Record ID: BM-176374
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble fragment, missing domed top, made from silver sheet now pressed out. Plain border roughly engraved Thinke: on with a gap, then a D possibly for the word Death. The body stamped with waffle-shaped indentations leaving a design in reserve of scrolls supporting hearts and flowers. Late 17th Century, of a type commonly reported through the Treasure Act. Compare TAR 2005-6 no. 833. The inscription is found on other examples. 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 …
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-36D685
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval silver and copper alloy dagger chape (probably 16th - 17th century). The end cap is copper alloy. Report on post-medieval dagger chape from Hammersmith and Fulham, London 2008 T633 Dagger-chape, made from thin silver sheet, folded and soldered along one edge, curved top, five holes for attachment, blunt tip. Seen by medieval curator and suggested to be post- medieval. Probably 16th or 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 …
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: SWYOR-D997E1
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Treasure report 2008 T620: Silver-gilt locket, one side originally attached by a hinge and pin to main body now detached (pin missing). The body of the locket hollow, 0.5 cm thick with cable twist edging. One side of the body pierced to form cut-out foliate design surmounted by a crown, with wire edging for the design and two colours of enamel( white remaining, other sections missing). The detached element of the locket decorated on one side with raised wire compartments for enamel forming a vase of flowers, pierced once at centre, the underside plain. This locket res…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birkin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5E1217
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt figurine of a standing angel. The dress is pleated; the inside of the wings hatched and the figurine has shoulder length hair. There is damage to the feet and hands of the angel. The item has been repaired recently and it appears that the object may have been found in two or more pieces. The reverse of the figurine is plain and the lower half reverse is flat. This object has broken from another object, perhaps a terminal. It is hard to place and has no obvious parallel. Length: 21.47mm, width: 14.15mm, thickness: 4.76mm, weight: 2.74g. Report by Janina Parol, Lloyd de B…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Osyth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-620E40
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A double-sided silver medal. One side of the medal is decorated by the left-facing, draped bust of King Charles I, moulded in relief. On the opposite side is a sketchy form of the Royal arms. A chain loop is located at the apex, with a single chain link still attached, with a second, smaller, loop at the base. Two decorative lobes project from halfway down the right- and left-hand sides respectively. Dimensions: Height: 27mm Thickness: 1.6 mm Weight: 2.72g Discussion: Similar medals reported under the Treasure Act include 2008 T401 (DENO-F13D23) and 2010 T341 (LEIC-…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7346E4
Object type: RELIQUARY CROSS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A gold post medieval reliquary crucifix of Post-medieval date (AD1500-1800). The object is in the form of a hollow cross with integral and incised decoration on all surfaces. Each of the ends of cross have a stylized leaf quatrefoil with a central, projecting knop with the exception on the uppermost end from which a circular suspension loop projects. The front of the object shows the figure of Christ with a crown of thorns, radiate crown and loincloth; the nails are visible going through the hands and the crossed feet. Above the figure an incised rectangular border runs around th…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skellow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-699487
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A silver disc with turned down edge and shank soldered on the reverse, stamped on the front with a flaming heart bisected by two arrows with drops of blood dripping from the heart. Edge broken away in one area. The fragility of the shank may indicate that this is part of a pair of cufflinks rather than a button; although the size suggests a button rather than a cufflink. Both types are regularly reported through the Treasure Act. The design is close to that the two hearts conjoined, often associated with the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662. The same design of …
Created on: Monday 17th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-779C73
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval/Post-Medieval silver double-ended dress fastener (14th - 16th century). Curator's report: Silver artefact finely made from twisted wire, two sharply pointed ends curved over to form an agraffe. This appears to be a double strap attachment or garter hook, of a type fashionable in the late 15th Century. They are sometimes decorated with applied plaques or decorative elements, see a four-pronged one with a Tudor rose, in TAR 2005, nos. 695, also a three-pronged one, no. 696, both dated by their decoration or related pictorial evidence to the la…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TOWER HAMLETS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7730B2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt dress fitting: cast foliate element, broken at one end where there may originally have been a bar or hook for attachment. Pierced in three places for sewing to clothing. Scrolling tendrils around a central element in the form of a bud or seed pod (?). The back flat. Probably 16th 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
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-95F07B
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt silver dress tag, of openwork construction, cast in one plane with trapezoidal bar developing from central floral garland enclosing a heart (?). Gilt. Hook previously soldered onto reverse at lower edge now missing. 16mm long. 15th-16th Century. Similar in type to the dress tag from Martyr Worthy, Hampshire, for which see David Gaimster et al, "Tudor silver-gilt dress hooks", Antiquaries Journal 2003, p.168, fog.11.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-CAA2C7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Solid cast silver sleeve button or cufflink, comprising two discs held by the central shank, the uppermost disc stamped with two hearts beneath a single crown. The hearts are on a speckled background and just touch each other. The crowned hearts are a device associated with the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza in 1662. A similar button was found in Virginia, USA in the 1960s and published in Noel Hume 1969, fig.22. This object was found in February 2001 and has been acquired by the British Museum, acquisition number: 2002,0711.1
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rochester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-26645A
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver hooked tag of three-lobed form with a central boss attached with a butterfly clip or split-pin to the backplate. The backplate has pinked edges, and three projecting leaf-like forms in the interstices of the bosses. The front is heavily gilded. Each lobe on the front is decorated with filigree clrcles and knops. At the top, a recurving hook and on the back, a rectangular bar attachment. Dimensions: length: 2.5 cm Discussion: A good example, in good condition, of a common type of dress hook reported through the Treasure Act. Compare 2002,0402.1 in the British Mu…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wicken', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-A01B3C
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver bodkin, bevelled edges tapering to tip at one end, at the other an ear scoop, then a pierced opening, then a transverse band of silver, then rectangular opening along the length of the pin. No incised decoration. L: 13.6cm. 17th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-58888C
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Dress pin in silver-gilt with large and elaborate head. Heavy spherical head with applied filigree ornament on two hemispheres joined by a plain band. On each hemisphere, four circlets each containing four-petalled flowers and knops around the circles, a knop at the top of the pin. The drawn shaft is broken off near the head. Length approx 2cm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-54A7BA
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular dress-hook; cusped backplate applied with recurving hook (broken) , attachment bar missing. On the front three hemispheres with filigree roundels and central knops; at the centre a pin with shank attaching it to the backplate, with small pierced circle of silver in form of a flowerhead which fits in middle of the dress fitting. The shank is damaged and the flower-head element is loose; it would originally have been attached to the shank by a domed-headed pin. Approx. 2.9 cm in length. 16th Century, English.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-5635C5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt dress hook, book-shaped backplate with three projecting knops along each side, one of which has broken off. Central plate with four indentations. Recurving hook soldered onto backplate; original bar attachment on backplate now missing. L; 22mm; w: 3.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-567C35
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dress fitting assembled from elements of silver sheet. Cylindrical backplate, pinked edges, with cut out at the base, with remains of recurving hook soldered at the top. The front made in four sections, the three lower panels decorated with filigree spirals and knops, divided by cable ornament. Traces of gilding. Approx. 2 cm long. 16th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-580595
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt dress pin with spherical head divided in half by transverse band; each hemisphere decorated with applied filigree in the shape of circlets and knops. Recurving pin. The find has been analysed and has been found to have a silver content of approximately 98%.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-6E76F4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, torn around circumference of dome. The body decorated with lozenges centred with squares of waffle-type indentations; the triangles between the lozenges also with indentations, plain border between engraved lines. Lathe centring mark on dome. Length: 2.2 cm. 17th Century. The precious metal content of the thimble is greater than 10%.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-554F41
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt hooked tag, cast flower-shaped backplate with upper and inner rows of petals; hook soldered onto back at top; attachment bar below. 15 by 27mm, weight 3.94g. Related to a dress hook from Wymondham, Norfolk,  (BM MME 2002, 2-2,1) for which see Dora Thornton and David Mitchell, “Three Tudor silver dress-hooks”, The Antiquaries Journal, 83, 2003, pp.486-491, p.488, fig.2. The difference between the hooks lies in the fact that this example is cast with applied hook and bar, whereas the BM example is assembled from pieces of sheet with central pin, in the more …
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-177414
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver stud; small circular plano-convex stud (flat on the back) with integral square-sectioned tapering spike projecting from the reverse; stud has moulded decoration of an eight-spoked wheel with two pellets in each angle. Reminiscent of late medieval/early post medieval lead buttons. Length 8.6 mm, diameter of stud 8.5 mm - 8.8 mm, thickness of stud 2.2 mm, max width & thickness of spike 2.6 mm - 2.7 mm and weight 0.78 g. Perhaps 15th - 16th century As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulat…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-EDC937
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver bodkin with knop on the end and eyelet, flattened shaft and tapered point. Entire upper section is engraved. Longitudinal opening surrounded by hatching with two transverse bands of lozenge pattern. Beneath the lower band, a tongue  is engraved which points downwards along the shaft of the bodkin.  Bent below the eyelet. Length: 111 mm. Weight: 7.49g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PAS-60FAB6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon with ovoid bowl, thickness 1.5mm The stem is of rectangular section with a chamfered end, engraved with three indistinct initials, perhaps A above F and M. In the bowl, near the join to the stem, is the leopard's head crowned for London. On the underside of the stem, three marks: near the tip, a date letter for London, indistinct but possibly that for 1649 ( Jackson, English Goldsmiths and their marks. London 1921, p.83). At the base of the stem, two further marks; the lion passant for London, and, nearest the bowl, a maker's mark which has yet to be identified. To…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-62DAD2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver hooked tag in the form of a wreath, pierced centre, the back plate with five projecting petals, applied with five knops with central studs. Recurving hook soldered on reverse, remains of original bar attachment below. Length 1.8mm. Similar in design (though with hollow centre) to one from Brampton, Lincs., reported through the Treasure Act, Treasure Annual Report 2000, no.179. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-AECA52
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bodkin, approximately 5 cm long from ear scoop on one end to the point where the bodkin is bent back on itself. Complete, tapering at one end, engraved along its length on both sides, with flowerheads on either side of the rectangular opening. Beyond this, a threading hole, then the ear scoop which is also bent back on itself. No marks. 17th Century. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Prehistory and Europe The British Museum
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilcomb Civil Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-5943B0
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver-gilt dress pin; long shaft originally bent, since straightened; hemispherical head with central lateral line dividing it into two equal sections, each section with applied filigree ornament in spirals. English, 16th C, of a type frequently reported through the Treasure Act.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-5E86D0
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on Post-Medieval silver head-dress pin of bodkin type from Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Fragment of a silver pin comprising bent shaft of tapering quadrangular form, broken at eye hole. Incised decoration around eye and inscription, apparently the number 270. Approx length 2.7 cm from tip to bend in shaft. Frequently reported through the Treasure Act, see for example Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 252. Thought to have been brought from the Low Countries to England by immigrants, as similar pins are found in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, see S. Margeson, Norwich Households: Th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-60E231
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Post-Medieval silver dress-pin of bodkin type with ear-scoop on one end, pierced circular opening for suspension and rough rectangular opening, engraved lines, dots, transverse bands and foliate pattern. Approx. 6 cm long. 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: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'earswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BDBBA0
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
2008 T467 "Silver dress pin fragment of bodkin type comprising ear scoop terminal, round hole and broken off at rectangular opening; etched with chevron and flowerhead. Late 17th Century" Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Treasure disclaimed.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharncliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-291544
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval dress pin of bodkin type, from Bures Hamlet Essex, 2007 T631 Fragment of silver dress pin, comprising shaft of quadrangular section with round hole at one end, rectangular opening and another pierced hole for attachment, broken off at one end. Undecorated. A common 17th Century type, frequently found. 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
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2009
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
No spatial data available.

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: YORYM-589235
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2004 T191 A silver-gilt dress fitting comprising a flower-head in the form of a Tudor rose, cast and gilt, with a recurving pin soldered onto the back. Possibly a hat pin. Flower head approx 1.3 cm diameter. Worn through use. Probably 16th Century.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton on Derwent', grid reference and parish protected.