Record ID: SUR-3DC9D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment comprising part of the side and bezel of a silver-gilt finger ring. The surviving side has two concave facets, each containing what appears to be an engraved quatrefoil.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-7881F0
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver sheet huntsman's whistle. The whistle is tapering in form and the widest end is broken and flattened. The slit on the top of the whistle is intact and there is an attached loop on the bottom. A maker's mark appears on the top of the whistle, perhaps DL in a shaped shield. The owner's initials underneath the mouthpiece are illegible. The whistle is probably 17th century and has parallels with a similar whistle in the Treasure Annual Report 1998-9, no.242 from West Sussex. The length is 30.78mm and the width is 13.6mm.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-FC52B0
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress hook, cast in the form of a scallop shell. At the base of the shell is a recurving hook for attachment; opposite this, a small attachment loop on the edge of the shell, two further loops at the base of the hook. Reverse plain. Length: 2.9mm. 15th-16thCentury. The hook is in one plane, and can be compared with similar dress hooks cast in copper-alloy. Silver versions appear to be relatively rare survivals. This hook may be a precursor of the more familiar type of hook reported through the Treasure Act, which is in two planes and has both hook and bar attachment. The scallo…
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-93FEC0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Museum report (Dora Thornton): "Silver dress mount, cast in form of a bird, possibly a pelican, plucking at a heart held in its claws. The bird bends it neck down to form an attachment loop in addition to the stud on the reverse. Probably 17th Century, but just possibly later, given the dating of associated ceramics found nearby."
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9487C5
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast silver pendant with large attachment ring and shield-shaped escutcheon. The escutcheon is engraved on one side with the Royal arms as used by Elizabeth I and on the other with the Tudor rose. There are signs of wear on one side of the ring from use. It measures 25.2mm long by 14.2mm wide and weighs 2.87g. This pendant is a vervel, or small loop used in hawking to connect the leather jesses on a hawk's legs; items which often bear the engraved name if the owner in the 17th century and which are sometimes soldered with a shield with the owner's arms. This shape…
Created on: Saturday 15th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BH-2F38F7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crushed and damaged silver thimble, of tailor's type (ie. open ended). Punched decoration on the field with interlace design left plain. Inscription along lower edge in Latin in Roman capitals, [...]IBI+FIDES+VBI+AMO[R]. Measures 20.6mm high by 0.4mm thick and weighs 5.31g. 17th century date.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-E69CA8
Object type: COSMETIC SET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver cosmetic set (16th -17th century, probably) comprising four tools secured at one end by a silver rivet with separate washer. The tools consist of an ear scoop; a nail pick with claw end with engraved ornament at the claw; a flat tool with the end shaped to form a pointed oval; and a point/flattened pick perhaps for use in parting the hair. The tools all have a flat rectangular cross-section. The hooked tool consists of a flat handle which expands on the right side to form a bulb before narrowing and then curving round to form the hook. It is decorated on both si…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Hagbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B72041
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gilded silver hat-hook or cap-badge of late fifteenth to the first half of the sixteenth century date (c. AD 1475 - c. AD 1550). Treasure case no. BM2004 T359. Length 15mm, width 14mm and maximum thickness 6mm. Weight 3.62g. The front of the plate is in the form of a stylised flower with four main petals at the corners and four smaller petals between. Each of the larger petals is enhanced with moulded "ribs" and each is slightly different. The centre of the flower is formed by a raised truncated pyramid. The rear side of the plate has a soldered pin which is slightly out…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-E72403
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver double looped buckle (late 17th - early 18th century). It is a cast shoe-buckle with central bar (tongue now missing) and openwork design with three compartments resembling a flowerhead with leaf on either side on the outer border on each side and central space through which to thread textile or leather shoe strap. The buckle is curved in profile. There are traces of iron corrosion on the central bar. Signs that the back has been filed after casting. The design suggests a probable date to the late 17th-early 18th Century. Consequently, in terms of age and as the…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2005
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-9211A5
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One element from a hollow silver cufflink, made from thin and now fragmentary sheet. The front is stamped with a portrait bust apparently of Charles II, crowned, within a beaded border. The separate back has the remains of a maker's mark, possibly a TS in a shaped shield above a star. Given the possible identity of the bust, the object can be tentatively dated to 1660-1685.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Bedale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A83233
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver toilet implement (probably 17th century). At one end is a perforated loop, thickness: 4.23mm; diameter: 9.00mm). The shaft is circular in cross-section and undecorated with a raised moulded bank approximately one third along the length; then two thirds of the way down are two engraved parallel lines. The shaft then flattens and curves round to form a pointed hook, probably for use as a nail pick. Perhaps the broken end was originally designed as a bifurcated toothpick, as seen on an earscoop/toothpick found at the Thames exchange in the City of London, MOL Tex. …
Created on: Monday 10th April 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fyfield and Tubney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-315A73
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver pin likely to be 16th century in date, an image has been examined by Dora Thornton from the British Museum. It measures 152.69mm in total length. The head is lozenge shaped, 15.2mm in length and 12.8mm in width, it is 4.06mm in thickness, the back face is flat and the front face has a deep border groove and within this another lozenge shaped panel with an annulet in each corner and between these a smaller circular indentation. There is a circular boss in the centre of the front face which is gilt. The shaft is unsusal as it has an irregular cross-section which is …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-D5C2C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern silver gilt mount or strap end (post AD1706). The mount is hollow and rectangular in shape, on one surface a decorative plate has been soldered. This plate has a semicircular projection at one end and an equivalent sized and shaped recess from the opposing edge. The decoration on the front plate has been pressed through from the reverse so that it is raised and it depicts a floral pattern. The front plate has also been gilded. The hollow reverse suggests a leather strap may have attached at this point. The semicircular recess may be where the projection/tab sits from the…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B82E81
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval silver strap-fitting or belt chape, U-shaped, cast with scalloped lower edge, raised ridge and central hole, three smaller holes above, perpendicular-style edging across upper edge. On the back, two studs for attachments, mark made by metal file cleaning up the cast. Approximately 2cm across. The rear of the object is covered in the curving lines commonly seen on items cast in moulds made of cuttlefish bones. Compare an engraved gold example with St George and the Dragon in The British Museum (Prehistory and Europe 1991, 6-7, 1). The style of the o…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-63EDF3
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver lace tag/lace chape. Silver sheet folded into truncated cone shape; two pierced holes at lower edge for attachment. Etched decoration at lower edge and down towards smaller end on two sides. 17th Century? In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum, 5th December 2006).
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke St Gregory', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D74C32
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shield-shaped pendant, with integral suspension loop cast in one plane. Engraved with crude lion rampant on front, probably representing Gules Lion Rampant Argent; on reverse the inscription in Roman capitals: T/NOR/FOC/K, presumably the name of an owner. Length: 20.8 cm, width 8.6 cm, weight: 1.28g. Probably late 16th-early 17th century. Discussion: Compare in form and date to 2007T544 (HESH-A49557), which was found in South Herefordshire and acquired by Hereford Museum and Art Gallery through the Treasure Act 1996. The two items are very similar, down to the insignia and the…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9B24F7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver dress hook comprising triangular pinked backplate with three applied hemispheres with filigree spirals and knops. At the centre, a flower-shaped element made from silver sheet, with dome-headed gilt pin at the centre. This pin attaches the flower element to the backplate with a butterfly clip. The front and top of hook gilt. At the top, a recurving hook soldered onto the backplate; remains of rectangular attachment bar on reverse. 16th Century. A type commonly recorded through the Treasure Act, see an example 2003 T85 post-medieval silver-gilt dress hook from Duxford, Cam…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Easterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BCAEB5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver button comprising domed upper part made from sheet with milled edge and stamped central decoration of a flowerhead; shank applied on centre at back. Form, facture and decoration suggest a 17th century dating. However this may be all that remains of a pair of cufflinks which would date this object much later, to the late 17th or even early 18th century (see 2006 T459). An amended and more cautious dating would probably be late 17th Century. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-84D081
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver seal matrix with fluted handle, three transverse bands and suspension loop. The seal is engraved with a shield with a single diagonal band with three stars and crest with mantling above. The form of the seal-die and the style of the mantling suggests an 18th century date, not necessarily pre-1707. The seal-die cannot be securely dated to pre-1707 and as such it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-9A9D22
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hollow terminal element, made from sheet, with a globular finial at the base. There are three trilobed indentations at the attachment end. Below these is a pair of low ridged bands; there is punched and engraved feather-like decoration below. There is a logitudinal split in the object, more evident at the attachment end, testament to how it was constructed. The object has been squashed around its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Somborne CP', grid reference and parish protected.