Record ID: PAS-7FDD47
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die, oval matrix engraved with bust of a woman with hat, necklace and hair worn in bunches; exposed shoulders. Fluted handle with integral suspension loop, worn. The seal-die is hard to date; the handle suggests a late 17th Century date but this is tentative and it may be of later manufacture. Since the dating is uncertain it is not possible to definitely classify this as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snarestone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F307D5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Silver book-shaped dress hook cut from sheet with projecting knops, foliate terminal base and central raised rectangular section. This central section decorated with applied filigree decoration resembling a fleur-de-lis. Recurving hook and bar attachment soldered onto the back. Front gilt. Common 16th Century type, Compare TAR 2003 no. 239. 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: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-F305C2
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver stud with silver top and copper alloy stem. The top of the surface of the silver stud impressed with two circular rings with a seated fox at the centre. Given the fox perhaps part of dress or equipment used in fox hunting. Dating is difficult though this is definitely post-medieval and probably post-Treasure Due to the nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1710 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Dora Thornton
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-48C9D7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, beaded rim, circular indentations on the body, on one side a shaped scroll with cartouche engraved with owner's initials, EB supported by birds. Above this, a maker's mark, P(?) S. 1.6 cm long. Early 18th Century, perhaps just pre 1708. Probably made for a child, given its tiny size. Compare a very similar child's thimble from the collection of Edwin Holmes, Christie's, 31 May 1995, lot 92, with maker's mark IB. 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 7th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taynton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-469B70
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Thimble, made from sheet with dome now detached. Body covered with saffle-shaped indentations, edge plain. Appears to have been polished since detection. 17th Century type. For a close parallel see The Thimble Collection of Edwin Holmes, Christie's London, 31 May 1995, lot 203, there dated to the early 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 7th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taynton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-45D4F1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pendant, circular with two suspension loops at top. On the front, a central pale blue stone within a border keyed for enamel, most of the enamel now missing and the design consequently indistinct. Traces of white and red enamel remain. The edges similarly keyed for enamel with scrolling foliage. The back is decorated with enamel white, green, black and red with a design of a bird in foliage. This pendant has been reassigned to me by the medieval and the modern curators in this Department. I cannot place it in my curatorial area and would suggest that it is either orien…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taynton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-45ACB5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular dress hook, round face with pinked and raised border, design of two initials, probably T A, in Lombardic script flanking a heart beneath a flower-head. Recurving hook on the back has been broken perhaps in an attempt to straighten it but the form of the hook suggests that it was originally bent in an s-shape, which, with the round shape of the front would suggest that this was a cap-hook. The design on the front suggests a love theme perhaps with the initials of a betrothed or married couple. Early -post-medieval (given the script), perhaps late 15th or early 16th Centu…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hartpury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B4C3B4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die, the face deeply engraved. A shield with unidentified arms of a central chevron with five pellets (!) and two lions passant above and one below. Pearled border. The back fluted but loop attachment now missing. Originally a fob seal, well-engraved. 16th -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: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Staughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-B42FE7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress-hook, flower-shaped back plate with four cusps, each decorated with applied filigree decoration with circles and pellets. At the centre, attached to the backplate with a butterfly clip, is a dome-headed pin holding a silver corolla in position. Traces of gilding on the front. Recurving hook broken near base, and a rectangular bar attachment soldered onto the back. The whole object heavily worn. Compare TAR 2004, no. 264 for this type commonly recorded through the Treasure Act. 16th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as …
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fenstanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-7551B6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Squashed silver thimble, decorated over most of the body with waffle-shaped indentations and a broad border left plain with no maker's mark or owner's mark visible. The damage makes it difficult to date this object with certainty but the form and design suggest to me that it might be as late as the mid 18th Century and is definitely post 1708.
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 4th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-7CADD2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver disc probably from a cufflink dating to the late 17th century. Curator's report: Silver disc decorated on one side with thin attachment loop on the other, probably one part of a cufflink. The link is crushed so as to make the decoration illegible apart from the rope border. Period: late 17th century Discussion: The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Europe, British Museum Dimensions: thickness: 1.07mm…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Henley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-297EE5
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One disc from a pair of octagonal silver cufflinks. Only one disc loop survives. The disc is octagonal and is decorated with an octangonal border of concave incised lines and a central flower (rose?). The reverse of the disc is slightly hollow and has an integral central loop. There are no visible hallmarks, but this design of cufflink was popular at the end of the 17th century into the early 18th century. Since the object cannot be securely dated to pre 1700, it does not constitute Treasure under the 1996 Act, though it has been reported to the British Museum Department of Portable A…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Yorkshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-28C3B4
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One disc from a pair of octagonal silver cufflinks. One disc and the joining loop survive. The disc is octagonal and is decorated with an octangonal border of concave incised lines and a central flower (rose?). The reverse of the disc is slightly hollow and has an integral central loop. A bent oval joining loop is attached to the loop on the reverse of this disc. The oval loop is broken at one end. There are no visible hallmarks, but this design of cufflink was popular at the end of the 17th century into the early 18th century. Since the object cannot be securely dated to pre 1700, it…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-DC2223
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2009 T518: Declared not Treasure Description: Gold spherical finial, centrally pierced for attachment to a pin, decorated with large gold wire circlets each containing a glass/paste cabochon, some of these now missing. Probably from a hat pin or dress pin. Facture indicates a 19th or even early 20th Century date. Discussion: The find dates to later than 1708 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Dora Thornton British Museum Dimensions 21.06mm including 'gems', 18.3mm excluding, hole for pin 2.5mm, 6.26 grams.
Created on: Saturday 27th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bognor Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-556DC0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver button stud, central shank and two circular faces, the uppermost stamped with two cupids supporting a crown above a flaming heart. The edges of the front surface bend over towards the back surface and central shank. Back plain and flat, with two concentric circles around edge. Compare TAR 2004, no. 236 for this type of button, commonly reported through the Treasure Act and usually dated to the late 17th Century. This design not yet reported through the Act.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-25A143
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Number: 2010 T77 "Description: Silver shoe buckle. Rectangular, slightly curved. The frame decorated with moulding resembling that in a carved picture frame. Would have had a separate iron spindle which is now missing. On the back, a hallmark with lion passant. The lion passant mark suggests this belt buckle was made in Birmingham, apparently after 1773, which is when that mark came into use there. Therefore this item does not qualify as Treasure. The find dates to later than 1710 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton …
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-17DD46
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A heavy silver dress fitting, comprising openwork trefoil head made of heavy silver wire with flower head, gilt, soldered at centre; on the back, remains of silver wire (broken) soldered to centre. No sign of rectangular bar attachment, but this appears to be an early kind of dress fitting which can be compared with two others so far reported through the Treasure Act: see TAR 2005-6 nos. 695-6. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, The British Museum
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potterspury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-886933
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval silver gilt dress hook dating to the 16th century. Curator's report: Small silver-gilt dress hook, comprising trefoil-shaped backplate decorated with applied knops and spirals, gilt, and with re-curving hook soldered onto the back at the apex. The front gilt. On the reverse, rectangular bar attachment soldered on. The silver is badly-abraded and worn. 16th Century, a common type, compare Tar 2005-6 no. 654 and 663. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Tho…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-DE4593
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat annular silver hawking rring or vervel, inscribed on one side in lower case italic: 'Allinghtie neve wie' and on the reverse 'In Kent'. The ring is rectangular in shape creating flat sides and wide upper face on which the legend in inscribed. Since this object's discovery a number of suggestions have been put forward although a suggestion in 2022 that it should be read Olantigh near Wye seems most probable. Likely relating to Olantigh Manor. The italic inscription points to a late 16th C-17th C dating and are of a type mentioned in contemporary Engl…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-1492D3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal-die with fluted handle terminating in a flat trefoil pierced suspension loop. Chevron design etched in middle of trefoil on both sides. The face engraved with design of a radiating sun with face, and with owner's initials 'IG' at base. This personal seal is engraved with such a stylised sun design that it is hard to date, perhaps 17th century. (D. Thornton)
Created on: Saturday 28th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potters Bar', grid reference and parish protected.