Record ID: PUBLIC-DDE725
Object type: TRANCHET FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tranchet axehead from the early Mesolithic period (c.9000 - 8000 BC). The flint is a brownish-cream colour with crumbling inclusions visible. The axe is crudely worked, with a rounded cutting edge, roughly parallel sides and a pointed butt. It has a broadly triangular cross-section. The flint appears to be in the second stage of being worked. The broad shape of the blade and technique used of the removal of a single flake with a transverse blow is common in the early Mesolithic. The object has been broken in antiquity caused by inclusions or possibly been discarded because th…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B38857
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, North's (1991) 2nd issue dating from 1561-82 AD . Mintmark and date illegible. Measurements: 25.06mm Weighs 2.33grammes. Possibly North 1997.
Created on: Friday 28th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E6B541
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Lead cap from a powder measure (also called a powder-charger), complete but deformed, having been squashed in the ground. It is in the form of a cup or bucket of oval shape, 18.45mm by 14.52mm . The oval base has an additional loop at each end of the oval, and the cup has a thickened rim 2mm wide around the top. Length 30.94mm, width 14.52mm, 17.53mm high. Weight 18.55g. These caps fitted on to the top of wooden powder chargers, each of which held the right amount of powder for a single charge of a gun. A musketeer would have worn several of these, hanging by cords from a 'bando…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E65988
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead-alloy miniature toy musket, dating from the post-medieval period. The barrel is of sub-oval cross-section with a hollow bore of 5mm. There is a raised ridge along the top of the barrel, commencing 5mm from the handle end and measuring 10mm long and 2mm high. There are three projections from the base of the barrel, presumably to illustrate a trigger, lock and guard. There is a groove running along the lower edge of the barrel extending to the handle on both surfaces, front and back, with vertical line decoration above, running parallel. There are further embellishmen…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E5D4C8
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval (c.1580-1820) cast copper-alloy crotal bell. It comprises two hemispherical domes divided horizontally by a circumferential ridge. The top hemisphere is plain and undecorated but the lower half has indistinct incised petals. These petals surround two incised half-circles set side-by-side, to each side of the central sound aperture, a long slot which terminates in a round hole at each end. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes, one either side of the cast integral loop, which is rounded and projects from the top of the upper dome. The iron clapper i…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3A4A9E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead token circa 1500-1650AD.. On the obverse is a roughly central embossed bird, possibly a hawk, with a row of three pellets to each side, also raised. The reverse has a central raised cross design with slightly splayed ends, with a raised round pellet in each quarter. There is a piece missing so that the token is not completely round. 17.25mm diameter, 2.16mm thick, weighs 3.2g.
Created on: Saturday 23rd January 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th May 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F48E19
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy large size annular ring buckle of medieval date (1200-1400). The buckle is circular. The frame does not show any marks to which a pin would be fitted and there is no evidence of a recessed pin rest on the frame. The surface is plain and undecorated. The pin is complete and is attached to the buckle by a single loop which has been folded to secure the join. The pin is circular in plan and tapers to a rounded point. The buckle measures 41mm in diameter (external) and is 3.5mm thick. The pin measures 42mm in length with a 4.4mm width. The buckle weighs 16.38g. Sim…
Created on: Friday 20th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F3FAB6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Cast copper alloy crotal bell, circular in plan and spherical in profile with a square attachment loop at the apex of the upper half. The attachment loop is 10 mm in height, 12 mm wide and 6 mm in thickenss, and is perforated with a circular aperture, partially filled by iron deposit from the attachment. Both the upper half of the bell and the lower half is decorated with the 'fish-scale' pattern with overlapping moulded semicircles. There is a central raised rib which divides the upper and lower halves of the bell. On the upper half of the bell, there are two circular sound holes 3…
Created on: Friday 20th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-763C2D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilt copper-alloy mount of Post-Medieval date - Circa 17th century. The mount is loosely heart shaped with a central knop at the top, and an inverted fleur-de-lis or trefoil shaped knop extending from the pointed end. The front of the mount has moulded decoration with the remains of gilding in swirls and the surface of the metal has red and green tints. On the reverse the remains of two longitudinally oriented spikes are present though one is broken and worn. The mount is 39.94mm long, 23.55mm wide, 1.5mm thick and weighs 6.88g.
Created on: Saturday 16th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-748AA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped and incomplete silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). North First Issue coinage (1558-1561) or Second Issue coinage (1561-1582), Mintmark illegible. North (1991) no. 1988.or 2017. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.43mm Thickness: 0.35mm and Weight: 0.32g
Created on: Saturday 16th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-60A085
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An early Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast gilded copper-alloy button brooch (c. 450-c. 550AD), complete except for the pin. The rim is upturned and flaring at an angle of about 45° to the vertical, in a similar way to saucer brooches. Within a grooved border at the base of the rim is a central chip-carved forward-facing human mask. The helmet (or hair) is formed from three lines, one vertical and two horizontal, converging to form a pyramid shape at the most prominent point. The straight eyebrows are divided from the lower straight line of the hair or helmet by a groove. They dip…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BABCE6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy disc brooch, circular, flat and with plain unthickened edge. It has a central circular indentation, surrounded by a pair of concentric grooves about halfway between the centre and the edge. Closer to the edge are two rings of stamped decoration, the inner made up of sub-rectangular punchmarks which are narrow in the centre and flare to either end, looking a little like seriffed I shapes; these are set radially. The outer ring of stamps is less clear, perhaps due to abrasion at the edge; they appear to be crescent-shaped, set with their curved backs outwa…
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C38053
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams' Class A type 11A. The mount is triangular in plan with a circular rivet hole at the top, now encrusted with iron corrosion on the reverse. The mount is quite worn but it has a raised outer border, within which is a rampant beast, similar to a lion or dog facing left, with its head thrown back in a howl and its right foreleg raised. It also has a raised tail curling across its back towards the head. Below this beast within the outer border is two rivet holes, the left hand one of these has the rivet still visible. On the reverse of t…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2017
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