Record ID: NMGW-4DE241
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete, bur corroded copper alloy toy riffle or petronel of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. The butt is slender and rises to a point with a damaged ‘guard’. The butt gradually thickens towards the barrel and was decorated with ring and dot decoration. The barrel is of faceted-circular section and has a small circular hole on one side to take a charge. The barrel of the gun is blocked from the end, presumably with the ram rod.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0C5FB8
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern silver, copper alloy and cloth toy and coin, deposited in the early 20th century The find comprises a much worn silver coin, probably a sixpence of George II (1727 - 60), holed and found directly associated with a toy medalet. The medalet depicts an Edward VII penny and comprises two foils with internal cloth photographs of the royal family, now eroded. The obverse face depicts a bust of Edward VII and the reverse face is a seated Britannia facing right. In place of the shield is an oval aperture to view the photograph between the foils. The photograph could be rotated to …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-9D9BEC
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy toy gun of 17th - 18th century date The gun is incomplete missing the butt and trigger guard (with a surviving length of 57.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The barrel is of sub-oval section, with straight, faceted sides and is widest at the stock (at 6.8mm and 5.3mm x 6.8mm at the end of the barrel). The corrosion has closed barrel, making it difficult to determine the bore. The vent is small and is also closed by corrosion with a rounded wedge beneath the pan, which may have served as a hold for the match (Egan & Forsyth 2005, 89). Possibly Egan and Forsyt…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7FAC90
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is of cruciform or quatrefoil form (with a length of 24.6mm, width of 22.6mm and a weight of 3.4g) and has a central sub-square aperture (9.4mm x 8.4mm) through the central flat-sectioned plate (0.7mm thick) to accommodate the iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung'. The four lobes are oval and convex (with a length of 10mm and a width of 8mm) with flanges on both faces to accommodate adjacent beads. Only one of the lobes has decoration, comprising linear incised lines, seemi…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-1B5576
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is near-complete and is of irregular, sub-triangular form but with a concave recess that is flanked by protruding knops at each vertex (with a length of 23.4mm, a width of 26.7mm and a weight of 6.5g). At the centre is a sub-square aperture (8.2mm x 7.7mm) through the flat-sectioned plate (2.2mm thick) to accommodate the missing iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung' flanked by spacers. The faces of the flat plate are somewhat irregular and not less finished. The two forward-f…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8EC6E8
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 55 pieces including a utilized blade, cooking pot body sherd, unfinished arrowhead, flakes, spalls, knapping debitage, natural flint, natural chert, gunflint, blades, retouched blade, core, scrapers, bifacially retouched flakes, leaf-shaped arrowhead, barbed and tanged arrowhead and knife or fabricator. Some of the flint is burnt.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW3211
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead, or lead alloy, one-sided token decorated with a six petal flower design. Diameter 23mm, thickness 2mm, weight 5.1 grams. Although a fairly common find type little is known about the date, places of issue, function and extent of circulation of lead tokens. They have variously been identified as trade tokens, pilgrimage souvenirs, hop tokens, farm tokens, tavern tokens, communion tokens, merchants seals, counters and gaming pieces; they could have fulfilled all these, and more, functions. Lead tokens are thought to have circulated from the medieval period until the eighteenth …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW358
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
'Bristol & South West' penny token 1811. Issuer unknown but substantial numbers were made and circulated widely.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW396
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Crudely cast, one-sided lead, or lead alloy (pewter) token. The decorated side contains a heavily worn radial wheel pattern (c.f., Dean 1977, 139, fig.2). Diameter 17-18mm, thickness 5mm, weight 7.8 grams. Although a fairly common find type little is known about the date, places of issue, function and extent of circulation of lead tokens. Lead tokens have been variously identified as trade tokens, counters, pilgrimage souvenirs, hop or farm tokens, tavern tokens, merchant seals and gaming pieces (Dean 1977, 141-142). It is not certain what this example was used for. Lead tokens are th…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D3C280
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
City of Bristol Farthing token
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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