Record ID: WMID-9F6EFB
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy furniture fitting of Post-Medieval to Modern date (c. AD 1800-1900).  The object is formed from one sheet of copper alloy and is in the form of a paw/foot. It consists of a flat trapezoidal upper surface, that has a semi-circular perforation at its centre (most likely for attachement).  Below the flat surface is a decorative double collar, which then flares outwards to a sub-trapezoidal foot shaped end. The reverse is concave and undecorated.  The object is most likely machine made and is green/ brown in colour, with a mottled surfa…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-63BA94
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic copper-alloy fragment of an unidentified object of uncertain date. The fragment is rectangular in section and consists of a rectangular plate which begins to curve upwards before terminating in a worn break. At the opposite end of the fragment, it is unclear if it terminates in a worn break or at its full length. The fragment tapers in both thickness and width towards the curve. No decoration is present on the fragment. The fragment has a dark brown patina and is fairly worn. It measures 42.19mm in length, 6.53mm in width and 3.71mm in thickness. It weighs 3.88g.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-6308A3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic copper-alloy fragment of an unidentified object of uncertain date. The fragment is short, curving and broadly cylindrical. It has a reasonably consistent diameter and terminates at both ends with worn breaks. No decoration is present on the fragment. The fragment has a dark brown patina and is fairly worn. It measures 34.67mm in length, 6.16mm in width and 5.82mm in thickness. It weighs 6.47g.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-6006AD
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy hooked clasp of Read's Class A, Type 1, 20.6mm in length, made from a single piece of wire which has been bent back on itself to form a blunt hook. Both ends of the wire have been curled into attachment loops; the fold which forms the blunt tip for the hook has been hammered flat. The surface has been tinned.
Created on: Friday 9th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-5139E1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Thimble of Modern date (AD 1800-1900). The object is composed of a pressed metal domed form with an outer lower decorated band and foot ring, with evenly machine stamped square pits on the upper surface, forming a lattice pattern. The lower portion of the object has a pair of circumferential raised borders, between which is a repeating decorative motif, composed of a raised ovate cell which is a single flower.  The inner surface is undecorated. Height: 22.00mm, Diameter: 16.48mm, Thickness: 1.45mm, Weight: 2.2g.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-4E923A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete modern copper alloy  'dump' coin of British Ceylon (Sri Lanka),  a 1⁄48 Rixdollar dating between AD 1800-1809. Dated on coin '180[...]' Obverse description: Value mark '[4]8'  Obverse inscription: [GOVERN]MENT CEYLON Reverse description: Elephant walking left, date of '180[...]' in exergue There is evidence of defacement on both sides of the coin, in the form of long linear gouges/striations and one edge of the flan is mishapen. Dimensions: diameter: 22.75mm,  thickness: 4.19mm,  weight: 12.71g Cr…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4BE4E7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled copper alloy farthing token dating to the early 19th century. Obverse: young male bust, right, COLUMBIA below. Reverse: lady justice seated right with sword and scales. 
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-4BCCD6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handmade lead alloy aeroplane. It has a cigar shaped fuselage with a flat conical nose. The wings and the smaller tailplane are both triangular, finishing in a sharp point. Approximate halfway down the fuselage the body flattens to the tail, and on the tail end of the fuselage is an flattish oval structure. From the underside it can be seen that the fuseage is hollow and has been formed around something, the whole is cut from one sheet of lead alloy. It is red in colour and may have been painted. The plane is of no particular model and is either unfinished, or an imaginitiv…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hollingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4B68A4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead object of unidentified purpose but likely to be modern. The piece is incomplete with each edge being broken. It is triangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. A raised design of a cross potent is on the upper surface which is also slightly concave. The reverse has a series of irregular criss crossing indentations. The object is a medium grey colour. The object is 79.4mm long, 68.1mm wide, 20.4mm thick and weighs 426 grams.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4B5253
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead palm guard, c.AD 1600-1900. The palm guard is crudely circular with a D-shaped cross section; all the edges are uneven. The obverse face is slightly convex and has the in-print of woven cloth, possibly from where is pressed against the users glove, and in centre is a slight circular depression of the type commonly found on the surface of palm guards. The reverse face is flat, although slightly uneven. The object is 62.4mm long, 58.9mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 380 grams
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-4B40FB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead object probably of recent date (c.AD 1800-1950). The object is in a similar shape to a flask being circular in plat with a wide base from which it narrows and the expands roughly to a flat terminal. The object has an uneven surface all around the object. It has a medium grey colour. The object is 60.8mm in diameter, 71.7mm tall and weighs 1266 grams
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotover CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4B16A8
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A voided copper alloy metal Royal Artillery headdress badge. The badge is shaped around the emblem which comprises a field gun with scroll above inscribed 'UBIQUE' and scroll below inscribed 'QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT', all surmounted by a crown. The badge is complete with the slider on the reverse. Dimensions: it is 65mm wide and 46mm high and weighs 8.95g
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Weir', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-4A8664
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular cast lead alloy horse harness (blinker) mount or strap-mounted bridle rosette of post Medieval to modern date, 45.3mm in diameter and of "composite centre" type (Maslin, 2020). The mount is decorated in high relief, with a exterior border of five-point stars around an annular band with beaded borders and a central recessed area of radial lines. There is a central hole for a separate boss, now missing. The reverse has stumps of integrally cast attachment lugs.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-38C657
Object type: CAME
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of lead alloy and glass window came that dates to the post medieval period (c.AD 1700-1900). The object consists of two layers of lead sheeting that sandwich a pane of clear glass. The glass is 0.8mm thick. The lead has an irregular surface and a dark grey patina. Dimensions: Length 19mm; width 17.9mm; thickness 6.2mm; weight 5.8g
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-23E0F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver buckle likely dating from the Victorian to Modern period (c. 1860-1940) The object is an oval buckle with an integral spindle. The buckle is decorated with a pressed pattern. There is a pellet border on the outer edge. Eight triangles are evenly spaced around the outside, and point in towards the centre. Swirling patterns are present between every other triangle. This pattern is present on the reverse of the buckle as a negative impression. The object has been warped and no longer lies flat.  Length: 73.0 mm, width: 50.8 mm, thickness: 1.03 mm, w…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: IOW-219171
Object type: SKIRT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval-Modern possible skirt lifter arm, c.AD 1800-1900. This item is a rod of copper alloy with flattened faces. At one end the terminal is constructed by folding the bar back on itself, edge-to-edge, before the bar finishes in an old break. At the other end, the metal thins and is broken across a perforation. This is where the two arms of the skirt lifter would have articulated, like scissors. The arm is bent in two places. For similar examples, see SWYOR-BD68A2 and WMID-7D6EC5.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1F7615
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in its edge, and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. The metal retains a grey tint. Letters in modern style  - [--]B /[--]BROW[--] appear near the edge on either side. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Diameter: 18.3mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 5.36gms
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0F4CD1
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy rowel spur, probably Post Medieval, dating from about AD 1600 - 1900.  The neck for the rowel and the rowel box survive and these have signs of a slot for the rowel which is missing. The neck is roughly circular in cross-section with a bulbous and drooping rowel box. The two curved sides of the spur, which are D-shaped in cross-section, are plain and terminate in worn breaks. The object is undecorated and has a mainly dark green and brown patina. The spur fragment is 66.3mm long, 72.8mm wide from side to side, and 14.3mm thick.  It weighs 40.27g.…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0D4A4C
Object type: CROSS PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy cross pendant, probably dating from the Modern period, about AD 1850 - 1980. It is cross shaped, with an second shorter cross bar at the top, and a wider area at the base, which is incomplete. The metal is thin and the front is moulded but grainy, making the decoration difficult to interpret. There is a central cross and a ring of pellets. It is possible that a separate Christ figurine was once attached here. The top bears a square panel, with a row of pellets on each side of it. It may contain lettering. There is an incomplete square panel at each…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-0BFB4C
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medallion of Saint Joseph dating from about AD 1800 - 1980. This object is a stamped, circular medallion, with a likeness of St Joseph carrying a child on the obverse. The inscription is S JOSEPH O P N (Saint Joseph, Ora pro Nobis or pray for us). On the reverse there is a worn depiction of a seated figure possibly holding a child. It ay be Mary as queen of heaven. The inscription is illegible. There is a slight area of damage on the edge of the medallion at the top which may represent a hanging loop now broken off. The medallion has a green brown patina. Measurements a…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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