Record ID: LANCUM-B05907
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern copper alloy object, probably a vinaigrette screen cover, or a brooch element, or a mount from a box. There are remnants of attachment points on the rear. It is made from a sheet of pressed copper alloy and is decorated with a floral and or foliate scrolling motif. Construction technique and decoration style lead to a suggested date of c1750 to c1940 AD. Length 30mm, width 21mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 1.52g.
Created on: Friday 28th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Ulswater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-58DE27
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy, openwork pendant most likely a vinaigrette. Description: The pendant is sub-teardrop-shaped in plan with an integrally-cast, circular suspension loop at the apex. The loop has a twisted rope-effect design. The body of the pendant has an openwork, floral design on both sides, is gilded over all surfaces and has been cast to create an internal hollow space and an opening along one side that was used to gain access to the interior space. This side opening is now partially filled with iron corrosion but two small protruding knops appear to be a hinge-point suggesti…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Somercotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-36ECF2
Object type: VINAIGRETTE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object probably dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period. The object is incomplete but would have been circular in plan and conical. Projecting from the top of the object is a sub-circular knop below which is a collar. The rim at the base of the object is slightly turned out and is decorated with a circumferential band. The object is decorated with vertical roles of three circular perforations. The exact function of this object is uncertain. There are no visible remains of an attachment for a clapper within the object which would occur within a bell. The…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.