Record ID: NCL-2B87A2
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A gold jewellery fitting of Post-Medieval date, 16th-17th century. Dora Thornton of the British Museum writes: 'The main body of the artefact is made of thin gold wire, each end recurving on itself to create a loop and the form is of a long bodied s-shape. Attached at one of these looped ends are a further two gold wire loops (so forming a chain link). A five pronged circular shape (akin to an opened umbrella) has been threaded through the main body to the other end and has been soldered on at the base of the loop. At the end of each prong is circular opening. This element has bee…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-3E6EC6
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver dress-hook in the form of three recurving hooks with tapering points, made from two lengths of thick wire, soldered onto the back of a circular boss with pinked outline in the form of a flowerhead resembling a button daisy. This boss apparently cast. Front and back-including hooks themselves-- gilded. Backplate filed. Approx 4,1 cm width and 3.6 cm long.16th Century. This is a new type of Tudor dress-hook to be recorded under the Treasure Act. According to Karen Parker, it may correspond to a hook worn on the cloak of St Margaret of Antioch in stained glass windows from the C…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BUC-679C67
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button, circular and made from silver sheet, samped design above a flaming heart pierced by flaming arrows. On the back there is a shank and loop attachment. Late 17th century. Can be compared with other buttons \& cdufflinks recorded throuigh the Treasure Act which share the same design, dimensions and decoration: compare TAR 2005-6 nos 615-6 for a pair of cufflinks with this device [slightly smaller]and a button like this one, with the same dimensions. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the provisions of the Treasure Ac…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Hampden area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-0A3C95
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die, matrix with broken-off loop attachment in two pieces. Matrix engraved with bleeding heart pierced by two arrows beneath a stylised eye. Imagery and form suggest a 17th Century date. Report for Coroner by Dora Thornton
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-575178
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast silver medal with decorative scrolled border pierced top and bottom for attachment to clothing. Double-sided: on the obverse a profile bust of Charles I , and with his consort, Henrietta Maria, on the reverse. The portrait types are well-known from Medallic Illustrations, I, p. 357, 223. Presumably made for a Royalist supporter in the Civil War or Interregnum. Compare TAR 2003 no. 274 in which a similar model has only the profile of Charles I with initials of a local supporter on the reverse. Mid 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualif…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Medmenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-9A0F76
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress pin of flattened quadrangular section, tapering to a point at one end, and with an earscoop at the other, and with circular and longitudinal opening. Etched along its length with chevrons and initials AC, probably for the original owner. Bent and twisted, apparently despite attempts to straighten it. 17th Century. A common type: compare pin from the Ivinghoe Aston area, Bucks, reported through the Treasure Act, 2006T168, which also has owner's initials etched in. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington area', 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: BUC-F0BFA8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Squashed and flattened silver thimble, domed top missing, plain edging. The body covered with regular waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, in the centre a transverse band of engraved ornament with lozenges containing rectangles of indentations interspersed with four-petalled flowerheads (roses?) On the reverse, at what would have been the lower edge, maker's mark DA. Mid to late 17th C type as frequently reported through the Treasure Act. Silver thimbles were used increasingly by the European nobility and gentry during the 17th Century but surviving examples are rare given …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Markyate Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-AC8337
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver fob seal, fluted handle terminating in a single attachment loop. The die engraved with a shield, mantling and crest of a griffin passant. The shield engraved with a central lateral bend with three flower heads on it, and two birds above and two below. These arms unidentified. 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: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Mandeville area', 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: 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: KENT-C245C7
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th Century. Silver alloy, hawking vervel in ring form, hand engraved 'OF.NORWOOD.IN.KENT'. Vervels are small rings which were attached to a bird's jesses (the leather thongs fitted on the bird's feet) and in addition to providing a form of identification, served as a means of attaching the leash, the longer cord securing the bird to the hand or the perch. Dated by the form of the lettering to the 17th Century. Flat outer surface but slightly convex inner surface. length 11.27mm, Width 10.81mm, Thickness 3.8mm, Diameter 11.27mm, Weight 1.1g. Slightly tarnished but otherwise good s…
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-C990D7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A set of Post Medieval silver cuff links dating late 17th - 18th century. This set of cuff links consists of two discs secured by a long oval link. Each disc is octagonal with a concave reverse and an integrally cast loop. The front surface is decorated with a floral pattern comprising a central double rose with four petals around a central cross hatched pellet, and four smaller petals projecting between the main petals, all within a scalloped border. The border is created by a crescentic stamp which is repeated around the edge. Cuff links with similar designs are recorded o…
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2012
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2012
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: 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.

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-6806D6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-gilt hollow cast pinhead with bent silver pin attached. The head is spherical with transverse line dividing it into two hemispheres, each with three filigree circles with a further three circles within each. Small applied knops at centre of most of the large circles, broken off in some. Approx 35 mm in length from head to bent back tip of pin. 16th century. Very similar to dress pin reported in Treasure Annual Report 2000, p.94 no.191, in which the pin is similarly (apparently deliberately) bent.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: HAMP-5B9220
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a pair of post-medieval silver cuff links: a set for one cuff consisting of two elements with soldered loops connected by a rectangular link with rounded ends (18th century AD). Both elements are oval in plan and plano-convex in profile (12.8 by 9.7 by 8.9mm (including loop)). At the centre of the flat lower surface a thick wire loop has been soldered in place. Above and below the loop is a perforation, bevelled as it enters the hollow element. To the sides of the loops is a maker's mark, 'I M' or 'W I', stamped in low relief within a rectangular recess. The link that conn…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: LON-01A584
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT A Post Medieval silver incomplete mount probably dating to the 16th century. Description Silver decorative mount, two vegetal scrolls with two small holes for attachment within the design. Back flat and tooled. Left side slightly damaged and possibly other elements missing. Probably 16th Century, and part of a larger artefact, such as a dagger chape, or perhaps as it is, a mount for a leather or textile belt. 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: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Henley-on-Thames', grid reference and parish protected.