaged short circular tube, which has slight rectangular shaped projections at two opposite sides and a third side has a sub rectangular diagonally positioned projection. This widens and has a slight lip at its rectangular outer surface and its longer surface curves upwards, so that the whole resembles a short hammer head. The object is part of a barrel tap.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C7E974
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight, 7mm thick and 29mm in diameter with a weight of 28.03g. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section with a rectangular cross sectioned lip around its upper edge. Inside this lip the object has a circular depression c.6mm in diameter and is stamped with an Adverpois (A), a sword in St Georges crest, a ewer and a crowned W. It weighs just under 1 ounce, which was issued as a new weight standard from 1826. This one is from the reign of William IV, dating it to 1830-7.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C7C6DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy buckle, 24mm in length, 24mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 3.58g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is one half of double looped buckle. It has a trapezoidal frame which has rounded projections at each corner and at each end of the central pin bar. Its wider outer edge has an incised line running centrally down the frame and this has a centrally placed short line, projecting out at a right angle onto a central triangular projection which acts as a pin rest. The buckle matches e.g.s. 523-25, P.84 in Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1850.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C7A1F9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post Medieval copper alloy buckles, The larger intact buckle measures 51mm in length, 31mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 10.78grams. The smaller fragment measures 30mm in length, 28mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 5.54grams Both are double looped and of an openwork form, with a series of slightly raised dots forming a border. The intact one has a series of four large and four small holes in its frame. They are both very similar and possibly the same date as the series of rectangular shoe buckles illustrated in Whitehead, R. 'Buckles' p. 80 and 85.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C77D41
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy dress hook, 29mm in length, 19mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 2.58grams. The object is sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. The plate has a straight upper edge with a semi-spherical knop below each end. Below the knops the object consists of a an openwork trefoil knot, with the space above providing a fixing hole. below the lower, central loop is a D cross sectioned hook which is decorated with a flat oval motif where it joins the loop. The object fits Read class E, type 5, e.g.s. 436-39. See also SUR-464EF1.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C74DC6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy dress fastener, 24mm in length, 18mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 1.85grams. The object is one half of a two piece hook and loop clothes fastener. It is incomplete, missing part of one side, and is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. The object consists of a rectangular fixing loop with rounded knops at each corner. Below is a sub triangular plate with a semi-circular cut away in the centre of its rounded lower edge. it has moulded linear decoration designed to resemble a scallop shell and is bordered at its base by a do…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C7348D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy sword chape fragment, 41mm in length, 33mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 7.71grams. The object is one half of a two piece chape and is triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It is plain except for a crenellated upper edge sitting above a raised horizontal border. below this is a centrally placed heart shaped hole and to one side of the upper edge is a circular hole. Its tapering sides are folded to create a recess to accommodate a scabbard. The object has similar decoration to the rounded examples such as LEIC-B45334 but with a trian…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-C70E10
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy sword chape fragment, 34mm in length, 25mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 6.29grams. The object consists of one half of a two piece chape and is sub rectangular in form and cross section. The surface of the chape is divided into two by a central horizontal raised line. Below this it is decorated to resemble a scallop shell, with a rounded base and a series of grooves and ridges radiating from a centrally placed trefoil shaped hole just under the central ridge. Above the ridge the object is rectangular and has a centrally placed 'heart' shaped cut-o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-C6DD75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, 20mm in length, 16mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.62grams. The buckle has a sub-rectangular form and cross section and is intact, except for the pin. It has an oval frame with a sub rectangular cross section and a wide flat outer edge which has a recessed inner portion to allow for a roller, now missing, and slight triangular projections at each edge. The opposite side has a narrow recessed circular sectioned pin bar.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C68B26
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, 7mm in length, 17mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 2.13grams. The buckle is sub circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a single sub-circular loop with a D shaped section and it has two small rectangular projections, with a triangular cross section, flanking the short pin rest. The pin is wrapped around the bar and has a D shaped cross section and tapers to a point.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C672A0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy book or casket mount, 52mm in length, 17mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 8.31grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a linear band with a series of three raised rectangles, each with incised cross hatching and separated by a plain recessed rectangle.At one end there is a circular projection with a central hole, slightly domed upper surface and a triangular terminal. At the other end is a rectangular shaped projection with a triangular cross section. This has a two curved recesses cut out of its outer, thin edge. …
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C60B27
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early post Medieval copper alloy purse loop, 48mm in length, 20mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 16.00grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a ovoid shaped loop which has a D shaped cross section. The loop sits above a short tapering collar on a short circular cross sectioned shaft. This shaft passes through the centre of a rectangular block and terminates with a semi-spherical knop. The block houses the remains of two short circular sectioned bars which project from each side and would have formed the purse bar. The…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-C5E184
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap end fragment, 35mm in length, 20mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 3.71grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It consists of a flat circular plate with the remains of two projecting arms which when complete formed a spacer plate for a sub rectangular strap end. It is decorated with a circular cross sectioned acorn shaped terminal sitting above a raised collar and decorated with cross hatching on its lower half. The object matches e.g.s 648 and 92 p.141 in Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (M…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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