Record ID: NMGW-B9A5E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scotland, Charles I 1625-49. Twelve shillings, Third coinage 1637-42. Falconer's second issue (F at end of obverse legend), equivalent to an English Shilling.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 6th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-75BE21
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy smoking pipe or possibly a candle snuffer, probably of 18th century date The pipe has an overall length of 44.3mm and has a weight of 25.5g. The mouth of the piece is distorted and is now oval with an external length of 23.7mm and a width of 15.7mm (13.9 x 9.4mm internal). The mouth has moulded decoration comprising short vertical ribs. The outside of the bowl has four decorative horns and there is a single larger horn between the bowl and stem. The pipe would have been fitted with an organic or clay stem after a double-ribbed moulding. It is now unclear what…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D7D867
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, Sword 1582, London, 1.773g clipped; corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D7F6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, A 1584, London, 2.450g clipped; worn.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9F0C64
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver hooked tag with a trefoil back-plate cut from a sheet and indented by filing, to which (on the reverse) a separate hook and bar loop have been soldered. Attached to the front of the plate by solder are three hollow hemispherical silver gilt bosses. Each is decorated with three single-strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets, arranged around a small granulated pellet at the mid-point of each dome. Holding a flat central disc (in lieu of a foliate sheet) is a dome-headed rivet (boss and shank) with split pin which passes through a circular hole through the centre of the …
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9F38B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE ♣ in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g. Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The sty…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-DDBBF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A gold touch-piece of James II (1685-88). Such pieces formed part of the ceremony of 'touching for the King's Evil' (scrofula, believed to be cured by the monarch's touch); patients received a memento in the form of a 'touch-piece', suspended on a white ribbon. The early Stuart monarchs (James I, Charles I) used gold coins (angels), pierced to take a ribbon. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, special non-monetary gold pieces were made for the ceremony.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9A96E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bezel of a finger ring containing an orangey-red, cornelian, intaglio. The edge of the bezel is decorated by a line of triangles running round its bottom edge and the back by an engraved floral pattern. The intaglio depicts a winged male figure, probably Cupid, a large bunch of grapes and an animal, probably a hare. The intaglio would appear to be Roman, depicting Cupid, a bunch of grapes and a hare. The same combination can be seen on an intaglio from Bath (Henig 1978, 200 no.113) where cupid is holding a bunch of grapes and a hare is jumping up to reach it. On the present int…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B0C420
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt decorative roundel which once adorned the front of a dress-hook loop, to the back of which are soldered three sections of wire (which when complete formed the trefoil loop for the hook). The slightly domed silver gilt boss has a border of 'cable-twist' filigree wire, wound in a spiral to create two strands. Within this, there are five cable-twist 'filigree' wire circlets, and a small granulated pellet in the interspace. Metal content: silver, 96%; copper, 4%.
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-576054
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry, farthing, 1663 BW Devon 28, 0.710g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-DC6217
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes I (active 1553-1584). 'Lion of Saint Mark' type inscribed 'SANTVS MARCVS ZV NOS' dating to 1553-1584. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 397-398) nos 1324-1327
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-82C8C4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT IST WAR. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 412-413) nos 1405-1407 Around half of the original flan survives, the rest lost to a relatively straight break.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-9980CB
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description The small oval matrix, in silver, retains the rectangular stub of the now missing handle, which was square in cross-section, on the reverse. The matrix is engraved with a cartouche bearing arms: cross engrailed with ermine in quarters, and scallop shell at cross base. The cartouche has three scrolls, and is flanked by two tapering motifs (staffs?), below small cups (chalices?). The matrix measures 15.5.x 18.1mm; the handle stem measures 3.5 x 3.5mm; the matrix thickness away from handle is 1.7mm; weight 5.66g. Summary and conclusions This is a heraldic seal, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-28AC12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy asymmetrical buckle, probably of 17th century date The buckle is concave in profile with one rounded and one straight edge. The buckle frame has a length of 25.73mm, a width of 20.40mm and a depth of 6.99mm. The buckle employed a chape, wrapped around the integral bar with a slot to take the pin Iron corrosion around the slot suggests an iron pin. The terminal of the chape has been lost. The outside edges of the buckle are likely to have carried moulded decoration now lost. The buckle has a pale green surface and weighs 5.2g.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E9EC71
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval toy hornbook made from lead, of 17th century date The lead tablet is near-complete; it is flat and rectangular with a short wide handle emerging from the centre of one of the shorter sides, which tapers slightly before ending in a circular terminal (diameter 16.2mm). The hornbook is however missing two of its rounded corner knops. It has a length of 88.7mm, a surviving width of 44.1mm, a thickness of 1.5-2.0mm and a weight of 27.2g. The front of the hornbook bears four rows of letters in relief comprising the alphabet. Each row is flanked and divided by a border of…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-0A75C8
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt dress-hook with a lozenge-shaped back-plate cut from a sheet and cusped around the edge, to which (on the reverse) a separate hook and bar loop have been soldered. Attached to the front of the plate by solder is a hollow, lozenge-shaped silver gilt box with chamfered sides. The top is decorated with four single-strand 'rope-twist' filigree wire circlets, arranged around hollow hemispherical bosses, and small granulated pellets. Similar decoration occurs on the bevels. Gilding does not extend along the full length to the hook.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-0B1F12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, and has an internal diameter of 19mm. The outer surface is decorated with plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 4.7mm; weight 4.6g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-326815
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Poland, Sigismund August (1547-72), four groschen for Lithuania; 1567 Presumably passed as a sixpence
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-8F3A72
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Simple sword- belt fitting consisting of a parallel sided plate with two drilled attachment holes, one of which cuts the side. The upper end of the plate has a gentle curved wave. The hook curves back upon itself and has a circular cross-section, which gradually narrows in diameter. The plate originally carried decoration, which is now difficult to discern, but may have been a floral motif.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-CD58B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete gold mourning finger ring of Post-Medieval date. The ring is distorted but is otherwise in good condition. The hoop comprises of four S-shaped barbed scrolls carrying an inscription on the exterior. The first S-scroll is shorter than the others and simply carries the letter W. The next S-scroll has: HARRISON, followed by: OB2SEPT, and finally: 1761AE69. Indicating the finger ring was to commemorate W. Harrison, who died on the 2nd September 1761, aged 69. The ring would have been commissioned and worn by the deceased’s spouse or child. The S-scrolls are now plain, but…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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