Record ID: LVPL-577BE5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Pedestal/pendant silver seal matrix. The die is oval in shape and it tapers inwards to a narrowly conical handle with a circular loop at the top. Dimensions: Length: 17mm Width: 14mm-16mm Height: 16mm Weight: 4.41g Discussion: Similar seal matrixes can be found on the PAS database LANCUM-8C4924 and HESH-71EC10.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eccleshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-44AD45
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver thimble of post-medieval date. The thimble has irregular pits which run down the sides in straight rows; each pit is divided from the next by vertical and horizontal incised lines forming a square grid like effect. The crown of the thimble is domed and has a central pit surrounded by two circumferential grooves. This is surrounded by circles of pits which are again divided into a grid-like formation with the squares instead forming a trapezoidal shape corresponding to the widening dome. An un-pitted band separates the sides from the dome. The rim, also un-pitted, …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-85D9A9
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy book clasp dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object comprises of an upper plate, incomplete hook and a lower plate. The clasp is rectangular in plan with parallel sides. At one end the outer edge slightly flares to a serrated edge. Below this outer edge are three circular rivet holes. The book clasp then extends with parallel sides to a terminal with a flat edge that in the centre has an integral hook that has been folded towards the reverse of the clasp. The serrated end of the object is decorated with three panels of incised herring bone pattern. From two of …
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Washingborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-26EC55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Salford
Workflow stage: Published
A gold unite of Charles I, (1625-1649). Reverse: FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA; crowned shield. IM: Blackamoor's head, (1626-1627). North no. 2148. The coin has been deliberately pierced in two places and therefore was submitted as potential Treasure resulting in the following report from Dr. Barrie J. Cook: I have examined a coin reported found at Irlam, Manchester. The coin is a gold unite (£1) of King Charles I, initial mark moor's head (issued 1626-7), wt: 8.83g. The coin is of the 'crown gold' standard, 22 carats fine, and thus over 90% gold. As a sum of money, it would probably have…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Irlam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5C5593
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval/modern gun-flint from a flintlock musket. The flint is rectangular in plan and cross-section with sloping edges to give it a trapezoidal side view. The flint is mid-grey in colour. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century but it was not until the reign of William III that the flintlock became the main regulation firearm for the British Army. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and would last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced, ' Clive Bond, 0. PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Re…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boothby Graffoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0E4D56
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete clay pipe of Post Medieval date. The object consists of the bowl of a clay pipe and a fragment of the stem. The mouth of the bowl is decorated with a series of moulded ridges. There is a small round spur at the base of the bowl measuring 5.89mm in diameter. The pipe bowl is incomplete and has a skull and crossbones motif on each side and part of a motto underneath. The motto would originally have read either 'DEATH OR GLORY' or 'DEATH & GLORY' (both versions occur and it's not clear which has been used here). This motif is, in fact, the emblem of the 17th Lancers, a regi…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-B16A24
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver-gilt dress-hook . The object is lozenge shaped in plan. It consists of a cast back-plate with a large trefoil knop on each apex and a smaller version in the centre of each side. The trefoil knop from the centre of one side is missing due to a recent break. Either side of each central trefoil knop is a single rounded knop; some of these have a faceted outer face while some have been worn down. In the centre of the plate is a circular perforation with an internal diameter of 3.03mm. Surrounding the perforation the outer face of the back plate is uneven with shallow g…
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3A17B4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2014 T843 A silver sheet metal scabbard chape of 16th or 17th century date. The chape is formed from sheet metal rolled into a flattened conical shape. The upper edge of the chape is undulating and the lower would have been rounded when complete. The mouth of the object has been decorated with a separately cast collar consisting of two raised circumferential ridges between which is a strip of silver decorated with a series of raised pellets. The collar is missing in places. The decorative 'frill' takes the form of a series of V-shaped segments, side by side, the void…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Biddulph', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-40CEDC
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cutlery handle of post-medieval to modern date. The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and oval in cross-section. The object has an iron core and an outer coating which is possibly silver measuring 1.5mm thick. At the incomplete end is a projection of the dark grey silver coating. Iron corrosion has leached through the surface at the terminal end of the handle obscuring the decoration and causing pitting in the outer surface of the object. The upper face is decorated with a worn foliate design below which are three transverse grooves. Beneath the grooves the decoration f…
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-998C71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval gilded lead-alloy contemporary copy of a Spanish 4 reales of Philip II (1556-1598) or Philip III (1598-1621). The addition of the Hapsburg heraldry to the Spanish shield dates the 'coin' to after 1570. It is unclear whether this coin copies a Spanish-minted variety or one minted in the New World, although it may be copying the slightly squashed shape of the 'cob' coins minted in South America. The weight, at 6.8g matches the listed weights for 2 reales rather than 4 reales. The gilding would result in the coin not being an adequate imitation for circulation and woul…
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EFA49A
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy spoon of Post-Medieval to Modern date. The object has a circular bowl which measures 18.28mm in diameter and is 2.60mm deep with straight sides. The stem of the spoon is circular in cross-section and has a rounded terminal. The stem is decorated with four hexagonal collars 7.75mm above the bowl. Between the lower collar and the bowl of the object the stem is D-shaped in cross section. The object has a light green patina and is corroded in places. The round bowl was generally used to eat eggs, with the pointed end used to extract shellfish or snails. The…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Asaph', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-34447E
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Two Post-Medieval sheet silver cuff link elements. Element 1 is circular in plan with a down-turned edge at an angle of about 45°. The rear face is concave and has the remains of a central soldered attachment loop which is incomplete. At the front a raised design is in the form of two hearts with a crown above (Lewis form 1, type A). The surface is silvery grey overall. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.08mm; thickness: 3.39mm. Weight: 1.2g. Element 2 is circular in plan with a down-turned edge at an angle of about 45°. The rear face is concave and the loop is missing. …
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbold Astbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B4221C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver dress fastener. Cast as a single component, the body is sub-traingular in plan and on one end projects a rounded attachment loop. Extra casting material is added in the shape of an X on one side to reinforce the narrowing of the fastener between the body and the attachment loop. The other end of the object comes to a blunt point which is flanked by two unevenly sized eyelets. The edges of the body have a scalloped effect, now mostly worn away. The fastener appears to fall into Read's Early post-medieval Class H, Type 4 (Read 2008, 122), other examples of which …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baschurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9EBA23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The outside of the hoop is decorated with a foliate design. The inside of the hoop bears the inscription 'If love can merit' 'I Shall in herit'. In between these two lines there appears to be a maker's mark which could be 'SV' or an incomplete 'SW'. Dimensions: Length: 21.56 mm Width: 13.51 mm Thickness: 2.95 mm Weight: 1.27 g Conclusion: Due to the lack of an identifiable marker's mark it is not possible to date this finger-ring with certainty to pre-1714 and therefore it may not meet the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Askham Richard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B9E9CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval cast lead-alloy imitation of a 8 Reales of Charles III of Spain (1759-88). A casting line is visible around the edge of the coin and the surface is dark grey and pitted. The specific coin copied appears to be an 8 Reales from the Mexico City mint under the assayers Francisco Antonio de la Pena y Flores and Manuel de la Rivera (mint mark M with o above; assayers marks F M). Dated AD 1772.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prestbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8E9B4F
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy decorated hawking whistle. The object has a zoomorphic projection from the whistle body, which has the appearance of a bird. The bird features a long curved beak, circular incised eyes and a repeated incised pattern indicating feathers. At the top of the head of the bird is a crest with moulded grooves at each edge. At a right angle to the body of the whistle is an incomplete handle which measures 12.68mm in length. At the top of the object the sound hole is C-shaped in plan. The mouth-piece is convex at the top and concave on the underside to accommodate the l…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-02BCF4
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy ring of uncertain date. The object is oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The object is worn and there is no visible decoration. It has a dark green patina. This object may have functioned as a finger-ring or a decorative binding ring on a larger object such as a walking stick or umbrella. It is probably post-medieval in date, perhaps 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burscough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-859AC5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Read Class B, Type 2 dress hook dating to the early Post-Medieval period. The object is cast in two pieces with a silver circular sheet and a separate hooked-section. The circular sheet is surrounded by twisted wire filigree. The object is decorated with a central cross, in the centre of which is the base of a circular rivet which attaches the hook. Within each angle of the cross is an oval silver wire cell, each of which are in filled with a white enamel or stone. The cross, also of silver wire is also likely to have been infilled with enamel or stone which is now missing, a…
Created on: Friday 30th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1EC484
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A silver composite button dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is hemispherical with a domed top which has been soldered onto a convex back-plate where there are two blow-holes. Inserted into the centre of the back plate and secured by solder is a silver strip, bent to form an attachment loop. The strip is D-shaped in cross-section. Above the attachment loop the object has been stamped with the maker's mark PP within a rectangular border. This form of button is quite common, cf. Norfolk examples from Beeston with Bittering (HER 44099, NMS-004E98) and Barton Bendish (HER 1…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarvin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A37F16
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Published
A carved bone or antler gaming piece for the game 'dominos' or 'dominoes', probably dating from the 18th century. The domino is rectangular in plan and set within a lead surround leaving only the upper face visible. It is a domino of the value 3, (1 and 2). One of the ring-and-dot settings has been drilled or carved with the hole remaining empty while the other is in filled with a black inset (possibly black ivory). The single ring-and-dot fills the majority of one half of the object with a diameter of 13.14mm. single setting is in filled with a black inset, the top of which is worn…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winwick', grid reference and parish protected.