Record ID: PAS-8E4AF5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver-gilt pin fragment Upper half of a hollow pin head, originally hemispherical comprising two sections welded together. The outside decorated with applied filigree decoration of circles and knops, gilt. Diam: 10 mm. Half of the head of a dress pin of a type frequently reported through the Treasure Act, eg. Treasure Annual Report 1998-9. no. 228 for complete pin from Mather, Monmouthshire. This section indicates how the pinheads were made out of hollow cast elements. 16th Century. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies …
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewsbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8C7D02
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver dress-fitting Hemispherical dress fitting with flat pinked base and remains of an attachment, perhaps a shank to make this object serve as a button. The domed surface applied with filigree circles and knops in the manner of contemporary dress pins. 1.5 cm diameter. 16th-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.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Littlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8C6F02
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on fragment of a post-medieval dress hook Part of a silver wire dress hook comprising large loop scrolling into two smaller loops for attachment, joined by fragmentary plate with filigree decoration. 16th- 17th Century. A similar hook from Ipswich is reported through the Treasure Act in the Annual Report 2001, no. 151, as 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.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8B1092
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval silver-gilt dress fitting Circular dress fitting with pinked backplate and solid hemispherical centre, decorated with applied filigree circles and knops. On the back, soldering indicates location of original recurving hook. The shape, facture and ornament accords well with the hemispherical heads of Tudor dress pins, frequently reported through the Treasure Act. The lack of a rectangular bar attachment may indicate that this was one of a number of small but heavy dress ornaments rather than the conventional dress-hook of a type well-documented under the s…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8B0156
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver dress-fitting Silver-gilt fitting with rectangular backplate with scalloped edge, with cut-out rectangular hole at lower end and projecting pierced flap at upper end, for attachment. Soldered onto the front is a thin layer of sheet with embossed circular designs arranged in a groups of three vertically, divided by rope-twist panels. The circles decorated with applied filigree ornament and small bosses. Front gilded. Length: 2.5 cm. 16th Century. Apparently a cheaper imitation for a sewn-on fitting of a type of dress hook with cast decoration and hook o…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beverley Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-722904
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver dress pin, broken-off earscoop at one end, tear-shaped pierced terminal, original rectangular opening now indicated by only one of two edges remaining, bent back on itself. Tapering quadrangular shaft with point at one end. Etched decorated of lozenges, zigzag and foliate ornament. Dimensions: length 93.2 mm, weight 6.67g. Date: 17th Century. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum
Created on: Thursday 17th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-639F74
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver button. Solid silver button, missing its shank. 17th Century. Consequently, 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.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenilworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-636C54
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver button Circular sleeve button made from thin silver sheet, down-turned border, the top stamped with device of two conjoined hearts surmounted by a crown on a stippled ground. Attachment loop at centre of reverse. Diam: 14mm. The device may commemorate the marriage of Catherine of Braganza and Charles II of England in 1662. This example represents a common type: identical buttons have been reported through the Treasure Act such as one from Rochester, see Treasure Annual Report 2001, no. 153, and from the Eye area in Suffolk, see Treasure Annual Re…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-62E715
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
post medieval silver button Thin silver button with shank on reverse. On the front, two profiles of a man and woman, one superimposed upon the other, the front one crowned, referring to a married royal couple. The profile and facture suggest a later 17th C date in comparison with the buttons with two crowned hearts, thought to refer to the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza: Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 224 from the Eye area, Suffolk. Diam: 10 mm. Late 17th Century. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wisbech', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-628307
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button; silver sheet with stamped design of a flaming heart pierced by two arrows. Simple loop attachment on the reverse. Late 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.