Record ID: WMID-2F40CD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable furniture fitting of Post Medieval dating (AD 1700 to AD 1800).  The probable furniture fitting consists of a disc with twelve points, though with one larger and more angular than the rest. One side bears a moulded radial pattern, with each ray bordered like a petal. The larger petal forms part of an attachment/suspension fitting, with a longitudinal ridge on the reverse. The reverse of the disc has the remains of a central attachment spike in the centre.  It measures 31.9 mm in length, 22.5 mm wide and it is 4.9 mm thick. The metal is 2.…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: BH-86852F
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy pastry jigger, cutter, or crimper dating c. AD 1700-1800. The handle is sub-rectangular with an upper edge of serrated teeth interspersed with V-shape notches, and a double-arched lower edge adjacent to short projecting square-ended terminals. Between the arched lower edge the plate narrows to an enlarged double collar and, below this, a circular-sectioned shaft extending to another enlarged double collar. Another portion of shaft extends to a slightly enlarged triple collar before splitting into a double pronged fork.…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: KENT-60EF7E
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy spur rowel of likely Medieval date, c. AD 1350 - 1500. Description: The spur rowel is circular in plan with 27 projections emanating from the central openwork disc and joined for most of their length. Overall the rowel gives a floral or sunburst effect. The projections are elongated drops which narrow towards the centre and splay towards their pointed terminals. In profile each point is defined and does not give a wavy edge as seen on pastry jiggers. Both faces of the rowel are the same. The object is a dark green in colour with brighter spots of…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: KENT-B44DFF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably incomplete, age uncertain - possibly Late Iron Age - Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy, unknown narrow 'Y' shaped and curved artefact. Possible Iron-Age to Post Medieval broken dagger quillion, (got its name from a quillion, a cross-guard that protected the hand). Possible Roman artefact, possible Early Medieval key used to open an Anglo-Saxon or Medieval barrel padlock or a possible Post Medieval pastry jigger central shaft fragment. Broken with a possible third section missing with slightly irregular corroded surface but with the remains of black lacqu…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B28367
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pastry cutter. Cast disc with a scalloped edge, separated from a shank [now lost] by a bulbous moulded triple collar. The numerals 1407 rendered in large characters appears on one side of the disc. Worn, lightly bent and abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Length: 27.7mm, Width/Diameter: 20.4mm, Thickness (at collar): 5mm, Weight: 5.62gms
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D975A4
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mostly complete copper alloy pastry cutter / jigger dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1700-1800) The long cylindrical handle has raised mouldings at the centre of the length, which would have helped the cook hold the object steady. The handle is slightly bent towards the middle. One end of the object has two prongs with a boss in between  where a crimping wheel would have fitted. This is now missing. The opposite end of the object terminates, as a T-shape, in a further pastry tool, with a semi-circular, serrated edge. The object has a dark green patina. See LANCU…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-D7CE39
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pastry jigger tool of post-Medieval to modern date (c. AD 1700-1800). The object is a portion of the handle and attachment mechanism of a pastry jigger. The object is composed of rectangular handle with a two collars at the upper end, which terminates in an old abraded break. The opposing end retains two rectangular prongs with rounded terminals. These would have housed the crimping wheel. The wheel and upper portion of the handle are missing. Length: 61.1 mm Width: 8.7 mm Weight: 7.4 g A similar example recorded on t…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-EE274C
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pastry jigger dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1600-1800). The object is comprised of only the wheel of the instrument, the handle is missing. The wheel is roughly circular in shape with a serrated edge. Both faces have a grooved surface of repeating lines that radiate from the centre. The centre present some iron staining indicative of the attachment rivets to secure the wheel to the handle. The object has a dark green patina. Numerous examples have been recorded on the PAS database, including: LANCUM-6E333E and WMID-2EA4CA
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-05F58D
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy wheel, probably from a pastry jigger (pastry cutter or crimper) of post-medieval date (c. AD 1600-1850). The wheel is a circular openwork disc with three spokes, one of which has broken off, and a triangular shaped central axis with a central circular perforation for an axle. The wheel's outer edge is shaped into small, regular, raised scallops which would have given a zig-zag pattern to surfaces on which it were rolled/impressed. The outer edge of the wheel is incomplete, now missing slightly less than half of the …
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-052AD1
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy wheel probably from a pastry jigger (pastry cutter or crimper), of post-medieval date (c. AD 1600 to 1850). The wheel is a circular openwork disc with four spokes, one of which has broken off and is missing, and a lozenge-shaped centre. This lozengiform axis has concave sides and a central circular perforation for an axle attachment. The outer wheel is c. 5 mm wide with an outer edge shaped into small, regular, raised scallops. This edge would have impressed a zig-zag pattern onto surfaces on which it was…
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-5F466A
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pastry jigger, cutter, or crimper dating to the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1800). The object consists of part of the shafts and the cutting wheel. The wheel has radiating grooves and ridges and a serrated zig-zig circumference. There is a central perforation through which an axle passes. The forked legs of the handle are still attached to the axle albeit bent backwards on one side. Only a small amount of the handle is left and the object has a light green patina Dimension: 34.83 long and 27.72mm wide, cutting wheel is 3.37mm thick. …
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-432166
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable copper alloy pastry jigger dating from the post medieval period, about AD 1600 - 1800. Only part of the forked attachment at each end, and the handle survives, with the wheels missing. The handle is oval in section and is divided into sections by collars and bulbous mouldings.  The arms are broken off and missing, but the top of the box for the wheel survives. There appears to have been a box and wheel at each end. Similar examples can be seen in Bailey's "Detector Finds", page 96, dated from the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. Compare&…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 1st May 2023
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Record ID: WMID-1D6CDB
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy object, likely part of a pastry jigger tool of the Post Medieval period (c. AD 1700-1800). The object is formed of an arm with a collar, which has a semi circular cross section. It has a worn break at the apex of the object. The arm then widens into a curved worn break. Slight decoration consisting of two horizontal incised lines is present at the start of where the object widens. Measurements: length 50.8mm, width of arm 5.8mm, width of the curved edge 15.1mm, thickness 4.7mm, weight 6.7 grams.  The object possibly opened out into…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Record ID: WAW-63501B
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy pastry jigger of Post Medieval date (AD 1700-1800). Only part of the terminal of the object remains. There is a rectangular cross-sectioned stem that flares sideways into a cross bar. The front has grooves and ridges forming a zig-zag, serrated edge. Beneath the serrated edge, there are the remnants of two indented lines on opposite sides of both the obverse and reverse of the object, which bear a similarity to those seen on pastry jiggers near where a trifoliate projection is found on the outer edges, akin to those found on SWYOR-624783 and WAW-F…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2023
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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: SUR-63902E
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy "pastry jigger" of 18th or 19th century date. One end has a T-shaped terminal, 44.1mm wide, with a crimped working edge and concave cusps behind. The shaft has a square cross section, 6mm wide with a decorative moulded collar half way along; the other terminal has a bent double-lugged fitting for a rotating wheel, now lost. Traces of an iron axis spindle remain in the loops.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7AD196
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy object, possibly a fragment of a pair of Post Medieval nutcrackers dating from AD 1750 - 1800. The object is a short ength of a solid cylindrical rod, moulded with a reel and collar motif. There is an old break at one end, and at the other is a transverse element of triangular cross-section. This is suggested to be the end of the grip for holding and crushing the nut. The length is 22.3mm, width 12.7mm, thickness 8.0mm and the weight is 7.37g. The metal has a grey green patina.  Compare HAMP-44A004 for a complete set of nutcrackers of similar…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-201E64
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, possibly the terminal of a handle of post medieval date (c. AD 1700 - 1800). A square sectioned shaft broadens into a cone or horn, decorated with incised lines, from which emerge two serpentine necks, with a flattened D-shaped section, each curving outwards then recurving to form an anchor-shaped hook or handle. The terminals are zoomorphic with dragonesque or aquiline heads. Feathers or scales are represented by incised lines, as are the eyes and nostrils. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The shaft tapers and terminates in an old break. …
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F667B3
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pastry jigger of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1800). The object is composed of the wheel of the instrument, the handle is missing. The wheel is roughly circular in shape with a serrated edge. Both faces have a grooved surface of repeating lines that radiate  inwards from the the circumference for aproximately half the jigger's radius, the inner half being flat bat a central small circular perforation (2.3mm diameter), to facilitate the attachment rivets to secure the wheel to the handle. The object has a brown and green …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-6031FD
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy pastry jigger dating to the post medieval period (1600-1800). The object is comprised of the cutting wheel and the lower portion of the handle. The cutting wheel is roughly circular in shape with a serrated edge. Both faces have a grooved surface of repeating lines that radiate from the centre. In the centre is a circular perforation through which is a rivet that secures the handle. The handle is U-shaped and covers one half of the wheel, at the top the U-shape comes together to form the main stem of the handle whichis missing. The base of the stem pres…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.