Record ID: NMGW-31B274
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver-plated contemporary copy of a post-medieval testoon of Henry VIII (1509-1547), pellet in annulet initial mark, minted in London in 1544-1547 (North 1841). The plating is visible at the break.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3A5227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), minted in 1565. Second issue, North 1997, with pheon. Coin is slightly bent, fractured, and has been clipped. Bust is mostly indiscernible.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BD13AF
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy in the form of a head of uncertain date, likely Post Medieval. The object is a fragment of a larger whole, the purpose of which is uncertain. The object is sub-oval in plan, with a near plano-convex section, the obverse being bast in relief and the reverse being slightly concave (suggested by Mark Redknap to be indicative of shrinkage produced by casing in an open mould).  Every edge of the object is a break, indicating the object formed part of a larger, flat object. The obverse is decorated in the form of a male face, with a beard executed with l…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1434D5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval Nuremburg jetton, Rose/Orb series, issued by Wolff Lauffer I dating to 1554-1601.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-78446E
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword-belt hanger of Post Medieval date (16th -17th century AD). The object consists of a bilaterally symmetrical cast plate with lobed top, flared sides and a trilobate terminal. The top of the plate would have ended in a hook, which has broken off and is lost. The plate is decorated on the front surface with foliate “vine scroll” mouldings. The plate has two rivet holes, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the plate, still containing the corroded remnants of the iron rivets. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The object is somewhat worn, …
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3248A9
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic chafing dish stand The cast swivelling support for a chafing dish is fragmentary represented by the anthropomorphic terminal and the top of the curved shaft (with a surviving length of 45.4mm and a weight of 18.0g) and has similar decorated on both faces. The rectangular-sectioned shaft (10.6mm wide and 4.1mm thick) has broken through two perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), used for the swivel. The shaft gradually widens towards the terminal (reaching a maximum width of 13.7mm) and is undecorated except for curved grooves, representing a colla…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-15BF02
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy purse bar probably of 16th century date The purse is represented by the loop and the bar (with a weight of 35.7g) and is of Ward Perkins (1940, p 168)[1] Type B but of uncertain sub type. The loop has a flat and comparatively wide top now heavily corroded (with an overall length of 55.4mm, surviving width at the top of 18.2mm and a depth of 13.8mm), converging towards its rectangular-sectioned base. The shank has been peened over a domed washer (5.6mm - 18.0mm diameter) at the base, to secure it within the central block. The central blo…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE13E
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book-mount, probably of late 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but slightly damaged, missing part of the attachment end (with a length of 40.8mm and a weight of 5.2g). The clasp is made from sheet copper alloy (1.3mm thick) riveted to a back plate, now lost with adhering iron corrosion (giving a maximum depth of 3.4mm). The expanded terminal on the front plate (with a surviving width of 16.4mm) appears to have had a straight edge, decorated with punched chevrons. The sides of the clasp converge and are near-parallel and straight (12.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82CB5B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy looped mount with suspension ring of 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but is very-heavily corroded and comprises a mount with separate ring (with an overall length of 47mm and a weight of 3.5g). The mount is folded sheet metal (30.5mm long, 8.1mm wide, 0.6mm thick and 5.4mm deep) and was attached by a single rivet at the attachment end. Corrosion has removed detail of the decoration but appears to have been moulded, possibly with vegetal or floral scrolls. The sides are irregular and undulate, probably fitting the decoration. The rin…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DD68E8
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy hooked tag of 16th century date The cast hooked tag is complete (with a length of 32.5mm and a weight of 2.6g) but the hook is slightly distorted (with a depth of 7.2mm). The attachment end has a rectangular slot (with internal dimensions of 9.8mm x 3.5mm) before the decorative circular panel (16.6mm diameter and 1.8mm thick). The panel has openwork decoration and a beaded border around an internal cross and central pellet. The cross is flanked by circular perforations. The rearward hook is of D-shaped section (3.0mm wide and 1.5mm thick). The rear of t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DD5407
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy buckle of annular form with central bar and sheet plate of 15th or 16th century date The buckle is complete and comprises the cast annular frame, the folded sheet plate and the pin (with an overall length of 44.7mm and a weight of 17.3g). The annular frame (with a width of 37mm – 41.5mm) has a central bar. The outside edge of the frame has five concave sections separated by a cusp in a foliate design. The frame is rectangular sectioned (2.5mm thick and 52.mm – 8.0mm wide). The face of the frame was decorated with grooves within a border, now largely…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E55606
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy medieval or post medieval finger ring (AD 1200-1700). The finger ring is made a single circular band decorated by two circumferential grooves around the top and bottom edges, a raised centre, and a now-illegible inscription between the grooves around the circumference. The inside surface is plain and worn smooth. The object has a dark green patina and measures 25mm in diameter, 5.5mm wide, 1.9mm thick and weighs 3.99g. Similar rings are recorded on the PAS database (e.g. SF-36FF90, SF-779904, WILT-524744, LON-F8CE39, DOR-7030B1)
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-5CDA1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and iron buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. 1650-1720). The double looped rounded trapezoidal frame (32.6mm long, 20.1mm wide) is symmetrical apart from a notch for the pin. Decorative mouldings are visible on the frame where holes have been drilled to insert the iron bar holding the anchor shaped attachment bar (25.5mm long, 14.3mm wide) and the now absent pin. The surface of the buckle is dark brown and green and pitted, with much of the original surface lost. This type of buckle dates to the later 17th and early 18th centuries and was used to fasten …
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-52FEC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy or base silver contemporary copy of a silver post-medieval shilling of Charles I (1625-1649). Uncertain type and initial mark, London mint 1625-1649. The coin is missing much of its edge and is bent and broken through the centre of the coin. This suggests that it might have been deliberately snapped to take it out of circulation when it was discovered to be a counterfeit.
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-EB1D7C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token Farthing token of Richard Watton, who was also the mayor of Devizes. *RICHARD WATTON 1666 / R W *GROCER. IN Ye DEVIZES Reference: Williamson, Wiltshire 79; Norweb 5470 0.32g, 15mm, corroded
Created on: Monday 27th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B293CC
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy purse bar. The purse bar is fragmentary, represented by one arm (with a surviving length of 76.1mm and a weight of 18.5g). The oval-sectioned end (9.5mm x 6.6mm) has broken adjacent to the central block and has zoomorphic moulded decoration, comprising a beast’s mouth biting on the bar. The bar is also oval sectioned (6.6mm x 5.9mm) and is decorated with an incised lattice of double, parallel lines. The integral perforated hanger lug (7.7mm long) with two perforations is distorted and folded against the bar. The terminal pin (11.0mm long and 3.5mm dimete…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B25B03
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron stirrup of uncertain date, probably post medieval The Iron stirrup appears to be hand-forged from a circular-sectioned rod (of 8mm dimeter) and is complete (149mm high and weighing 118.8g). The base of the stirrup has been hammer-forged into a flat strip (87mm long, 22.0mm wide and 4mm thick). The loop for the foot is D-shaped (with internal dimensions of 92mm wide and 84mm high) and is defined at its apex by three twists of the iron rod. At the apex the loop for the harness strap is sub rectangular (34.8mm wide and 15mm high internal). The iron rod is corroded but in compar…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-F86C15
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy collar from a Late Medieval or Post Medieval composite knife handle. The object is roughly egg shaped in section, with a smooth, unfaceted outer surface curving from a lower point to an upper flattened surface with a notch in the blade adjacent edge. The blade adjacent face is bevelled to meet where the blade would have been, while the opposite face is squared off. There is a slightly tapering socket running through the centre of the collar. The socket is an elongated trapezoid in cross section, suggesting that the knife was single edged. This collar would have fitt…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-703A65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval possible threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), uncertain initial mark, probably minted in London, 1561-1582. The coin is very worn and appears double struck.
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C8A814
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) threepence, London Privy mark: Plain cross and dated 1579 1.28g, worn and damaged
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
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