Record ID: CORN-F4DE05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper halfpenny of William and Mary (1688-1694), dated 1694 on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D4E043
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver denarius of Elagabalus (218-222), TR P II = AD 219, mint of Rome
Created on: Monday 24th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2F0ED5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy strap mount, missing its hook at one end, with openwork decoration in the form of a trefoil plate with three apertures: two circular and one lozenge-shaped. There are two iron rivets still in the rivet holes at either end of the mount, one within a semi-circular terminal and the other within a rounded terminal, with a worn and broken bifurcate collar, which would have originally extended into the hook. The hook would have held a ring which would have suspended a secondary object from the strap that the mount was riveted to. See IOW-0A0576 for a similar e…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2013
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Record ID: CORN-34BFB7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-medieval copper alloy mount in the form of an acorn. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front it has a horizontal groove dividing the fruit from the 'cupule' or cupped base. There is a short, rounded 'stalk' at the bottom and an equivalent round decoration at the top, both separated from the main design by a horizontal groove. Both faces are reddish brown with small patches of green patina. There is no indication of any surface treatment. At the rear are the remains of two lugs, one close to each end of the mount; one lug is bent but …
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-34D424
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-plated copper alloy dandy button dating from the 18th century, 34 mm in diameter, 1 mm thick and weight 7.49 g. The button is decorated with a circle of 14 raised dots, each about 1.5 mm in diameter, about half-way between the circumference and the centre point; the dots have been punched into the metal from the opposite side. Otherwise there is no pattern on either surface of the button. The front face, with the raised dots, has been silvered; the silver coating is largely intact apart from having been rubbed away on the surfaces of the 14 dots and for around 0.5 mm around t…
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-34DCBB
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy composite three-piece button with a separate drawn iron wire shank or attachment loop. The upper surface is domed and is decorated with an incised pattern made of four intersecting pairs of arcs resulting in a design similar to a Canterbury cross, although lacking the square at the centre of the cross. The resulting 'flared' arms of the cross have been further decorated by the incision of nested V shapes within each arm of the cross. The surface bears traces of possible gilding. The reverse of the button is flat and is pitted with corrosion and the rusted remains o…
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-34E863
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy discoidal domed button, circular in plan and 11.4 mm in diameter, with a convex front and flat back with an integral drilled shank that is 9 mm long. The aperture of the simple looped shank is 3 mm in diameter. Read (2005) illustrates a similar plain button on page 60, no.227, which is dated from the 16th century. Bailey (2004) illustrates a small Tudor button with a similar profile and attachment loop on page 23, fig.7.6, which is dated from the late 15th century to the 16th century.
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-28CD28
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy one-piece button, circular in plan and flat in profile, with an integral fastening loop at the back. The face of the button is decorated with an incised six-petalled flower backed with six pointed leaves. The petals have parallel incised lines running transversely through them. The rosette is surrounded by an incised circular border, following the edge of the button. The back of the button has a circular copper alloy attachment loop with an aperture that is 4 mm in diameter. Read (2005) illustrates a button with the same pattern on page 79, no.324, which is dated …
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-28D202
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper double loop spectacle buckle and part of the pin, now bent into a V-shape in profile. There are moulded knops at either end of the strap bar. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the frame and the knops have raised lozenge-shaped mouldings. The frame is D-shaped in section, with a flat base and convex upper face. The outer edges of the frame are slightly expanded, and the inner edges are vertical. The pin has broken off about half way down its original length as it tapers towards the point, now missing. The pin is wrapped around the strap bar and is 3.5 mm w…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
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Record ID: CORN-28D831
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper double-looped spectacle buckle with only most of one loop surviving. The frame is D-shaped in section where it is broken with a convex upper face and a straight-sided inner edge. At the outer edge of the extant loop there is a rounded knop with a moulded rosette on the upper face. The pin, bar and other matching loop are all missing. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar complete example on p.66, no.408, which is dated from c.1550-1650.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-28E140
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy single-looped, sub-rectangular buckle frame with a narrowed strap bar, concave sides with bifid mouldings, and a rounded outer edge with an elaborate moulded pin notch of three oblique grooves, but missing its pin. The upper face of the frame has patches of black lacquer and the base of the frame is internally bevelled. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar buckle frame on page 28, no.146, which is dated from c.1500-1650.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-28F4DA
Object type: EWER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy ewer foot, semi-circular in section at the broken end, with a slightly everted but worn toe. The broken end would have originally widened to a curved flat terminal that would have attached to the body of the vessel. The foot is triangular in profile and worn but meant to look like the hoof of an animal. There are patches of black organic material still adhering to the surface of the leg, which was burnt on when the skillet was standing near the fire. Margeson (1993) illustrates similar ewer legs and feet on page 92, fig.59, nos.568-569, which are dated …
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-28F98D
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead gaming counter with four punched, recessed squares, 3 mm squared, set into one face. The back of the disc has circular blisters where the punch has pushed through, as the disc is only 2-3 mm thick. Egan (2005) illustrates two similar lead discs from London on page 163, fig.160, nos.836-7. No.836 has two rows of four stamped squares, and is dated from c.1530-1570, and no.837 has five stamped voided circles and is dated from c.1675-1700. These are both slightly heavier than the disc here, and are listed as lay (pan) weights, but are considered too light for any obvious stan…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Saturday 17th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-290633
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver shilling of Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint under Parliament (1643-1648), Group F, sixth large Briot's bust type 4.4 with stellate lace collar and double-arched crown, mintmark eye (1645), Spink 2800.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Saturday 17th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6BC1A8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead conical free-standing steelyard weight or poise with a flat base, that is pentagonal in plan but the sides are very worn and irregular so are less defined into five sections. There is a cylindrical perforation running vertically through the weight. The perforation would have probably held an iron shank that would have been used for suspension and attached the weight to a steelyard. The conical form is not symmetrical in profile, with the apex off centre to one side. The aperture just below the apex of the cone is 5 mm in diameter and the aperture at the base is wider, oval a…
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6BEBD7
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a chafing dish where the edge of the rim would have been approximately 320 mm in diameter. The fragment has a flat topped everted rim that is 16 mm wide with parallel oblique incised lines that are equally spaced about 2.5 mm apart across the top surface. The interior surface of the vessel has horizontal turning marks and three parallel vertical lines engraved running down from the rim, spaced 23 mm apart, so that they look deliberate. On the exterior of the fragment there appear to be traces of an attachment, possibly a handle, with a slight thicke…
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6C1FDD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate iron spindle. The spindle survives within the iron oxide, but the pin is missing. The frame is symmetrical in plan with concave sides and is moulded at the front and plain at the back with bevelled inner edges. When viewed from the side, it has a curved profile, which may mean it was likely to have been a shoe buckle. Above each spindle hole there is a moulded lozenge, with a scroll on either side which terminate in a roundel and arch outwards. At either end of the buckle the frame curves …
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-6C3ED9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double-loop, trapezoidal buckle with moulded outer edges consisting of two outer lobes at each end of the buckle on either side of a pointed triangular projection. The pointed centre of the edge of each loop is engraved with a notch, for the pin to rest on. There is an engraved transverse line across the upper surface of each outer edge of the frame at the base of and at right angles to the pin notch. The pin bar is narrowed and flush with the frame, with a small knop on either end. The pin is missing and one side of one of the loops is broken. The inner edges of the…
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-6C654A
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hooked mount, probably from a sword belt, ovoid in plan and slightly domed in profile, with a trefoil terminal at one end and a circular hook at the opposite end. The upper face of the mount is engraved with a design of curved feathers and punched with ring and dot motifs. The attachment knop is ovoid with a circular terminal. There is an iron rivet still extant in the knopped terminal and also what might be the remains of an iron plate on the back of the mount has at the hooked end, retaining traces of leather underneath, but the iron oxide makes it difficult to ide…
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2016
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Record ID: CORN-F4DBE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irish silver shilling of James I as King of Ireland (1603-1626), First coinage (1603-4) with title ANG SCO FRA ET HIB REX, second bust with pointed beard and martlet mintmark, Spink 6513.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
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