Record ID: LVPL-74D9E4
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, solid copper alloy (tombac) button dating from the post medieval period (c.AD 1600-1800). The button is circular with a plano-convex head. The face is shallowly domed with a pimple at the apex. The underside is flat with two stubs for the copper alloy wire attachment loop which is now missing. The object has a smooth, dark grey patina. Dimensions: Diameter 14.1mm; thickness 5mm; weight 3.47g Similar buttons are illustrated in Bailey (2004) see p.43, number 9.15 and p.35.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-74C4D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post medieval silver sixpence of William III (AD 1694-1702) dated to 1695-1702. Mint uncertain. Both faces are completely worn and the coin has been bent twice into an S-shape. Obverse: Laureate, draped bust facing right; [GVLIELMVS III DEI GRA] Reverse: Crowned shields of England, Scotland, France and Ireland arranged in a cruciform; lion of Nassau at centre; [MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX ...]. Worn and bent coins such as this one are often described as 'love tokens'. Dr Kevin Leahy notes in FAKL-A043BC: 'Love tokens' were made using coins dating from t…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-74BBBA
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object of likely medieval to post-medieval date c.AD500-1700). The has a central moulded bar consisting of two cylindrical shapes separated by a groove. The face of the object has an X inscribed on each of these cylinders whereas the reverse is undecorated. There is a horn like projection from each side that curves upwards and terminates at a break.    The object has similarities to Class M double sharp-hooked claps which hate to the early medieval period. Similar examples on the database include NMS-8DA3D8 and SF-5B9904. Read (2008, 40) notes…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-74B6C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval halfgroat of the Commonwealth of England  dating to 1649-1660. Cf. North Vol. II (1991) no.2728. The coin has been clipped, removing the legends. Obverse: Shield of St. George within wreath formed of a palm and laurel branch; [THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND]. Reverse: Conjoined shields of St George and Ireland with value mark 'I I'; [GOD WITH US].
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-74A131
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date (c.AD 1350-1550). The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge. Where the neck meets the body is positioned one attachment loop on each side; one is complete, the other partially complete. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. Both faces are worn and slightly abraded and present no decoration. The object has a dark creme patina. Dimensions: Length 49.3mm; width 30mm; thickness 10mm; weight 53.54g Ampullae were an important pilgrim …
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-73CA53
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy heraldic harness mount dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1400). The mount is formed of a flat square topped shield (Heater shield), with straight top and convex sides meeting at a point at the bottom. The face is decorated with a checker board pattern that likely contained coloured enamel that no longer survives. From each point of the shield extends an arm with a circular terminal and attachment hole in the centre. The reverse is undecorated. The object is worn and has a corroded surface with patches of bright green patina. Dimensions: Length 64.4…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-736359
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete harness pendant of medieval date (c.AD 1200-1400). The Object consists of a disk-shaped plate suspended from an integral loop which is incomplete. The face of the plate has a convex face and features and openwork cross, with voided quarters. The loop is broken at its apex and has two moulded semicircular projections on each side. Dimensions: Length 29.1mm, Width 17.7mm, Thickness 1.9mm, Weight 3.30g. Similar examples can be found in Brian Read’s Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom (2001, pp. 53-…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-61BD8E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy weight dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1500-1700). The weight is bun-shaped with a flat base and rounded face. The face is deeply inscribed with VIII which attests to its weight as nearly 8oz. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 45mm; width 17mm; weight 214.84g The weight almost corresponds with the mass of 8 oz under the ‘binary’ averdepois system that was standardised in 1588 (1992, 44).
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-611CAE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Hinged brooch dating to c.AD 50-120. See Mackreth (2011) CD H. The brooch is almost complete with just the pin. The wings are wide and tubular with a circular cross section and a broad cap at each end. In the centre of the wings is the stub of the pin hinge. To the front, at the centre of the wings, is a curved sub-triangular head which continues to the form the bow. The bow is flared slightly from below the end until the foot. The foot is complete and is formed of a triple mould. To the reverse is an inc…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-60D470
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a blade – possibly a rapier dating to the mid to late bronze age (c.BC 1500-700). The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and lozenge shaped in section. The blade is narrow when viewed in plan and the edges are slightly concave, in section it shows both faces are convex and narrow at the edges to make the sharp edge of the blade. The object has a light green patina. Dimensions: Length 20.5mm, Width 27.7mm, Thickness 4.8mm, Weight 13.04g. The fragmentary nature of the object makes it difficult to identify however similar narrow bladed examples belonging to mid …
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-60A52B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mostly complete copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1660-1720). The buckle is trapezoidal in form with concave sides and rounded ends; the spindle is attached separately. Both ends present two moulded traverse grooves and a moulded be-fold crescent at each end of the spindle. The chape and pin are missing from the spindle. The reverse is undecorated and is slightly concave. The buckle has a smooth dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 32.7mm; 21mm; thickness 2.8mm; weight 5.63g Similarly formed buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 98-9).
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-609750
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval (1500-1700 AD) cast copper alloy spherical bell or 'crotal' bell. The loop at the top of the bell is externally a square and internally has one edge rounded- the edge at the top of the loop away from the body of the bell. There are two sound holes on the upper half of the body of the bell: looking from above, the loop appears like a vertical line with a sound hole on either side of the line. There is a ridge halfway around the body of the bell, with a height of 2.8mm. There are two larger sound holes on the lower half of the bell, connected by a slot. …
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-608FAB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast strap end of medieval date (c.AD 1200-1400). Cast broad tongue-shaped strap end that is flat and undecorated on both faces. The tip projects slightly and is rectangular in plan. There is an attachment hole at the butt or inner end and a rivet on each side of this. The object is undecorated on both faces and has a green patina.  Dimensions: Length: 26.6mm, Width: 10.0mm, Thickness: 2.2mm, Weight: 2.34g Similar examples are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 142)
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-6080F2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object is biconical in shape with steeped edges and a central perforation measuring 8.9mm in diameter. Both faces are worn and appear to have been decorated. One face presents a large riased line that bisects through the centre. The opposite face is worn with possible cross hatch decoration. The object has a light cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 27.9mm; width 8.8mm; weight 26.64g Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can be difficult to date as they are not com…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-606E14
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object is biconical in shape with steeped edges and a large central perforation measuring 10.3mm in diameter. Both faces are decorated with a raised interlaced rope design. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 20.7mm; width 9.1mm; weight 14.9g Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can be difficult to date as they are not commonly discovered in dateable contexts. Of the decorated spindle whorls that have been found on dateable sites, it is clear th…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-605A92
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead hem / curtain weight dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1700-1900) The weight is flat and circular. Two small perforation holes are positioned just off the centre. The object has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 25.4mm; thickness 1.9mm; weight 10.96g Similar objects are illustrated in Bailey (2004: 83) see nos. 391-8 which are described as women's hem weights or curtain weights, and date to the 18th-20th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-6024AF
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy thimble of medieval date (c.AD 1330-1400). The thimble has a circular base that has been distorted to an oval shape and is domed and decorated with circular holes spiralling up to a small tonsure at the crown. There is a border of a singe line incised around the open end. Dimensions: Diameter 18.8mm, Thickness 12.0mm, Weight 2.79g. The earliest domed thimbles found in Britain date from 1330-1400 and are frequently dubbed as ‘beehive’ thimbles due to their decoration. Similar examples can be found in Brian Read’s ‘Metal Sewing Thimbles Found…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-5F8A63
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy palstave dating to the middle Bronze Age period (c. 1500-1300 BC). The axehead consists of the lower blade and cutting edge. The object has a sub-triangular section that narrows to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is slight convex and has a width of 37.4mm. The edge is worn and abraded. The opposite terminates in a straight, worn break, perhaps suggesting the object was broken in antiquity. The axehead has a smooth bright green patina. Dimensions: Length 49.6mm; width 25.9mm; thickness 14.4mm; weight 83.08g Possible 'Shelf' type which are charact…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-5F08B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver Spanish 2 reale of Ferdinand V and Elisabet I (1520-1566), Mint: Seville. Obverse: Crowned shield between mintmark and value, in beaded circle; FERDINANDVS ET ELISABET [...] / S-II Reverse: Arrows and yoke in beaded circle; + REX ET REGINA [...] ELE LEGIONIS A
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-5EA4B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval Irish silver threepence of Edward VI (1547-1553), Henry VIII posthumous old head issue dating to c.AD 1547-1550. See Spink (2003, 149) nos.6489-91. Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust of Henry VIII turned partially right within beaded inner circle; HENRIC’. 8 D’. G’. A[G’. FR’.] Z HIB. REX Reverse: Coat of arms over long cross fourchée dividing legend; CIVITAS DVBLINIE
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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