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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-913F61
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold cufflink, one, of a pair of cufflinks, of eighteenth or nineteenth century date, AD 1750 - 1900. The frames of both discs or elements and the linking strip survive. Each disc was oval and made of a separate material which no longer survives. Each has an oval gold mount or frame which is a reeded strip formed into a loop, with six projecting lugs which would have clipped to the missing part. Each frame has an integral, flat central strip connecting the short sides across the back of the disc. On the reverse of each strip is a hemispherical loop. One frame appears to be the or…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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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
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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
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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: SUSS-7CE182
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval silver-gilt finger-ring, c. 1400-c. 1525 Silver-gilt ring , flat inner hoop with five projections divided by ridges. On the projections are lightly engraved panels of foliate ornament with three leaves and one with IHS [name of Jesus], The Virgin crowned, M crowned for MARIA. Dimensions: Width: 7.8 mm Thickness: 1.4 mm Weight: 7.07 g Diameter: 22.5 mm Discussion: Gilding worn on some ridges to reveal silver beneath. This devotional ring would appear to be late 15th-early 16th Century. There are no direct parallels in the British Museu…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
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Record ID: BUC-D98EA8
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-gilt dress hook of tear drop form, pinked border with hollow-cast cushion at the centre decorated with three circles formed in filigree with central knops, arranged around a central knop. Heavily gilded. Complete with recurving hook soldered onto backplate at top and rectangular bar attachment soldered onto the backplate below. A common type reported through PAS, see an example from Phillack Cornwall, 2004T339 and another from Landkey, Devon, 2004 T425; Treasure Annual Report 2004, nps.262-3. Conclusion: This object constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 19…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-897D3D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a decorated pin of bodkin type, made of silver [?], the head and point both missing,. Decoration incised on both side with wavy line and foliate scrolls, and * M* with a heart. Bent tip. A number of bodkins of similar style and decoration have been recorded on the database and reported as potential Treasure. Compare LANCUM-BB6172A , a fragment from St Michael's on Wyre, and another fragment previously recorded from Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire (CAM-3728C6; 2013T824) and two nearly complete examples from Burton Overy, Leicestershire (LEIC-B982D4; 2013T57) and Sedgeford, Norfol…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tring', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E039B3
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver pin of bodkin type, with longitudinal opening and second circular opening at one end, central groove running down most of the length of the pin, tapered end. Complete and bent, probably as originally used. No marks or inscriptions. Dimensions: Length: 58.2mm, thickness: 2.1mm, weight: 6.11g. Discussion A common type reported through the PAS, compare an example from Tendring, Essex, 2009 T621 [ESS-F4EB81]. Conclusion: This object constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996 as it is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenley', grid reference and parish protected.