Record ID: LEIC-575FEB
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy pipe tamper combined with a seal matrix, 44mm long, 20mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 7.78 grams. The object is in the form of a signet ring, with flat upper surface housing an oval bezel which forms the matrix . This is missing some of its surface but appears to be decorated with a star motif sitting above initials, of which an S (the second initial) can still be seen. The circular sectioned shaft , c.30mmm long, is attached opposite the bezel and is moulded with three increasingly large rounded projections, terminating in the flat circular tampe…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-9B84FE
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy pipe tamper 43mm long, 11 mm in diameter (terminals) and 6mm thick. The object consists of two flat circular terminals joined by a shaft formed of two elongated pyramids (narrow ends under terminals) with a raised collar where they join in the centre.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-221CE4
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy pipe tamper in the form of Hercules, 50mm long, 25mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in the form of Hercules with club resting on his right shoulder and his left hand holding something behind his back.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-420D87
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy signet ring pipe tamper, 48mm long, 23mm wide and weighs 62gms. The object consists of a bronze ring which has a circular bezel incorporating the initials WD with incised stars and crescents above and below. Opposite the bezel is a small hexagonal? shaft which widens gently and terminates in a stepped circular plate which forms the tamper. This style of object dates to the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-A7AA35
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy pipe tamper, 67mm long, 22mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 11.93 grams. The object is in the form of a semi-naked women with cloth draped around her hips and with outstretched arms. She is standing on a spherical protrusion which in turn sits on a circular sectioned shaft with a flat splayed terminal which forms the tamper.
Created on: Friday 15th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-C6AE97
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy pipe tamper in the form of a figure, most probably Napoleon. The actual tamper is placed at the feet of the figure. It is 37mm high and 12mm wide, and in good condition apart from some corrosion at the base.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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