Record ID: BERK-4D3F61
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval copper alloy pastry jigger. The extant working end consists of a 'T'-shaped head that would have been used for cutting and impressing the pastry. The underside of the bar is scalloped either side of a central stem. The tool end has deep oblique grooves made alternately from either face creating a zig-zag profile when viewed end-on. Beyond the head the section narrows and changes to an oval shaped stem which further extends into a bulbous sub-rectangular The jigger is a mid brown colour with a well formed surface patina.
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: BERK-D811A8
Object type: LEATHER STAMP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object, possibly a pastry jigger, but more likely to be a leather stamping tool of post medieval date. The object has a thick and strong rectangular section bar or stem, one end of which has an expanded semi-circular collar-like terminal, the outer edge of which has a soft zig-zag like pattern cast in to it; once stamped the pattern would give a crimped effect. At the opposing end of the bar is a slight flare in the thickness and width, and one face has the letters R R stamped onto it; possibly the maker or even the owner. The bar then narrows slightly …
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: BERK-92CC61
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy pastry jigger, cutter, or crimper wheel. It is circular in plan and has radiating grooves and ridges around a serrated zig-zig circumference. There is a central perforation for the split axle that would have extended into a handle, although this handle is now incomplete. This pastry jigger dates to between c. AD 1700 and 1900.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: BERK-6EB892
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy wheel from a post-medieval pastry jigger (AD 1700-1800). The openwork wheel is circular in plan with a central perforation to attach it to the jigger arm. Four spokes located at the four cardinal points project outwards from the central perforation, forming broadly oval openwork cells. The circumference of the wheel is decorated with deep incisions located on either face to form a zig-zag cutting edge, with three crimps then a flat section, repeated around the cutting edge. Similar examples can be found in the PAS database: PUBLIC-F0BC67, IOW-610522 and HAMP-709713.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
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Record ID: BERK-953F61
Object type: POTTERS TOOL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy potters tool, possibly a tile comb. The object is T-shaped in plan, has a handle with a circular cross-section which develops into a narrowed square frame that may have been the tang for insertion into a wooden or bone handle. The head of the object has a continual wavy line moulded in high relief. Similar objects have been recorded in the literature (e.g. de la Bedoyere 1989, 59; ref. 34b) and also on this database although there is an ongoing debate as to whether isolated examples are indeed Roman tile-combs; many may well be post-medeival pastry jiggers. …
Created on: Monday 14th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2011
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Record ID: BERK-5D1C21
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy tool for incising lines on Roman tiles also referred to as a tile comb. The find consists of the lower part of the handle and the comb. In plan the tile comb resembles an inverted T. The handle part of the tool is a rounded hexagon in section which bulges outwards along its upper third and flattens out along its lower third as it becomes the T-bar comb section. The top of the handle section tapers inwards and is then surmounted by a rounded band. This band is hollow and probably once held a wooden handle extension. The T-bar section is flat and the b…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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