Record ID: ESS-505D22
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a wheel-thrown vessel dating to the Post Medieval period. The fragment forms most of the handle with some body sherd attached. It is of a hard orange-brown fabric with irregularly sorted, large rounded mica inclusions. The outer surfaces of the handle are slipped in white with the remains of a dark-gray glaze present in patches. The handle would have belonged to a pipkin, or cooking vessel. Dimensions: 123.8mm long, 23.9mm in width and weighs 95.29g.
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-50397C
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a leather shoe dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The fragment is part of the sole of the shoe and is from the heel. The outer edges bear stitch holes, irregularly spaced. The surface is covered with irregular holes and it is not clear as to whether these are stitching holes or post depositional wear and damage. The toe and rest of the sole sections of the sole are missing due to old breaks and the sides of the shoe also do not survive. Dimensions: length: 57.2mm; width: 64.2mm; weight: 4.55g.
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-500C92
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, dating to the Post Medieval period. The fragment is a salt-glazed body sherd with a hard and gritty light grey coloured stoneware fabric with no visible inclusions. The exterior surface is decorated with a dark reddish-brown slip with hand-applied decoration featuring two circumferential incisions and stamped four-petalled flowers. The interior appears burnished or clear-glazed. The fragment is 41.1mm long, 18.3mm wide, 7.9mm thick and weighs 7.3g. Salt-glazed stonewares really became popular in Britain from the early 17th Century onwards.…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-4FE084
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a leather shoe dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The fragment is part of the sole of the shoe and is narrow (73.25mm in width), possibly indicating that it is from a child's shoe. The outer edges bear stitch holes, now broken into a continous and uneven hole. The toe and heel sections of the sole are missing due to old breaks and the sides of the shoe also do not survive. Dimensions: length: 58.7mm; width: 73.25mm; weight: 12.12g.
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-4F9AD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period. The brooch is annular, circular in section and is broken at one point of the frame, possibly where the pin constriction was once located. The pin survives and is formed of a copper alloy wire, circular in section, bent around the frame. The brooch measures 14.8mm in diameter and 2.1mm in thickness. The pin is 14.1mm in length and 5.2mm in diameter around the frame. It weighs 0.83g.
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-5479DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An Irish post-medieval copper penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) of the 3rd (base) coinage (1601-2) dated 1602. Spink S6510A.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Record ID: ESS-544E9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy royal farthing token of Charles I (1625-1649 AD), Type 5 ("Maltravers ovals"), Rose type 2, crescent initial mark. 1634-6 AD. North (1991, pg. 165), no. 2291.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-2AA99E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of uncertain issuer, probably Edward I-III. Minted at Durham. 1272-1377 AD. The coin is in very bad condition as has been bent resulting in a crack along the radius and one side bent upwards at c.90 degrees.
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: ESS-29FBD0
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy Nuremberg jetton struck by Hans Schultes III, master between 1608 and 1612 AD. The obverse displays an imperial orb surmounted by cross patty within a tressure of three arches. The reverse displays a male bust in turban facing right. As Mitchener (1988, pg. 413), no. 1416. The jetton has been doubly pierced at 1pm and singly at 4pm, indicating re-use as a pendant, button or similar.
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-29B7C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy farthing token of Charles I (AD 1625 to AD 1649). Type 1c "Richmond round", spearhead initial mark, 1625-34 AD. North (1991; pg. 164), no. 2277.
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-29914B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy traders token (farthing) issued by Samuell Remnant of Tower Street (London), in 1666. Williamson (1889), London no. 3219.
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-2929CA
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable bone or ivory dice, dating to the Post Medieval period (16th - 18th centuries). The dice is a broadly uniform cube with drilled pits forming the numbers on each face. The pits are arranged so that 1 opposes 6, 2 opposes 5 and 3 opposes 4, with each opposing set totalling 7, a convention found on die from the Medieval period and later (Egan, 1997). Similar examples are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database e.g. LON-3E8E62 and LON-36E205. The die is irregular in shape and measures 9.8mm by 10.3mm by 10.6mm and weighs 1.98g. Reference: Egan, G. 1997. Di…
Created on: Sunday 13th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-A45A22
Object type: TEGULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a tegula roof-tile, dating to the Roman period (AD 43-410). The fragment is of a buff coloured fabric with pale red patches. The breaks are old and very worn, probably owing to time in water. It measures 123.1mm in length, 63.1mm in width, 52.6mm in height and weighs 265g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2014
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Record ID: ESS-A436B5
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three clay pipe fragments dating from the late Post Medieval to early Modern periods. Total weight: 50.93g. 1. Shaft and bowl fragment. White clay, plain and undecorated. length: 82.1mm, height: 37.6mm, bowl diameter: 16.7mm, pipe diameter: 10.6mm, weight: 20.89g. 2. Shaft and bowl fragment. White clay, undecorated apart from an incised line around bowl. Length: 79.5mm, height: 39.2mm, bowl diameter: 17.5mm, pipe shaft diameter: 10.4mm, weight: 21.23g. 3. Shaft and bowl fragment on red clay. Floral and scroll decoration on underside of bowl, wicker basket pattern around bowl.…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: ESS-C3D4B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a ceramic Frechen stoneware Bartmann jug dating to the Post Medieval period. The body sherd measures 45.3mm in length, 43.7mm in width and 8.4mm at its thickest; it weighs The fabric is a hard, mid buff colour and there is evidence of the original dark brown glaze surviving in parts on the outer face. There is a moulded design on the outer surface bearing a coat of arms. The shield is quartered and depicts the chevrons of Ravensburg and the fess checky of Mark. These arms belong to the Julich-Cleve-Berg duchy of the Frechen area of Germany. A similar, complete vessel, a…
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: ESS-C38D04
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stem fragment from a late post-medieval clay smoking pipe. A small part of the bowl survives at one end whilst the stem has suffered an old lateral break part way along the length. The stem now measures 57.1mm in length, 13.5mm in width at the bowl fragment end and 7.25mm in diameter at the break. The inner diameter measures c. 1.7mm and the fragment weighs 4.28g. The fragment is decorated with a moulded design featuring repeating comb motifs towards the bowl separated from the stem design by three circumferential lines. The stem bears two lateral panels bearing text; one reads CRITCH…
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: ESS-C336A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a large ceramic vessel, possibly dating to the Medieval period. The object is a body sherd with part of the thickened rim attached. The fabric is a hard, mid grey-brown colour and small circular voids could suggest it was made using a straw or grass temper. It measures 66.8mm in length, 32.7mm in width, 18.7mm in thickness excluding the rim (26.8mm including) and weighs 45.31g.
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: ESS-8627B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval (AD. 1500-1800) uniface lead token of Fletcher type [prob 16]. It measures 28.1mm in diameter, 3.9mm in thickness and weighing 20.29 grams. The design features seven ovoid petals radiating from a central point.
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: ESS-860EE5
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a clay pipe comprising of the bowl and a portion of the stem, dating to the 17th Century. It measures 44.7mm in width, 36.8mm in height and bowl diameter of 15.3mm. It weighs 13.69g.
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2013
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Record ID: ESS-85AB02
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of a Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The rim is only slightly thickened from the vessel body and is differentiated by an incised line. It appears to be plain and otherwise undecorated. The fragment measures 37.3mm wide, 49.9mm in length and 4.1mm thick; it weighs 32.85g.
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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