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: SOM-736C82
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2009 T399 Description: Silver whistle, made of thin silver sheet, well-shaped mouthpiece, square opening, tapering to the end which has been broken off. Along the length of the whistle, five projecting flanges, in silver, these with traces of gilding. Dimensions: Length: 57.40mm, Width at mouthpiece: 9.21mm, Width at widest point, including decoration: 15.81mm, Weight: 6.12g Discussion: Date uncertain, but the unusual flanges suggest possibly 16th century date. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glanvilles Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7881F0
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver sheet huntsman's whistle. The whistle is tapering in form and the widest end is broken and flattened. The slit on the top of the whistle is intact and there is an attached loop on the bottom. A maker's mark appears on the top of the whistle, perhaps DL in a shaped shield. The owner's initials underneath the mouthpiece are illegible. The whistle is probably 17th century and has parallels with a similar whistle in the Treasure Annual Report 1998-9, no.242 from West Sussex. The length is 30.78mm and the width is 13.6mm.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton Upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-017538
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver object possibly a weight. The object is made from sheet metal, cut to form a pointed silver oval. There is no decoration nor maker's marks. Curators report: Silver oval artefact, made from thin sheet, flat. Undecorated and no sign of fixtures for fastening. Possibly a weight to be sewn into clothing, but impossible to date. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Dimensions: length: 19.80mm; width: 21.53mm; thickness: 0.38mm; weight: 0.48g.
Created on: Monday 11th August 2008
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Henley on Thames', 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-8EE992
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver fragment from a drinking vessel Heavy, cast silver element with central section of a hinge at one end, curved middle section and crude curling scrolls at the other end forming a finial. Probably the central part of the thumbpiece on the lid of a drinking vessel. Similar elements are found on imported pottery drinking vessels, with silver mounts made in London: see for example an unmarked stoneware drinking pot in the V&A, of circa 1550-60, in which the cast thumbpiece is of much finer quality but has scrolls like this fragment, which however end in masks. S…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ripon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-01EC33
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hawking ring, or 'vervel'. Several examples of similar type are in The British Museum, and others have been reported through the Treasure Act. All the evidence - including the script on the ring - suggest an early 17th Century date. Similar rings are illustrated in hawking treatises of 1619 and 1658 (see A.Dillon, "Six silver vervels", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2nd series, IV, pp. 355-7). Compare the 17th Century ring drawn in DRG Gaimster and Sue Margeson, "A post-medieval silver hawking vervel", Norfolk Archaeology, XL, 1989, pp. 326-7. The ring has a plain…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D703D3
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver vervel of Lewis and Richardson type C.i, composed of a ring of D-shaped section, inscribed on the outer face with RAFE, in capitals between outward facing arrows. On the opposite side of the ring from the inscription is a shield-shaped plaque attached latitudinally (that is, with the shield perpendicular to the ring) with a heraldic crest of a scallop shell between two fronds(?). The base of the shield, which comes to a point, has been bent back over the ring. Vervels were used to attach leather jesses to a hawk's legs when it was tethered on its block. They often bear the…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: DOR-B83652
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver vervel or hawking ring; small silver ring of D-shaped section engraved on the outside in italic script: *At mounckton in dorsett. Hawking rings record the owner's name and sometimes their placeof residence, and were attached to the leather jesses on the birds legs which attached the bird to the block. The script and form of this ring can be compared with others in the BM collection and published examples from Norfolk and elsewhere. The vervel dates to the 17th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2FB222
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawking vervel comprising a ring of rectangular section inscribed with Italic capitals on the outside with the owner's name: IAMES*BERKBE:* Vervels were used to attach the leather jesses on a hawk's legs to a leash. The form and the style of the inscription suggest a 17th Century date. For a flat vervel of this date see TAR 2003, no. 283. It is possible that the inscription refers to James Birkby (born before 1557 -1610), who served as MP from York in 1593 and 1597 and for several terms as sheriff of the city.
Created on: Monday 25th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

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: BH-9487C5
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast silver pendant with large attachment ring and shield-shaped escutcheon. The escutcheon is engraved on one side with the Royal arms as used by Elizabeth I and on the other with the Tudor rose. There are signs of wear on one side of the ring from use. It measures 25.2mm long by 14.2mm wide and weighs 2.87g. This pendant is a vervel, or small loop used in hawking to connect the leather jesses on a hawk's legs; items which often bear the engraved name if the owner in the 17th century and which are sometimes soldered with a shield with the owner's arms. This shape…
Created on: Saturday 15th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-D74C32
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shield-shaped pendant, with integral suspension loop cast in one plane. Engraved with crude lion rampant on front, probably representing Gules Lion Rampant Argent; on reverse the inscription in Roman capitals: T/NOR/FOC/K, presumably the name of an owner. Length: 20.8 cm, width 8.6 cm, weight: 1.28g. Probably late 16th-early 17th century. Discussion: Compare in form and date to 2007T544 (HESH-A49557), which was found in South Herefordshire and acquired by Hereford Museum and Art Gallery through the Treasure Act 1996. The two items are very similar, down to the insignia and the…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witham area', grid reference and parish protected.

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: HAMP-9A9D22
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hollow terminal element, made from sheet, with a globular finial at the base. There are three trilobed indentations at the attachment end. Below these is a pair of low ridged bands; there is punched and engraved feather-like decoration below. There is a logitudinal split in the object, more evident at the attachment end, testament to how it was constructed. The object has been squashed around its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Somborne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4C17A8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver element of post-medieval (17th-century) date. It has a rounded terminal with central dot in silver and two prongs. It is crude and flat. The original function of this object is unclear; it is possibly from a dress pin of bodkin form although it is flat rather than quadrangular in section which would argue against this. It is perhaps part of a toilet set.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Winchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D449F4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver artefact built up of three superimposed squares, forming a stepped pyramid. Approximately 10 mm square. Reverse plain. This artefact is undiagnostic and correspondingly hard to date. Although there are signs that the object is not machine-made, there is no reason to think that it predates 1706 and it therefore falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-AF34B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2007 T92 British Museum report: "Silver-looking metal object in the form of a terminal with leafy base broken off and bulbous leafy head with pin. Fluted shaft. Engraved foliate ornament. Halfway up this shaft a second shaft curves outwards, broken. The metal does not look to the eye as silver and this, in combination with the heavy facture of the object, suggests the object is modern. As such, this object does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum"
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Milford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-407401
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver artefact, round with stamped decoration on the front inlaid with glass paste, mostly missing and filled with earth and corrosion. It is obvious from evidence from the reverse that this was a brooch or a button, and it may have been laid into another larger object originally. Although originally submitted for treasure, the Post-Medieval and Modern curators have looked at it and are clear that the stamped decoration suggests a 19th Century date, and therefore this is not within the scope of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coberley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A86F32
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2009 T141. Decorative silver arrow head terminal, made from thin silver sheet and therefore a purely decorative element from some larger ensemble. Perhaps the arrow attribute of a silver figure of a saint such as St Michael? Late medieval or early modern, perhaps 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 Length: 25.64mm, Width: 11.20mm, Thickness: 4.34mm. Weight: 0.77g
Created on: Friday 13th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-93FA11
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver object, baluster shaped and bent towards broken off end. The other end curved to form a strong hook. Undecorated except for one transverse band of cable ornament at top of baluster. Possibly a book clasp? Difficult to date, but perhaps 17th Century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Next the Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-B42740
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold fragment of an artefact of an undiagnostic date. The fragment comprises a loop made from a flat strip of gold from which two broken strands project creating an incomplete figure of eight in appearance. At the junction between the strip and the broken projections an incomplete cinquefoil has been soldered to the front. The surface of the strip is decoratively cast with a twisted rope motif. Dora Thornton and Judy Rudoe has had a look at this and they can't place what it is but believe it is undiagnostic. Dimensions: length: 9.26mm; width: 4.43mm; thickness: 1.23m…
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-313796
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Coarse coiled silver-coloured ring of quadrangular section, widening in the middle and tapering at the end with small finials. This puzzling object is undiagnostic, as it is too coarse for an earring and too small for a nosering for an animal. Analysis results reveal that is made of 97% silver. I find it hard to place or date and would suggest that it is likely to be of fairly recent manufacture.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5874B1
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2004 T190 A silver toothpick, broken along the shaft. The pick in the shape of a bird's talon, emerging from the fleshy part of a bird's claw, etched with lines to imitate skin at the point where the talon joins the claw. The shaft is of engraved foliate form with transverse banding. Length: 4.4cm approx. The sickle shape of the pick itself suggests a postmedieval date, probably 16th Century: an example in gold, from the tomb of the Count Palatine Philip Ludwig (died 1614) is now in the VAM, for which see Geoff Egan and Frances Pritchard, Dress Accessories, Medieval Fi…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-077044
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a devotional plaque A fragment of a double-sided plaque, cast on one side with a possible Madonna and child, and on the other a scene with three saints. The item is possibly a Catholic devotional token, not necessarily English in origin, judging by the Madonna figure's veil and cloak. The plaque has three surviving projecting knops. The object is probably of silver, but as the style and facture suggest a post-1706 date, possibly 19th century or later, the object is not thought to qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeford Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SOM-D37677
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver thimble with waffle-shaped indentations but with pattern of linked cables left plain; plain band at part of the rim and plain disc at central point of dome. The thimble is in excellent condition, apart from one scratch running around it just below the dome. Given the regularity and depth of the indentations, the thimble may have been made on a lathe rather than punched by hand. Unmarked. Length approx 2.9 cm. Silver thimbles were used increasingly by the European nobility and gentry during the 17th Century but surviving examples are rare given that thimbles were much used and…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D63426
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble made from thin sheet, punched decoration on most of the upper surface except for plain band with maker's mark, now illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stroud', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WAW-F35322
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Potential Treasure find: Silver Thimble (2005 T553) The thimble is very hard to date, given that it is squashed out of shape, form being the most useful indicator of date. It might consequently be medieval or alternatively (and in my view more likely) 18th century. I therefore suggest that it should be regarded as undiagnostic and removed from the Treasure process. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E28057
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver thimble of late 17th-century date, and of a common type frequently reported through the Treasure Act. The dome is missing (?). The object is made from thin silver sheet joined at one edge (now detached) decorated with regular waffle-shaped indentations and cruciform pattern in reserve, initial 'G' at edge.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: 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-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: WMID-1B5F45
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver(?) thimble made from sheet with turned over edge and slight dome. There are no decorative or other features to help date this object and the shape suggests a late date, post 1707, and that this may be a liner for a now missing thimble, possibly 19th Century. The find dates to later than 1707 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lapworth CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1B6FD8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Thimble with waffle-shaped indentations. Crushed and damaged but a late 17th Century type in form and fracture. 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 12th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swynnerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-962A51
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on silver post-medieval thimble from Leigh, Staffs, 2007 T43 Thimble made from thin silver sheet, soldered together, with separate domed section. Regular waffle-shaped indentations and band left plain at edge for engraved inscription/initials to be added. 17th Century.
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leigh CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8ECB44
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver thimble 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 bu…
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Markyate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E1E453
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, missing its domed top, now flattened in shape and open along its original soldered join. Plain border demarcated by engraved lines, the body covered with waffle-shaped indentations applied on a lathe, leaving blank a small area in which are roughly incised the owner's initials, MA. A maker's mark, apparently IB above a pellet, is also stamped into the sheet, now very worn. Length: 1.2 cm. Form, facture and engraving suggest a late 17th C or possibly early 18th C date, but cannot be proven to be pre- 1706 and may not therefore fall within the scope of the Treasure A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Helperby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-E1F563
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble, circular indentations over the body and top, two birds framing a cartouche designed for owner's initials. Worn and squashed. The best comparison is a thimble dating to the early 18th C from the collection of Edwin Holmes (Sotheby's South Kensington, London 31 May 1995, lot 61). It is probable that this thimble post-dates 1706 and it and therefore it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2F38F7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crushed and damaged silver thimble, of tailor's type (ie. open ended). Punched decoration on the field with interlace design left plain. Inscription along lower edge in Latin in Roman capitals, [...]IBI+FIDES+VBI+AMO[R]. Measures 20.6mm high by 0.4mm thick and weighs 5.31g. 17th century date.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pirton', grid reference and parish protected.

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: WAW-792B78
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Post-medieval silver thimble from Brailes, Warwickshire Description of find Silver thimble made from sheet soldered along the edges, elongated shape. The body and most of the dome punched with regular waffle-shaped indentations to suggest working on a lathe; lathe centring mark at top of the dome. Stepped design in broad bands left in reserve on the body. Plain rim, engraved with inscription in Roman capitals: LOOSE NO TIME. Maker's mark of an L clear on inside. Discussion The mis-spelt inscription may imply that the thimble was made in Holland for the Engli…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

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: PAS-9EB090
Object type: TERMINAL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2005 T396 A Silver Terminal (?) Silver cast terminal (?), hollow with cable ornament scrolling up from lower opening and round into two projecting spirals, with a boss at the centre of each. Length: 2 cm. Weight 10.7g Analysis shows the object comprises an alloy with a silver content of 95-97% and copper content of 3-5%, with traces of lead and gold present. The object has been examined by five curators responsible for collections ranging from Romano-British to Post-medieval, and all have failed to identify this object. Therefore, given the undiagnosti…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hastoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BD9B07
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
2008 T467 "Silver stud with central shank, the top pressed with design of two hearts conjoined surmounted by a crown, back with worn maker's mark (?). Late 17th C" Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharncliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

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: PAS-E08B33
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver stud, impossible to date with any precision and therefore recommended that it should be excluded from the Treasure process. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haslingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SWYOR-B03DE1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
2007 T567 The British Museum curator's report says: "Broad and thick silver loop, flattened oval section, with striations on upper slightly wider band. Facture and style suggest a date later than 1707 so that the object does not come within the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections 30/10/07"
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: SUR-A2A3C1
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post medieval silver spoon now severely distorted by heat, probably in a fire. Elements of cast scrolling decoration survive on the lower side of the bowl adjacent to the distorted handle. Damage makes this object impossible to date.
Created on: Friday 11th September 2009
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-3948B6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver spoon, blackened with tarnish, of slip top form as current in the early -mid 17thCentury. Stem thickens towards the end, date letter (now illegible but of a form which suggests early rather than late 17thCentury date) punched on stem just before end. Rounded bowl, with leopard's head crowned for London in bowl. On back of stem, two marks, one maker's mark now illegible, and lion passant for London. London, probably early-mid 17th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 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: SWYOR-2D7381
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
2007 T396 Report on silver seal-die from Saxton, Yorks, 2007 T396 Silver seal-die with openwork scrollwork handle pierced for suspension, engraved on the die with a closed crown. The form of the handle and design suggests a late 17th Century or even early 18th Century date, possibly after 1707. As it was found before 1997 this falls under the Treasure Trove Act; where evidence would have to point to the object having been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery. The seal-die is most likely to be a casual loss, therefore does not constitute treasure. Dr Dora Thornton, Curato…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton with Scarthingwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-344CA1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Seal matrix with oval face engraved bearded male bust in the classical style; ornate lug handle broken off at the pierced loop for suspension. The classical-style bust is typical of 18th Century fob seals.
Created on: Monday 15th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sharnbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0522D3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal matrix. The form and engraving suggest a 16th-17th century date. Only the oval printing face survives, the suspension loop having been broken off above fluted base. The die is deeply engraved with unidentified arms, comprising a shield with a chevron and six ?pellets above and three below. Above the shield are the letters 'IS'. The perimeter is marked by a ropework border. It measures 12.5mm high, 10.5mm wide and weighs 3.1g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-AFAF81
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal die, fluted handle with terminal pierced three times, the face engraved with a three-masted sailing ship. Seal die itself approx 1.4 cm diameter. Probably 17th Century, as indicated both by the ship and the form of the seal.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EA43A7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal-die with fluted handle with paired scrolls and single loop handle. Octagonal die engraved with a shield with 3 crosses, 2 above and 1 below a central transverse band which is stippled. The silver appears to be low-grade. Probably 18th Century and may post-date 1708. As such it is impossible to say with confidence that the seal-die is over 300 years old, and it therefore fails to qualify as Treasure in terms of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Treasure number- 2008 T717
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goldsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-776E04
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver seal matrix, 17th century Treasure no 2009-T9 Fragment of a silver seal-die with fluted handle, pierced six times. The face roughly engraved with a skull surrounded by the legend in Roman capitals: M EMEN[TO] MOR[I]. 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
Created on: Friday 9th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: LEIC-964413
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver double-sided seal-die, made in one plane from two elements: curved frame with foliate scrolls framing a pierced loop for suspension. The seal-die engraved on one side with two hearts conjoined pierced by an arrow and bleeding, surmounted by a crown, on the other a griffin head.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: 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: PAS-E1AB46
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
18th century silver seal matrix The shape of the seal die handle suggests an 18th Century date. The find dates to later than 1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. The arms appear to be a variant of the Hamilton family with the motto THROUGH with crest of an oak tree pierced by a frame saw, and the arms are three cinquefoils.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Strethall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-84D081
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver seal matrix with fluted handle, three transverse bands and suspension loop. The seal is engraved with a shield with a single diagonal band with three stars and crest with mantling above. The form of the seal-die and the style of the mantling suggests an 18th century date, not necessarily pre-1707. The seal-die cannot be securely dated to pre-1707 and as such it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', 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: NARC-5DC404
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Sheet silver scabbard chape for a dagger, triangular in form with scalloped edge at open end, applied band of cable ornament at shoulder. Delicate foliate engraving in one panel. Broken and filled with earth at formerly closed end.
Created on: Monday 27th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ISLIP', grid reference and parish protected.

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: WMID-9F8320
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval silver "ring" from Ilam, Staffordshire Silver band with grooves and O decoration. I see no reason why this should be finger ring and cannot discern its function. It is undiagnostic and there hard to date, but likely to be post 1708.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9EC274
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2006 T280. post-medieval `ring' Silver `ring' formed from wire of round circular section, small, not a finger-ring, nor flattened in the manner of a vervel, therefore undiagnostic and of indeterminate date. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it can not be securely dated to pre-1706 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bourn', 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-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: LON-833BD8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold pin head (16th century). Curator's report: Small, heavy gold pin head with hole for attachment to a gold wire. The hemispherical head squashed flat, decorated with applied filigree circlets and knops, and with flower heads made up of small turquoises (identified by Raman spectroscopy) held in claw settings and surrounded by petals of openwork gold decoration made of fine twisted wire. This fascinating pin head suggests the gold prototypes for the silver-gilt types of the 16th Century which are commonly reported through the Treasure Act. Its e…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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: NLM-6D00D2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval dress pin, half of a hemispherical hollow bead with filigree spirals and knops. The other half of the bead and the shank are missing. Compare a complete pin of a type frequently reported through the 1996 Act, TAR 2004, no. 295. Based on report by Dr Dora Thornton (The British Museum).
Created on: Tuesday 29th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-315A73
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver pin likely to be 16th century in date, an image has been examined by Dora Thornton from the British Museum. It measures 152.69mm in total length. The head is lozenge shaped, 15.2mm in length and 12.8mm in width, it is 4.06mm in thickness, the back face is flat and the front face has a deep border groove and within this another lozenge shaped panel with an annulet in each corner and between these a smaller circular indentation. There is a circular boss in the centre of the front face which is gilt. The shaft is unsusal as it has an irregular cross-section which is …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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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: 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: SWYOR-C774F5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2006 T399 Dora Thornton of the British Museum writes: "Post-medieval hollow reliquary pendant, made of silver, circular, with milled band at edge joining two discs; integral suspension loop at the top. On the front, cast image of Christ against the arms of the Cross; on the back, incised image of a young man (?) with long hair and ruff in stylised armour. W: 3.45g; 23.6 mm long; 5.8 mm thickness. The form of the pendant suggests it may be a reliquary, while the armour and ruff suggest an early 17th Century date. Perhaps documenting Recusant culture in north Yorkshire at this perio…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ryther', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-32A8A7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver quatrefoil mount dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The mount is cut from sheet and is pierced at the centre. There are petal markings engraved on the front, but the reverse is plain. Similar mounts can be seen in 'Dress Accessories' by Geoff Egan and Frances Pritchard (1991) on page 185. The mount is 14.7mm long, 14.3mm wide and 0.9mm thick. This object qualifies as Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996 and has been reported under the Act. It has since been disclaimed since no museum wishes to purchase the mount.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Riccall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-883270
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A postmedieval, openwork belt mount of cast silver. It is rectangular in shape, with four loops and a central lozenge for foliate ornament. This openwork ornament was designed in order to show off the leather or textile belt beneath. There are 2 studs for attachment on reverse, and the backplate is filed. Late 15th-early 16th 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: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-E99857
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular silver medieval mount with a quatrefoil in its centre depicting a bird, with outstretched wings, lowering its head. The length of the neck and the shape of the beak suggest that it may be a swan.
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-787723
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2008 T757 "Hollow silver sheet bent into a circle, one side with engraved ornament of leaves and scrolls. It has been suggested that this may have been the mount for a scent bottle made of some other material, or perhaps a pomander, but this is only a hypothesis. The engraving style however suggests a 16th or 17th Century date, though this too is tentative. 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: Tuesday 16th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-47CE46
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver convex plaque, octagonal with long sides, and two curved pointed spurs on the back for attachment, probably to leather. Late 17th-early 18th Century? Weight: 1.43g; maximum length 15mm; maximum width 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-83C284
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt belt mount, probably an eyelet, circular with pinked edge and central hole. A single band of ornament with punched roundels. Back filed and with remains of two studs at either side for attachment. 16th-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: Friday 29th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gate Helmsley', 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.

Record ID: LON-7323A0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure report from Dr Dora Thornton: Five identical silver mounts, each circular with central hole, etched with petal pattern, on the back three studs for attachment onto textile or leather. Presumably from a belt, probably 16th Century fittings.
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-D5C2C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern silver gilt mount or strap end (post AD1706). The mount is hollow and rectangular in shape, on one surface a decorative plate has been soldered. This plate has a semicircular projection at one end and an equivalent sized and shaped recess from the opposing edge. The decoration on the front plate has been pressed through from the reverse so that it is raised and it depicts a floral pattern. The front plate has also been gilded. The hollow reverse suggests a leather strap may have attached at this point. The semicircular recess may be where the projection/tab sits from the…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield', grid reference and parish protected.