Record ID: PUBLIC-D573F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy weight, probably a bullion weight for one pennyweight dating AD1600-1800. The weight is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in section. Both sides of the weight have been stamped with a single annulet and a lion passant counter stamp. The object is has a dark brown patina. Similar examples can be found on the database: YORYM-671E72, LON-473A90. Dimensions: length: 10.56mm; width: 8.61mm; thickness: 2.29mm; weight: 1.44g
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4F5826
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval ceramic tin glazed earthenware ointment jar dating early 17th - 18th century. This ointment jar has a rounded body with a flaring foot and rim. A white glaze covers the external surfaces of the jar and a light-brown glaze covers the internal surface, although this brown colour may be due to staining from the Thames mud. The base of the jar is not glazed. The glaze is largely intact; however, it has flaked away on the rim of the jar, on two small patches on the outer body and around the base. It is probable that this was made in London at one of the local po…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 1st January 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C4FDC7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a Post Medieval lead-alloy vessel, possibly a tankard lid or a bowl, probably dating 16th - 17th century. The large fragment consists of a raised circular section, with remains of the rest of the vessel surrounding about 3/4 of it. The reverse of the fragment is flat, with some possible remains of solder, where another piece may once have been attached. There is a touchmark on the raised cirucular section, consisting of a hand above a fruit(?), with initials I W either side all contained within a shield. Possibly an unidentified mark recorded in Jackson (1970) with a d…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47332E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval white ware vessel, probably a chafing dish or a jug, dating AD1350-1450. The fragment consists of the base of the vessel and the lower section of the walls. The base is widest at the bottom, then tapers slightly before the walls of the vessel rise at an obtuse angle. The fragment has a patchy dark green glaze on the exterior. The interior is unglazed. Dimensions: length: 51.81mm; width: 42.83mm; thickness: 29.63mm; weight: 46.21g
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B3D3B4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval redware vessel, possibly a dish, dating AD1500-1600. The fragment consists of part of the body of the bowl, which then angles outwards to form a wide rim. The interior side has a green-orange glaze and the exterior side is unglazed. Dimensions: length: 112.39mm; width: 85.77mm; thickness: 12.32mm; weight: 152.69g
Created on: Sunday 29th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A818B8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval glass crucible, dating to the 18th century. The fragment consists of part of the rim and side of the vessel. The fragment tapers inwards to form a groove, between rhe side and rim of the vessel, then widens outwards to form a rim, which protrudes outwards from the vessel. The fragment is grey in colour and has no glaze. Dimensions: length: 10.93mm; width: 67.62mm; thickness: 33.11; weight: 126.96g
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B403D1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval Continental white ware vessel, probably dating AD1500-1800. The fragment appears to be the base of the vessel. The bottom of the base is flat, which tapers unwards leading to the remains a vertical stem. The fabric of the fragment is off-white and has no glaze. Dimensions: height: 23.71mm; width: 29.87mm; weight: 7.78g
Created on: Sunday 29th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-475449
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval redware storage jar, dating AD1550-1650. The fragment consists of the rim and the part of the decorative border below on the external face. The exterior is decorated with four crescent shaped ridges made by the potter's thumb. The fragement has an internal spotty green-red glaze. The exterior is unglazed. Dimensions: length: 70.2mm; width: 39.7mm; thickness: 17.85mm; weight: 49.63g
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-47C027
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Post Medieval Metropolitan slipware, probably part of a bowl, dish or plate, dating AD1650-1750. The fragment probably formed part of the wall of the vessel. A glossy red-brown glaze is on the internal surface of the vessel, which is decorated with the remains of a trident in a yellow slip. The external side is unglazed. Dimensions: length: 23.45mm; width: 22.38mm; thickness: 7.29mm; weight: 5.24g
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-46EC1A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
4 fragments of a Post Medieval black glazed Midlands ware vessel, dating AD1500-1650. The fragments consist of 3 pieces of the side of the vessel and the handle which joined onto 2 of the fragments. All of the pieces fit together. Both sides of the fragments have a black glaze. Dimensions: handle: length: 56.45mm; width: 35.27mm; weight: 24.16g piece 1: length: 41.02mm; width: 29.62mm; weight: 10.77g piece 2: length: 51.28; width: 22.77mm; weight: 8.17g piece 3: length: 49.57mm; width: 43.77mm; weight: 11.82g piece 3:
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A063C3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval German dark grey stoneware jug or bottle dating AD1520-1540. The fragment features a male bust facing right (molded roundel medallion) with a head-dress depicted by 3 V-shapes and a curving line underneath. The upper edge of the outfit is depicted by diagonal lines, with the upper most edge being a straight line with 3 equally spaced pellets. This is all within a cirle. To the right is a triangular foliate decoartion, probably an acanthus leaf. The exterior surface has with a mottled dark brown surface salt glaze. and the inner surface has creamy/grey glos…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BC9620
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval ceramic porringer handle dating from the 17th century. The handle is in biscuit ware and of openwork design. It has seven lobes, a single heart-shaped hole in the centre. The handle would have formed part of a tin-glazed delftware porringer with one flat handle. Other similar handles are illustrated in Tyler, Betts & Stephenson (2008: fig 131), which were from the Rotherhithe pothouse. This object was found amongst delft waste on the Thames foreshore at Rotherhithe, so likely came from this pothouse.  Dimensions: 55.51mm; width: 68.39mm; thickne…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-107A31
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-medieval - modern, lead-alloy toy anchor, dating 17th - 19th century. This is a Type 2 toy anchor, similar to design 1 (Forsyth and Egan, 2005, 327), consisting of a stock and double arms with no flukes. The anchor has a pin-sized hole surrounded by a pointed moulding, above a short, straight stock. The shank terminates in curved double arms, with no flukes. The stock, shank and double arms are all triangular-section. The anchor has a dark-grey colour, with small patches of lighter-grey, predominantly on the double arms. It is undamaged, other than a slightly bent…
Created on: Sunday 29th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D8668A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval lead-alloy toy horse and carriage/coach, dating 17th - 18th century. The fragment consists of an eight-spoked wheel, with a driver sitting above. Another piece of the toy protrudes from the lower-right edge of the wheel, probably part of the stand, however it is bent backwards behind the wheel. The wheel has a raised pellet in the centre and where each spoke meets the wheel hoop. The driver is right-facing, dressed in a broad, cocked hat and long coat and has it's arms extrented outwards holding the reigns. There is a moulded-relief decoration on the driv…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-68B3D9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy coal shovel, dating AD1650-1800. The handle of the toy is missing but the bell-shaped flaring pan remains. The flat base of the pan is decoratively cast with flowers and scrolling foliage. The curving rim is decorated with a raised twisted rope pattern. There is a small tip where the handle once was. A match can be found in Forsyth & Egan (2005:188, no. 5.15), Type 1 Design 5, with a suggested date of late 17th to 18th century. Dimensions: length: 31.99mm; width: 29.05mm; thickness: 3.34mm; weight: 3.31g Reference: Forsyth, H. and …
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3B0796
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy toy spoon, probably dating AD1650-1750. Only bowl and a small section of the stem remain. The bowl is oval in plan with a rim that curves slightly upwards, forming a shallow concave bowl. There is a stump where the stem once joined the bowl. The concave side of the bowl is decorated with a symmetrical scrolling foliage design and the reverse is undecorated. No parallels could be found in Forsyth & Egan (2005). Dimensions: length: 35.73mm; width: 21.13mm; thickness; 3.67mm; weight: 3.27g
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7EFCE6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy chair, dating AD1755-1770. The style of the chair is similar to Thomas Chippendale's ribband back chairs of this time period. The object consists of the back of the chair and seat cast in one piece, with the legs missing. The back stiles are semi-circular in section and initially protrude from the seat vertically, then curve outwards towards the top rail, meeting it at a corner. The top rail is double curved (upwards) with an ellipse. There is a circular motif in both corners of the top rail and at the top of the ellipse. The splat (vertical …
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
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Record ID: LON-AA18B7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy watch, dating late 17th century - early 18th century. This is a Forsyth & Egan (2005) Type 5 watch, being a single side from a double-sided domed watch. It is convex on the front side and concave on the back. The clock has two cast hands, the minute hand pointing at 10 and the hour hand pointing at 12. The chapter ring is outlined with two concentric circles and is marked with Roman hours I-XII, interspersed with pellets which indicate the half-hours. The edge of the watch has a border consisting of circular pellets and elongated pellets, the…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8E9F24
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy plate, dating mid-17th century to early 18th century. The plate is discoidal in shape and has a narrow, scallop-edged flange. It has a shallow curving wall and a rounded base, which has a moulded-relief decoration comprising of a flower pot with a scrolling foliate design rising up from within. The flower pot has a handle either side and is decorated with a cross-hatch pattern, with a central pellet in each lozenge created. The inner edge and the scalloped edge of the flange have a beaded border and there are short, evely spaced lines spanning t…
Created on: Sunday 3rd July 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AC4AFA
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy plate or charger, dating to the 18th century. The object is circular and has a flat flange, shallow curving wall and a flat, rounded base. The front of the plate/charger has a raised, moulded-relief decoration, comprising of a scrolling foliate design around the flange and a beaded edge. The base is decorated with a trapezoidal basket or flower pot, which itself has a hatch decoration and a pellet on each of the four corners, and has foliage rising from within. This is all within a circular, beaded border which has lines radiating from its outer…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2016
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