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.

Record ID: PAS-626BF4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver button comprising two silver discs cut from sheet joined by central shank; the upper disc stamped with a heart pierced from either side by two arrows and with flames issuing from the top, within a border. The lowermost roundel engraved with concentric lines at the edge. Diam: 1.1cm. Date: 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: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kneesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

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: PAS-60CA15
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval silver dress pin Silver dress pin, broken off beneath rectangular opening, bent. Quadrangular section to shaft, pointed tip. Etched foliate ornament and owner’s initials AH. 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 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

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-5E6466
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on fragment from a post-medieval dress pin from Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. The top end of a silver dress pin of bodkin type, comprising knop with pierced hole beneath it for suspension, and upper part of rectangular opening. Engraved decoration of hatched and cross-hatched lines. Length: 2.3cm. Date: 17th Century. Of a type commonly reported through the Treasure Act, thought to have been introduced to England by immigrants; similar pins are recorded from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal i…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassingbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-539970
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver spout from a vessel comprising hollow fluted spout broadening out at the base into six petals-shaped projections, two of which are missing; loop handle on either side of spout. No sign of solder or attachment holes/loops on surviving petals. Approx. 1.5 cm long. 16th-17th Century.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godmanchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-537674
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Hollow-cast element now squashed inwards upon itself, originally of spherical or bulbous form. One side plain, the other with applied flowerhead decoration. Along one edge, an animal with wings, long tail and four legs, its head broken off. Entire surface gilt. 1.7 cm long. It is impossible to discern the original function and appearance of this object. It might possibly be part of a whistle, akin to the whistle from Horsey, Somerset, for which see Treasure Annual Report 2002, no. 125, dated to 15-16th Century. Probably 16th Century. In terms of age and as the object co…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Riccall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-280A53
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Crushed silver bell, made from silver sheet hammered into two hemispherical forms, soldered together, crushed at the point at which the loop for suspension would have been inserted. Compare examples in base metal found in dated London contexts, eg: G.Egan and F.Pritchard, Dress Accessories, London 1991, no. 1666, dated c1400-50. Similar bells were fashionable dress accessories in the 14th and 15th Centuries. This example can probably be dated to the 15th Century.
Created on: Sunday 13th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-ECA613
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Broken terminal of bodkin-type dress pin, silver, broken at rectangular opening on shaft. Flattened quadrangular section, pierced at complete end with a foliate terminal. Late 17th Century, of a type frequently reported through the Treasure Act, see TAR 2005, no. 575 for an example. 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
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', 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.