Record ID: SWYOR-030BB5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular Post Medieval trade weight, possibly William III (AD 1689-1703) stamped with crown over W and a ewer, the mark of the Founder's Company. There is a central recessed circle and a circular groove round it. There is no raised rim. The reverse is marked with curved inclised lines. The weight is 14.1mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 2.71g. The mass does not fit obviously into any standard ssystem of weighing. The object may be filed down, or is possibly intended to be a 1/8th ounce weight (3.5g). It might be the flat circular weight from the top of a nest of&nb…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 29th July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4D05F4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval to Modern trade weight dating from about AD 1700 - 1900. It is circular with a raised rim. The front has afaint crown stamp in the centre, possibly over letters. There are also fresher counterstamps: three crowns, smaller than the original, and a group of letters, perhaps reading [-]TCH. This weight would have been a half ounce weight in the Imperial system. It is 22.8mm diameter, 5.3mm thick and 12.86g.
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-E217F8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cup weight, meant to have been a 1oz weight. However, it weighs 0.885oz. 1oz bullion cup weights should be equivalent to 20dwt and have a mass of 31.1g. Instead it translates to 25.11g. Therefore, it was probably intended to be a 1ox weight in the avoirdupois system. Cup weights were widely used from the 17th century onwards, giving this one a probable Post Medieval date ('Bullion Weights', by Norman Biggs). It measures 27.4mm diameter and 12.4mm tall. There are no visible marks or symbols. The sides are angled and the rim is square.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-5B4134
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular, copper alloy weight of probable Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1900. It is a circular weight with a concave upper face, a small hoel through the centre and concentric rings on the upper face. It is stamped with a thistle at 12o'clock and a fleur at 6o'clock. It has a dark green patina. It is 22.5mm in diameter and 2.7mm thick. It weighs 5.85gm. At 90 grains, this may be a 1 and a half drachm weight, but it does not look like any examples in Biggs (1994) Apothecaries Weights.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Saturday 5th September 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-8A19B4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy (slightly underweight) 1oz pan weight of post-medieval (early 18th century) date, made during the reign of Queen Anne. The object is circular in plan. There is a raised border running around the edge of the object. In the centre of the weight is a small circular depression. There is an incised circle round the centre of the weight. There are four impressions or stamps in the surface of the weight: the letter A which stands for avoirdupois at 3 o'clock; a dagger which is the mark of the City of London at 1 o'clock; the ewer or "coffeepot" which is the mark of…
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-1145C6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the other eight are triangular. The faces are corroded and rough, with little original patina surviving, the metal now having a brown colour with brassy patches. Post Medieval to Modern coat hooks are also known which have polyhedral heads, very similar to the Anglo-Scandinavian weights (YORYM-8275D2 for example). This example does not appear to have an breaks where the shaft of the hook woul…
Created on: Thursday 24th July 2014
Last updated: Thursday 24th July 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-66F71D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the other eight are triangular. Each of the square sides is decorated with a single punched ring. The triangular sides are plain. Very similar examples on the database are LIN-4A7253, NMS-DCA8F5, SWYOR-84BEC4 and SWYOR-0CDB58. The record for LIN-4A7253 also notes that:"These polyhedral weights were used across the Viking world and over thirty examples are now recorded on the PAS database. They appear to…
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-84BEC4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy bullion weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the remaining eight are triangular. The square sides are decorated with borders of punched dots around three stamped ring and dot motifs. The triangular sides are plain. Very similar examples on the database are NMS-DCA8F5 and SWYOR-0CDB58. The record for LIN-4A7253 also notes that: "These polyhedral weights were used across the Viking world and over thirty examples are now recorded on…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-D72215
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Anglo-Scandinavian copper-alloy bullion weight dating from the ninth or tenth century. The weight is in the shape of a cube with the corners cut off, so that six of the sides are square and the remaining eight are triangular. The square sides are decorated with borders of punched dots around two stamped ring and dot motifs. The triangular sides are plain. Very similar examples on the database are NMS-DCA8F5 and SWYOR-0CDB58. The record for LIN-4A7253 notes that: "These polyhedral weights were used across the Viking world and over thirty examples are now recorded on t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-4AD2D7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy stacking cup weight of Post Medieval date. It is a circular cup shaped weight with sloping sides from a nesting set. The top of the rim is decorated with incised dots. There are no other marks or stamps. At 0.45oz it was intended to be a half ounce weight.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-49B7A7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy stacking pan weight of Post Medieval date. It is circular and is one from a set of stacking weights which nested inside each other. It has a recessed upper face and sloping sides. The front face is decorated with incised lathe turned lines; one near the centre, a pair in the middle, and one next to the raised rim. The only stamped marks are two identical swords: the mark for the City of London (Sword of St Paul). Usually an ewer representing the Founder's Company, and a crowned letter representing the monarch would also be seen, but they are not present on this examp…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-0DD058
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy weight of probably Medieval date. It is circular with slightly angled sides. The front has a central concave area. The concavity is decorated with an incised cross with three stamped circular depressions in each quarter, very like the reverse of a Medieval coin. The flat outer area is decorated with a band of similar dots. The weight has a mass of 28.28g which is almost 1oz. 28.4g was the standard mass for 1oz in the Avoirdupois system from about 1280 onwards (The Medieval Household). The weight has a rough red green patina.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-E5BF86
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy trade weight from a stacking set dating to the reign of Elizabeth I. The weight is circular with a wide raised rim on the top. It is 21.95mm in diameter by 3.05mm thick and weighs 5.15 grams, 0.181 oz. It was probably originally a quarter of an ounce with some weight lost to corrosion. It is stamped with: Crowned EL (for Elizabeth) at 6 o'clock; the sword of St Paul (for London) at 5 o'clock and an inverted ewer (for the founders company) at 11 o'clock. This type was issued from 1590 to 1603 AD.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-AA9FA3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, possible polyhedral weight of probable early medieval date, about AD 800 - 1000. The weight is globular and is marked with four flat, circular facets on the upper half. Compare SWYOR-E809B3.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3CEB93
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy penny weight for weighing bullion and dating from 1600 - 1700 AD. The weight is sub square and double sided, each of the two main faces being stamped with three annulets (signifying three penny weights) and a deeply recessed rectangle which might have originally been a lion countermark. See Biggs (1995) Bullion Weights page 18.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-7C2511
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy cup weight belong to nested set (dating from 1100-1400). This weight is circular in plan. Its sides, 3.8mm in thickness, flare evenly upwards from the base to a flat undecorated rim. The base is broadly flat but is uneven in places and near the edge is a small stamped mark in the shape of a letter R. Inside the cup the base is obscured by corrosion. The inner and outer faces of the walls have a two pairs of circumferential grooves forming decoration. This weight has a shiny green patina. Height: 26.66; diameter: 42.11mm. Weight: 105g. In r…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-6B62C2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post-medieval trader's weight, dating from the reigns of George I - III (1714-1820). The weight is cup-shaped (a disc with a raised rim) and has three symbols stamped into the face; a crowned G at 11 o'clock (G for George), a sword at 1 o'clock (for St Paul's and the City of London), and a ewer at 5 o'clock (for the London Founder's Company). The weight would have originally represented 1/2 ounce, but now weighs 0.44oz or 12.42gms due to corrosion, or was originally slightly under weight. It has a diameter of 26.17mm and is 4.02mm thick. Compare BERK-FCD722 o…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D5E51
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post-Medieval trade weight. The circular weight has an incised border around the edge and three stamps. At 6 o'clock is a crowned EL, at 5 o'clock the dagger or sword of the London Guildhall, and the ewer (coffee pot) of the Worshipful Company of Founders is at 11 o'clock (upside down). The crowned EL dates this weight to the reign of Elizabeth I (1588-1603). At the centre of the front face is a small indentation. The reverse face has file marks on it. The external diameter is 22.73mm, the thickness is 2.1mm and the weight is 6.09g.This was probably …
Created on: Friday 29th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-45A626
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy weight in the form of a fourteen-sided polyhedron, effectively a cube with the corners cut off. Eight of the sides are equilateral triangles, the other six are rectangular. Each of the rectangular sides is decorated with four punched annulets. The border of each rectangle is delineated by a line of smaller incised dots. There is a single annulet on each triangular face. The weight is Early Medieval in date, and can be closely paralleled by the polyhedral Viking weights in the Ainsbrook hoard from North Yorkshire (Treasure Report 2004: no. 137). One of those weights had …
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4122E5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval copper alloy stacking pan weight, probably intended to be a 1/4 ounce weight. It is 18.5mm in diameter, 4.46mm in thickness and weighs 5.53g (85.2gn; 0.19oz). The weight is very worn and apart from a circle on the top face, the marks are illegible. There looks to have been a word stamped round part of the edge of the circle. Without being able to see the marks, it is impossible to closely date this weight, but it is probably 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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