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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Record ID: BM-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: 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-A2ED35
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dress pin, broken beneath rectangular opening. Pointed tip, tapering shaft of quadrangular section. Engraved ornament of chevrons. Possible mark (?) at tip of lowest chevron.
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', 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: BM-836FB5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two silver hollow hemispherical elements, each with a central hole. Each side is incised with a leaf or floral design which continues from one side to the other, and the pieces fit together to show how they were originally joined to form a hemisphere pierced at either side. The function of this object is not clear. Possibly the remains of a button, in which the loop, now missing, had a shank which joined both elements with a knop at the end. Otherwise perhaps a decorative dress fitting sewn onto a garment? The etched design suggests a roughly 16th-17th Century date. As such, due…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wixford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-835981
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button stud, central shank and two circular faces, the uppermost stamped with two cupids supporting a crown above a flaming heart. Back plain. 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: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mileham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-813F05
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress fitting with lozenge-shaped plate with bevelled edges, knop at lower point and pierced loop for suspension at upper point. Soldered onto the back and thin flap of silver, broadening out at the unattached end, stamped in the middle with maker's mark GM with pellets in a heart-shaped field, possibly a heavily-worn version of the mark GM with bird below in a dotted border, in a heart-shaped field, recorded in Jackson, Silver and Gold Marks, ed. Ian Pickford, p. 117 on a communion cup hall-marked for London 1636-7. The flap broken off at the end. The function of th…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwood', 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: NMS-F307D5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Silver book-shaped dress hook cut from sheet with projecting knops, foliate terminal base and central raised rectangular section. This central section decorated with applied filigree decoration resembling a fleur-de-lis. Recurving hook and bar attachment soldered onto the back. Front gilt. Common 16th Century type, Compare TAR 2003 no. 239. 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: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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: 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-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: GLO-45ACB5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular dress hook, round face with pinked and raised border, design of two initials, probably T A, in Lombardic script flanking a heart beneath a flower-head. Recurving hook on the back has been broken perhaps in an attempt to straighten it but the form of the hook suggests that it was originally bent in an s-shape, which, with the round shape of the front would suggest that this was a cap-hook. The design on the front suggests a love theme perhaps with the initials of a betrothed or married couple. Early -post-medieval (given the script), perhaps late 15th or early 16th Centu…
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hartpury', 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: CAM-B42FE7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress-hook, flower-shaped back plate with four cusps, each decorated with applied filigree decoration with circles and pellets. At the centre, attached to the backplate with a butterfly clip, is a dome-headed pin holding a silver corolla in position. Traces of gilding on the front. Recurving hook broken near base, and a rectangular bar attachment soldered onto the back. The whole object heavily worn. Compare TAR 2004, no. 264 for this type commonly recorded through the Treasure Act. 16th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as …
Created on: Friday 18th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fenstanton', 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: LON-7CADD2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver disc probably from a cufflink dating to the late 17th century. Curator's report: Silver disc decorated on one side with thin attachment loop on the other, probably one part of a cufflink. The link is crushed so as to make the decoration illegible apart from the rope border. Period: late 17th century Discussion: The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Europe, British Museum Dimensions: thickness: 1.07mm…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Henley', 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: 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: 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-5C5F35
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval tin button dating early 18th century. Curator's report: Description: flat disc like button, cast with decoration moulded in relief. On the front a sun's face within twelve rays. On the back in relief maker's mark 'IL' on either side of the missing shank. Discussion: Compare an identical button found on the river Thames foreshore, London. See Brian Read 'Metal buttons c900-1700', Langport 2010, No 480. These are dated possibly late 17th or early 18th century. Dora Thornton, British Museum Dimensions: thickness: 4.36mm; diameter: 17.31mm; weight: 3.05g.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tower Hamlets', grid reference and parish protected.

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

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: BUC-C09A34
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small gilded silver hooked tag comprising central book-shaped section with seven projecting knops, and foliate finial at the top covering the base of the recurving hook soldered onto the backplate; also on the backplate a soldered rectangular bar attachment. Engraved on the front, which is gilded, at the centre of the book, with a single letter, possibly a capital A with a line above (?) or possibly a K. Length: approx. 1.8 cm including hook. English, probably 16th Century. The orientation of this letter raises the question as to which way round the item was worn as a hook, probably t…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soulbury area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-8E1F55
Object type: FORK (UTENSIL)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver fork. This item was considered under the Treasure Act (Treasure reference 2004 T426). Please see treasure report below for details. Date: About 1698 - 1700. Date of discovery: July 2004 Circumstances of discovery: Picked up from the surface of cultivated land. Description: A silver dognose table fork with FW monogram; provincial, possibly a variation of an early mark of Edmond Richards, Exeter (ER in a shaped punch, struck three times). If so, the absence of Exeter assay marks which began in 1701, combined with the pattern would suggest the above date. Discussion:…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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: 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: 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: SF-21B0D8
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver leaf-shaped object made from two crudely-cut silver sheet pieces fitted together, perhaps part of a jewellery ensemble or ear-ring. The lower element made from re-used metal, though The British Museum Department of Coins and Medals do not think this to be a coin re-used. Upper side decorated with swirling lines with small pierced hole perhaps for suspension. The style and facture suggest a recent dating for this object, perhaps Ethnographic. As the find in all probability dates to later than 1707 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-68E976
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2007 T182 Silver dress fitting, cast as one element. Round and with radiating petals in the form or a Tudor rose with projecting knops; traces of gilding on the front. On the back remains of a single hook, indicating that this may have been a cap hook in which the hook doubled back on itself. For a comparable cap hook, with recurving hook still in situ, but with scene of the Crucifixion, see Treasure Annual Report 2003, fig. 240 from Raydon, Suffolk. 16th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure u…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''A productive riverine site in North Yorkshire area'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BDD158
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
Two tombac (?) button fragment, one domed with star design at the centre, the other flat with stylised flowerhead, both probably 18th Century Considered to be Not Treasure
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-BDBBA0
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Published
2008 T467 "Silver dress pin fragment of bodkin type comprising ear scoop terminal, round hole and broken off at rectangular opening; etched with chevron and flowerhead. Late 17th Century" Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Treasure disclaimed.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharncliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: 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: ESS-291544
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval dress pin of bodkin type, from Bures Hamlet Essex, 2007 T631 Fragment of silver dress pin, comprising shaft of quadrangular section with round hole at one end, rectangular opening and another pierced hole for attachment, broken off at one end. Undecorated. A common 17th Century type, frequently found. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2009
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-289AA7
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin made from thin silver sheet, broader at one end with pierced circular opening and longitudinal opening, tapering to a point (broken) at the other. Bent several times along its length. Weight: 1.27g, length: 85mm. The lack of any decoration or initials suggests this is a bodkin rather than a dress pin. 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: Monday 23rd February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North East Essex', 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: 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: 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: 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: NLM-B86C05
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button or cufflink element etched on the front with a flowerhead. Shank on the reverse. Diameter 13.8 mm, weight o.72g. Probably a cufflink rather than a button given its size, weight and design, which suggests an early 18th Century date and possibly post 1709. Therefore, in all probability, this item is not Treasure, as defined by the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 19th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B7FA77
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button, stamped with two hearts beneath a single crown with circular border, shank missing on reverse. Late 17th/early 18th 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 19th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokeham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B7ED56
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver button in three pieces. The top stamped with conjoined hands above paired hearts surmounted by a single crown. Shank on back. Diameter: 15.8 mm, weight: 1.04g. Late 17th/early 18th Century type. 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 19th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunham On Trent', 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: LON-D4F083
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold button dating to the late 15th - very early 16th century. Hazel Forsyth: There are others of a similar type in the Chalcis Treasure. Identification by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Post Medieval Curator, Museum of London Curator's report: Gold artefact, originally a thin cylinder of gold now squashed flat, with two bands of filigree decoration, filigree openwork terminal with traces of enamel. This highly-decorated artefact is difficult to identify and date. It has been suggested that this is the lower part of an earring, but it could also have been pa…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-7D6545
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt bell, hemispherical, delicately made of silver-gilt sheet, engraved with panels of flower sprays and remains of attachment loop at the top. At the edge, inscription in Roman capitals with traces of white enamel and foliate sprays, reading in French POUR*UNE*SEULE ("for one alone.") Possibly a hawking bell, of the kind attached to hawk's legs by means of a leather bewit. A pair of bells were used, making a shrill sound a semitone apart from each other. They were often made in Milan or Dordrecht. Silver added to the metal made for a sweet tone, echoed in Shakespeare's "Ho…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-664936
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval dress fitting from `Saxton' N. Yorkshire 2008 T726 "Silver dress fitting comprising a flower head, cast. On the back one simple loop, no signs of a bar fitting. Probably 16th Century. The simple loop suggests this may have been a cap hook rather than a hooked tag, of the kind worn on men's caps around 1480-1580 in England. 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" A similar example is shown in Rea…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton', 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: 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-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: 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: 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: 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: BH-04BBD3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver hooked tag of 16th century date. This is a typical form of hooked tag, with numerous examples having been reported through the treasure system (see, for example, TAR 2005/6, p. 143, nos. 653, 654, 657). The head has an inverted sub-triangular back plate with a pinked edge. Attached to the upper surface are three gilt hemispherical lobes with filigree spirals and knops. At the centre is a domed-headed pin with a plate in the form of a six-petalled flower head below. On the underside, the pin protrudes from a hole at the centre of the backplate and has been bent sideways …
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: 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: 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: DENO-A74F46
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval incomplete silver dagger handle (AD 1500 - 1700). The handle is shaped as a partial ring with broad ring projecting at the centre, with a curved smooth inner surface. The front is decorated with incised decoration, worn, with chevron ornament at the sides. On the balance of probability, the artefact dates from the 17th century or shortly thereafter. 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 12th September 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark area', 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: 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-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: 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: SOM-329465
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver artefact, heart-shaped, with back plate onto which a cushioned heart-shaped element has been soldered. The heart on the front decorated with applied filigree circles and knops radiating from the centre. The back flat with no sign of previously-attached bars or hooks, though the front right of the object suggests that a projecting element there has been torn away and lost. Length: 20 mm. It is not clear how the object was worn or used but its decoration suggests a close comparison with Tudor dress fittings with hooks and attachment bars. Heart-shaped dress fittings are not …
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-80E5D4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval - possibly Modern gold button (late 16th - early 19th century). Small gold button in the shape of a flowerhead, perhaps a daisy, with solid centre and petals forming shallow compartments filled with a composition, perhaps glass inlay, some of which is now missing. Single loop attachment in gold at the centre of the back. Approximately 0.7 cm diameter. This naturalistic flowerhead button is difficult to place. The fine tooling on front suggests age and the working at the back, together with uneven outline, suggests that it has been hand cut not stamped. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Southwark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EADE47
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Post-Medieval dress fastener. Silver dress fitting comprising central disc with rope twist border, decorated with three filigree circlets with central knops. A single loop of twisted silver wire is soldered to the back so as to form three eyes for attachment. This object is difficult to place. Similar hooks or fragments of them have been reported through the Treasure Act as undiagnostic or later than 1708: see TAR 2003 no. 285, and TAR 2004, no. 405. Another example from the East Riding (TAR 2004, no. 259) was there dated to the 17th Century. Probably 17th Century. As …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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: BH-E15835
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver-gilt hooked tag of 16th century date. For a more complex example of this type, see TAR 2003, no. 239; also, two dress-hooks acquired by the British Museum in 2003, Department of Prehistory and Europe, 2003, 3-1,1 and 2003, 3-1,2. The object is book-shaped, with projecting knops and foliate elements supporting the hook. The front is decorated with a heart and three lobes in filigree, gilt. On the back is a rectangular bar attachment. No measurements were recorded.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hertfordshire', 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-DEF4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
18th-20th century curved decorative fragment possibly from a brooch.A curved, decorative fragment, confirmed as not Roman by a Romano-British specialist; its exact function unclear, but possibly part of a brooch. Though Renaissance in ornament-style, it appears to be a modern cast, and thus dateable post-1706. As such, this object does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor', 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: PAS-8ED883
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
post-medieval silver fragment Round piece of silver sheet hammered into hemispherical shape, central hole. Possibly upper part of a bell for hawking or dress. Bells were worn as accessories to dress in the 15th C but surviving examples are usually made of base metal, see Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, pp. 336-7. This artefact could also be part of a hawking bell, attached one to each leg of a hawk with leather rings so as to jangle when the hawk moved. Joseph Strutt describes hawking bells in his Sports and Pastimes of the People of England of 1801, p. 26. He explains that …
Created on: Friday 18th 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-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-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: 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.