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: HAMP-E23148
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver double-looped buckle; sub-triangular chape with large stud stamped with maker's mark of 'WW' conjoined. Shank and outer edge of buckle now missing. Late 17th-century type, compare similar but oval buckle with iron rivet and shank still in situ, and with apparently the same maker's mark in Benet's Artefacts of England and UK, p. 579.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-619515
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2004 T483 Post-medieval silver-gilt dress pin of trefoil form applied with three hemispherical bosses. The bosses are decorated with filigree decoration and knops. Hole at centre of trefoil-shaped backplate indicates that there was originally a separate flower-head element on the front, attached to the backplate with a butterfly clip, as seen in Dora Thornton and David Mitchell, "Three silver Tudor dress-hooks", The Antiquaries Journal 83 2003, p. 490 for similar hook with maker's mark from Petersfield, Hampshire. Front is gilded. Original hook and bar plate now …
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebberston and Yedingham', 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: 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: ESS-00F941
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Number: 2006 T481 Post Medieval silver button. The button is circular with a down-turned rim. The upper surface depicts two joined hands with a crown above and two hearts below. Each heart has a small pellet above. The reverse has a silver wire loop.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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.

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: 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-6C04A8
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary shaft of a 17th century silver dress pin, shaft of hexagonal section beaten from wire, tapering to the point, broken off at top beneath opening. Engraved WV in monogram near the break.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-6BB2E2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tin button which is a typical late 17th century type which consists of two hearts surmounted by a crown.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkley Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-69A598
Object type: COSMETIC SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver ear scoop, 64mm long and 6mm wide at terminal. The object is in fair condition with a silver patina and weighs 1.15grams. The object has a twisted wire shaft and the bowl of the scoop is 8mm long and 6mm wide. The scoop was probably part of a cosmetic set.
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-68B1D1
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver lozenge-shaped bead, hollow, with integral suspension loop and ring; hole at other end. Decorated with applied filigree circles and loops. Though the decoration is reminiscent of that found on 16th Century dress pins reported through the Treasure Act, this object seems to me to be machine-made and consequently much later in date. The form suggests a 19th Century date and my guess is that this is part of an ear-ring of relatively recent manufacture. It does not therefore come under the 1996 Treasure Act (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', 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: HAMP-58A472
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval fragment of twisted silver wire with thistle-shaped gilt finial, approximately 4.0 cm long. The object, which has been examined by a number of British Museum curators in different fields, is hard to place and no parallels have yet been found for it. The thistle-shaped terminal is reminiscent of those on late 15th Century silver spoons, but these lack the twisted wire. A tentative dating to the 16th Century is proposed here until further evidence comes to light.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-EA9CB3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum report: "Gilt-metal slide, hollow, with two raised longitudinal ridges containing running foliate scrolls. The form, metal and design of this object suggest an early 20th Century date. This dating means that the object does not qualify as treasure under the 1996 Act. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum"
Created on: Friday 24th August 2007
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleton', 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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: YORYM-AF19A2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2006 T339 Silver-gilt dress-hook of three-lobed form, pinked backplate with the cusps engraved to suggest petals; three lobes made up of applied hemispherical bosses decorated with filigree circlets and knops. At the centre, separate element comprising dome-headed pin with butterfly attachment to the backplate. This secures, on the front, a small circlet of silver cut from sheet with hatched ornament suggesting corolla of a flower. Gilt. On the backplate, silver recurving hook and rectangular bar-attachment. Approx 2 cm high, 2.3 cm wide at the point where the bar-attach…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldbrough', grid reference and parish protected.

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.