Record ID: CAM-F7DBF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Halfgroat, pierced with 2.5 mm hole through top right corner of shield. Very worn. Elizabeth I, first or second coinage, North 1987 or 1999. 1558-1572. Diameter 17 mm, weight 0.87g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F7F433
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
James I penny. Incomplete flan. Mintmarks illegible. Second coinage, 1604-19. North 2106/1. Diameter 14 mm, weight 0.33g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F901C8
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large spherical bell made from cast copper alloy. The loop at the top is rectangular and now blocked with iron corrosion. The upper half of the bell has two circular sound holes but otherwise is undecorated. The lower half has two circular sound holes joined by a long slot. The slot is outlined with a narrow engraved line. In the centre of the lower half is a double-line circle divided into by the slot. The two half-circles each have an engraved letter within, G above the slot and W below. Five groups of lines radiate from each half of the circle, reaching nearly to the seam.…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F914A0
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy spherical bell. The loop at the top is rectangular externally and a small D-shape internally. There are two sound holes in the top half and two in the bottom half, joined by a long slot; the holes are arranged so that there is one in each quarter of the bell. Both halves are decorated with a very worn grooved pattern of radiating petal shapes, there being about four in each of the spaces between the holes. The slot is also outlined with a similar narrow groove. The junction between the two halves is marked by a slightly raised and now very worn seam. The copper a…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F98043
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rose-orb type, Hanns Krauwinckel II (1586-1635), pierced; 2 mm hole pushed through from reverse to obverse. Diameter 21 mm, weight 1.16g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
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Record ID: CAM-F99FD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy buckle with central iron bar, now almost completely corroded away. One loop was originally D-shaped with a rounded interior and pointed exterior to the outer edge; the other loop was originally rectangular. The sides swell slightly in the centre to accommodate the hole drilled for the bar. The buckle is undecorated and dates to the 17th century. It measures 27 x 20 mm and is 4 mm thick at most. It weighs 3.81g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F9AE65
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy disc, 27 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick. In the centre of one face is a circular boss 8 mm in diameter, surrounded by a broad groove. There is a border around with relief decoration of eight stylised leaves, probably derived from acanthus leaf ornament. The other face is flat and undecorated with no apparent means of attachment. The decoration looks broadly neo-classical and so the object is probably 18th century, but its function is uncertain. 19.24g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-F9C536
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat circular button made in one piece from a dark grey copper alloy. The loop is now largely broken away. The front is decorated with engraved curves and short lines; similar decoration is known from well-dated furniture fittings and dates this button to the 17th century. Diameter 29 mm, weight 7.87g.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-FA0654
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hook-piece from a small flat rectangular book-clasp, made from a brownish copper alloy. The hook is narrow and springs from a slightly expanded square area decorated with some very faint longitudinal grooves. These fade out further down the object where there is a small copper-alloy rivet. The grooves then return and there are two further rivet holes, both now empty, before the clasp flares slightly into a shaped end, one corner of which is now missing. The object is now slightly bent but the original length was 51 mm; it is 8 mm wide for most of its length, but slightly wider at b…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-FA3BF3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very chunky circular button made from a heavily leaded cast copper alloy. The button is thick, flat and nearly circular, 27 x 29 mm, and is decorated with a central larger boss surrounded by 8 smaller bosses. The central boss has a slight projection on the top. The flat reverse has a bold casting seam and a large squarish central projecting lug with a small circular perforation in the centre. The thickness with the lug is 15 mm. It weighs 20.8g and probably dates to the 17th century.
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAM-A1A4A8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Catch-piece from a 17th-century dress fastener, made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating. It consists of a large central oval plate with a rectangular loop at one end and a small pierced D-shaped lobe, with terminal projection, at the other. Similar pierced D-shaped lobes are found on either side, set slightly closer to the rectangular loop than to the other end. One is complete and one is now broken and incomplete (fresh break). The dress fastener is decorated with a pattern of incised lines which radiate out from the centre of the rectangular loop, forming perhaps a plant-l…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Record ID: CAM-A1CE16
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rose/orb jetton, now very worn but looking like an issue of Hanns Krauwinckel II (1586-1635). 19 mm in diameter, weight 0.53g. Obverse: one crown and one lis, of an original three of each, can be clearly seen around a rose. The inscription is unreadable. Reverse: orb with cross on top, within a double-strand trefoil with a point in each angle. The inscription begins GOTE...
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Record ID: CAM-A1EF24
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spherical bell made from cast copper alloy. The loop at the top is rectangular externally and oval internally. The upper half of the bell has two circular sound holes and extremely worn decoration of radiating grooves, probably originally petal shapes. The lower half has two circular sound holes joined by a long slot; part of the bell's body by one of the lower sound holes has cracked away. The lower half has extremely worn fish-scale decoration. The four sound holes are spaced evenly around the circumference and the two halves are joined by a raised seam. The pea survives, and is not…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Record ID: CAM-A1FB46
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spherical bell made from cast copper alloy. The loop at the top is rectangular externally and circular internally. The upper half of the bell has two circular sound holes, both blocked by iron corrosion. It also has extremely worn decoration of radiating grooves, probably originally petal shapes. The lower half has two circular sound holes joined by a long slot. Part of the bell's body, between one of the upper and one of the lower sound holes, has cracked away. The lower half has extremely worn fish-scale decoration. The four sound holes are spaced evenly around the circumference and…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Record ID: CAM-A20297
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated copper-alloy mount with a short cylindrical stub on the reverse. The disc has a flat centre with relief decoration which is now very worn. The reconstruction of the original design depends on which way up the disc is held, but a plausible suggestion is that it represents a horse or dog, looking to the right with two thick forelegs. A tree branch curves up from underneath the forelegs, around and over the back legs and rump of the horse to end behind its head. The branch looks a bit like a laurel wreath and gives a classical feel to the design. Around this central decorated p…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd August 2014
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Record ID: CAM-86A5C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy buckle from a sword belt. The lower edge survives, together with part of the central bar, which ends in an integral suspension loop turned at right angles; this suspension loop would originally have held a hook fixed onto a scabbard. The buckle would originally have had two rectangular loops, and as the lower corner of one survives, an original length of c. 32 mm can be reconstructed. The cross-section of the surviving loops, and the suspension loop, is rectangular; the cross-section of the bar is roughly circular. The fragment weighs 3.99g. Sword belts wi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-860E56
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Jetton of Rose/orb type, very worn and with fragmentary edges. Issued by Hans Krauwinckel II, working 1586-1635.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-8760E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Groat of Mary I. Obverse worn almost completely flat. On the reverse, two quarters of a shield bearing fleurs-de-lis can just be seen, together with some of the inscription VERITA/S TEM/[PORIS FILIA] (Truth, the daughter of Time). A mintmark intended to represent a pomegranate appears between VERITAS and TEMPORIS. North 1960. 1553-4. Diameter 22 mm, weight 1.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CAMHER-87FA22
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Outer edge of a buckle frame, made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating on both faces. The exterior is smoothly curved and has a grooved border. The inner edge is incurved to produce a loop which is kidney-shaped internally. The reverse is slightly concave. Surviving width 43 mm, length of fragment 17 mm, weight 6.89g. This fragment is from a double-looped buckle frame similar to that illustrated by Ross (Buckles 1250-1800) nos. 440 and 571. 17th or early 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-51A14D
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late medieval or early post-medieval copper-alloy purse frame, now very worn. It is L-shaped in cross-section, with one arm of the L being D-shaped in cross-section and thicker and wider, and the other slimmer and trapezoidal in cross-section, tapering away from the junction with the other arm. The fragment is broken across a circular hole at either end; both holes are in the thinner, narrower part of the frame. The convex outer face of the chunkier arm is decorated with very worn engraving which would originally probably have been filled with niello; the design is of repe…
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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