Record ID: WAW-CE36F6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hinged artefact, possibly a strap-end, trapezoid shape. With gothic style cusped ornament broken-off opposite the hinges, in the middle of which is a study for holding something, presumably textile or leather, in place.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churchill and Blakedown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-EC7C16
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
S- shaped silver fastener in the form of two curving swan's heads joined with a transverse foliate band in the middle of the S. The back flat with signs of chasing. This appears to be a smaller and more delicate version of the base metal or silver sword belt hooks of similar form, generally dated to the 16th Century, which have snakes instead of swans. This is obviously too delicate and fine for such a function but I would imagine it to be a belt or jewellery fitting, perhaps for a woman rather than a man. The facture suggests to me an early post-medieval date, perhaps early 16th …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longdon CP', 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: BH-616D70
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver strap-end of probable 16th or 17th century date. The upper portion has a flat top side, tapering long sides and a central hole containing a domed-head silver rivet. The main portion lies below and takes the form of an inverted drop-shaped plate. At the point where the upper portion meets the lower portion, the upper surface steps downwards slightly. The outer edges of the artefact angle downwards and outwards. The surfaces of the strap-end exhibit numerous file marks. The object meaures approximately 30mm long. No other measurements were recorded.
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-593A27
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval silver spoon comprising part of the slimly tapering stem of hexagonal section and small portion of fig-shaped bowl; knop (probably originally a wrythen-knop or acorn knop) broken off and missing at top. Approx 5.6 cm long. The form of stem and bowl suggest a mid to late 15th Century dating for this English spoon
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B5F3B3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver spoon stem, broken just above bowl and at terminal. Heavy stem of hexagonal section, punched on one side above bowl with three marks; possibly a Gothic B in a shield, an R in a shield, and another illegible mark. The crudeness and lack of London marks of Leopard's head crowned and lion passant indicate that this spoon is of provincial workmanship. Probably 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 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8EBED3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon of trifid type, bent handle and damaged, thin bowl. Engraved with the owner’s initials:*M*SM surmounted by an asterisk. Illegible maker’s mark on stem. 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 Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Radway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E031A2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent and corroded silver spoon of possible 16th century date. The drop-shaped bowl is badly squashed. At the top, it tapers into the handle which is of thin section with flat or slightly convex surfaces. The knop is missing. The object measures 37.7mm long, 22.8mm wide and weighs 4.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F628B2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver spoon Note on Oxford Archaeology North report: Having seen images and read the report on this object, my view is that this is a Christening spoon, not necessarily of English make. The ones in the literature readily available to me are inscribed with names and dated late 17th or early 18thC: see spoon dated 1718 and another dated 1699 in Klaus Marquardt, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons, Stuttgart 2997, figs. 301 and 305. This does not mean that earlier ones do not exist, perhaps in the V&A collection, unknown to me. These late dated spo…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melsonby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D38D31
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
2008 T467 "Stem of silver spoon or pin with terminal with interlace design, probably 19th Century." Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Considered as Not Treasure and Disclaimed
Created on: Thursday 21st August 2008
Last updated: Saturday 9th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharncliffe', grid reference and parish protected.