Record ID: LEIC-A6C834
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval silver badge in the form of a male boar, complete except for the lower part of three of its four legs. The boar is seen in profile, facing left. It has an open mouth, long nose and prominent tusks; the ears are pointed and the left ear, closer to the viewer, has a recessed centre. A row of upright, slightly rearward-pointing bristles runs all the way along the back from the thick neck to the curled-up tail. Much of both right legs are missing, but more survives of the front left leg and the rear left leg is still complete. Under the tail is a prominent testicle, and betw…
Created on: Friday 11th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-91F276
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver badge fragment in two pieces, leg length 18 mm, width 7 mm; tail length 11 mm, width 5 mm. It represents the hindquarters of a lion with a flowing tail. The tail has broken off. On the reverse are traces of a pin attachment or stitching loop that would have attached the badge to a garment or a hat. The lion was probably used to signify a heraldic affiliation or perhaps the Royal Coat of Arms. The badge fragments are silver and date from the fourteenth or fifteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirby Bellars area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4840D7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver bell, 17mm long and 14mm in diameter. The bell is in good condition with a silver patina and weighs 3.50 grams, including its pea. It is circular in form with a rope effect raised border aorund its centre, where the two halves have been soldered together. It has an intact, rectangular sectioned, circular loop.
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-3C3B76
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver bell, 22mm long and 20mm in diameter. The bell is in fair condition but is incomplete and weighs 5.12 grams. It is spherical with a prominent central ridge whose surface is incised with three lines. It ha s an integral circular suspension loop, but is missing most of its lower half.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-A85105
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver shaft, probably from a bodkin, 17mm long and 4mm wide. The object consists of a rectangular section shaft which has bevelled sides. It has broken off at both ends with one side showing traces of a rectangular hole in its centre. The other end has a pinched in waist with a collar less than 1mm wide. Above this are the remains of a loop possibly for suspension? The surface is decorated with a series of vertical incised lines below a collar of two horizontal incised lines. Above this there are traces of more vertical incised lines which terminate with an incised chevron.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-6A9087
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver bodkin, 78mm long, and weighing 3.3 grams. The object is intact but bent with some damage at one end. For just over half its length it has a circular sectioned body which terminates in a point. For the remainder, the object has a rectangular cross section and is decorated with two? panels separated by an incised transverse line containing dotted/incised lines. Above this is a small plate separated by a transverse collar which contains a circular hole. The object terminates in a rounded and dished projecting terminal, which is probably an ear scoop.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Last updated: Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-B982D4
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Post medieval silver bodkin, 105mm long, 4mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition, but is bent in several places and weighs 10.96grams. It is complete and has a flattened hexagonal section. It begins with a circular suspension loop placed in an oval shaped terminal. Below this is a rectangular incised border containing a flower like motif. Below this is a rectangular slot. The flower motif is repeated below this and then it is decorated with a 'zig-zag' pattern which runs to about its midpoint. This decoration is repeated on both wide surfaces of the object, but o…
Created on: Thursday 7th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-0CF848
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver bodkin fragment, 34mm long, 4mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.18 grams. The object is rectangular in form and section. It terminates with an incomplete circular suspension loop. Below this the surface is decorated with an engraved flower motif with rounded petals, sitting in a circular recess. Below this are incised lines which may represent grass and a stem? Below this is a rectangular hole centrally placed with a row of punched triangles and short incised lines running down each side. Below the hole is another flower motif, …
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-471A39
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver bodkin 35.5mm long, 4mm in diameter and weighing 1.81g. The object is rectangular in form and circular in cross section. It is decorated with six ridges running its length. At one end these merge into the main body where it is now broken. Just below this the ridges have linear depressions across the object, forming two collar like decorative motifs. It is at its widest beyond this point and then it tapers to a now incomplete point 2mm in diameter which has a small flat sub rectangular projection 1mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-211063
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver hinged fitting, 23mm long, 9mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 1.81g. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It consists of a circular cross sectioned hinge, complete with a bar. Below this is a rectangular 'collar' with two transverse linear depressions. Below this the object is recessed slightly then widens outwards gradually. It then turns sharply inwards and this point is it damaged. The upper surface has a bevelled edge and the reverse houses the remains of a rectangular cross sectioned fixing prong, positioned jus…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-BD4C44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver medieval brooch pin. The object is solid silver and consists of a circular sectioned shaft with a raised collar which is oval in form and rectangular in section. This collar has decoration at each narrow end, consisting of four incised vertical lines intersected by one central horizontal line. Above the collar is a flattened sheet which is folded over to form an incomplete loop. The pin shaft has a sub circular recess near its end to allow it to rest on the brooch. The pin is from an annular brooch and is similar in form to fig. 151 in TAR2004 (2004T34) and probably dates to th…
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2007
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-162812
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver brooch fragment, 26mm long, 2.5mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a silver patina and weighs 1.08 grams. The object consists of a sub rectangular sectioned curving shaft, which widens and thins at its terminal. The terminal, which is missing an edge, is decorated with an incised ovoid shaped motif. The object may be part of an annular brooch.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frisby and Kirby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-1BA514
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver Venetian coin re-used as a brooch, 39mm in diameter, 2mm thick and weighing 22.63grams. The coin is a Ducato issued by Ludovic Manin, who was the last Doge of Venice 1789-97. It shows the lion of St Marc on the obverse -DVCATVS VENETVS and St Marc and the Doge on the reverse -S M V LVDOVCVS MANIN D B. The coin has a pin hinge and part of a catchplate attached to the reverse side of the coin.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-8D0723
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver ring brooch, 18mm wide and high, 2mm thick and weighing 1.91grams. The brroch is in the form of an open rectangle with a semi ciruclar section. Its corners are 'cut away', replaced with inward facing crescents, with slightly pointed upper edges. Its surface is undecorated and it has a flat base. The pin is present, sitting in a circular section bar. It has a bevelled edge up to a rectangular collar and it widens out above this before tapering to a point.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-08EB72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver ring brooch, 26mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.89grams. It is slightly domed and is decorated with simple incised borders at each edge on its outer side. These is a small circular hole to accomodate the pin. The underside is stamped with a lion passant (for sterling which dates it to after 1544) and possible makers initials CM?
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-9C94D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver crossbow brooch, 70mm long and 46.5mm wide. The brooch is in good condition with a good silver patina and a weight of 52.8 grams. The foot is 35mm long, 9mm wide and 6mm thick with a semi-circular section. It is open all the way down one side to accommodate the pin, which is 36mm long (10mm sits inside the catch). The front of the foot is decorated with two incised parallel lines which run its length on a slight diagonal axis. Either side of this are four slightly raised triangular areas which are decorated with a V shaped incision, flaring out towards the edge. The bow, …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charnwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-DE5A26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver omega brooch. 36mm long, 34mm wide and 8mm thick. The brooch weighs 16.9 grams and has a good silver patina, but needs cleaning. The brooch is pennanular in form, turning back on itself to form terminals. At this point it is circular in section and has barrel shaped terminals, 6 mm long and 5 mm in diameter, with three raised grooves. The main body of the brooch has a diamond section. The diamond section is made up of four main raised ridges, with extra ridges in between these on the outer sides. The surface of the brooch is decorated with incised lines, forming a herring …
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F316D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch, 30mm in diameter. The brooch is in good condition with a silver patina and weighs 5.45 grams. The object is quite crudely made and consists of a circular sectioned loop, 2.5mm in diameter, which has a cut through it, presumably to allow for the pin. The pin begins with a flat sheet which has been folded into a circlular loop. The pin has a protruding disc forming a 'shoulder' below the loop. This has two raised borders which are decorated with a series of incised notches. The rest of the circualr sectioned pin is plain and is 32mm long and 2mm in diamet…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-B63A36
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver gilt annular brooch, The brooch has a semi-circular section and is decorated with eight semi-spherical bosses separated by spacers. Four of the bosses have rouletted decoration. One of these is recessed to hold a pin and the corresponding one has a triangular depression forming a pin rest. The other four bosses have circular settings for stones, two remain, probably garnets in the setting nearest the pin recess. James Robinson dated this item to the Thirteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-55B226
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval? silver? annular brooch, 16mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick and weighing 0.52grams. The brooch is a very small example of its type and has a circular section of uneven thickness. Half of its circumference is covered with a circular sectioned wire which has been twisted around the brooch to form a rope like effect. The other half has a series of transverse nicks cut into one surface. To 'close the circle' each end has been twisted around where teh plain meets the twisted section with the terminals forming what looks like serpents heads? The pin is intact, tapers to a point and has …
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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