Record ID: CORN-B20737
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stamped lead alnage cloth seal of Charles II (1660-1685), consisting of two sub-circular discs joined by a folded connecting strip. The obverse face bears the image in relief of the bust of Charles II facing right. On the reverse is the image of a crowned thistle with the letter 'I' in the left field, but nothing to the right where the duty in pence is normally represented. The images on both sides are contained within a circular border of incuse rays. There also appears to be part of a border of stamped beading around the rays on the obverse, but parts of the edges are miss…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-300934
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight, rectangular in plan and profile, and flat in section. It has been incised at one end with the letters 'M' and 'N' which might refer to someone's initials. The top face has also been incised with a single horizontal line down the middle of the weight. Small flat lead rectangular or square weights are often termed 'Apothecary weights' which were used from the 15th to the 17th centuries, once the mass of the English penny declined steeply and the current penny could no longer be used as a substitute for a weight, especially for sensitive purposes such as making medic…
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-B357D6
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast lead papal bulla of Pope Clement VI (1342-1352), with the name in relief CLE/MENS/PP VI on the reverse, a floret above and below. The small floret at the start of the text, and the reversed bar to the 'N' are characteristic of bullae of Clement VI. The obverse is very worn and only a few pellets remain that would have formed part of the border and surrounded the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul, to the left and right of a cross in the centre. Bullae of Clement VI are relatively frequent and mark an upsurge in the use of papal documents about the time of the Black Death. …
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-7D5157
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead token with the letters 'A H' on the obverse and the letters 'T C' on the reverse. Fletcher (2003) illustrates similar tokens with initials on them on page 31, which are dated to the Medieval period, c.1300-1500.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A6EB84
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead continental cloth seal decorated with an ornate 'A', with annulets above, below and to the sides, on one face of the seal, and a pinecone, on a lentoid base with side projections, on the opposite face. The pinecone represents the heraldic device for the city of Augsburg, in Germany, and the 'A' confirms the provenance as the first letter of the place name. The seal was used for 'fustians', a mixed linen and cotton fabric, and one of the most commonly imported textiles during the 16th and early 17th centuries. The trade to England from Augsburg ended during the Thirty Year's …
Created on: Friday 14th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-A761C6
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alnage cloth seal with the head of King George I (1714-1727), within a border of rays, on one face of the seal, and a crowned thistle with 1 to the left, within a border of rays, on the opposite face. Egan (1994), illustrates two similar examples on page 179, Fig. 28, Nos.157 & 191.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A78AA6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead token with the letters 'R' and 'N' either side of pellet within a riased border on the obverse and 'R N' on the reverse. The letters probably represent the initials of the owner. Fletcher (2003) illustrates similar examples with lettering, pellets and borders on page 31, which are dated to the Medieval period. Bailey (2000), illustrates a similar example on page 13, Fig.13, which is dated to the Post-medieval period.
Created on: Friday 14th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-E790D6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead trade weight or net weight, oval in plan and flat in profile, with an integral attachment loop with a perforation hole of about 7 mm in diameter. This is not a standing weight, as it has no base, so it must have been meant to hang from its suspension loop. It is 31 mm in length, 20 mm in width and 5 mm in thickness at it base and 3 mm in thickness at its attachment loop. The weight weighs about 16.59 grams which equates to about two thirds of an ounce averdepois. Biggs & Withers (2000) illustrate a more cylindrical example on page 33, No.78. Bailey (DF2) also illustrate…
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0EA871
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped lead cloth seal of four-disc form: Disc 1: a tripartite motif with the number 24 below, which is presumably the length of the cloth in yards as measured. Disc 2: the initials of the alnager: TB to the sides of a flower (perhaps a pun on the surname - ? = Bloom/Blossom etc.) surrounded by a ring of pellets, with the legend 'HAMSHIRE' around the outside. Disc 3: a crowned heraldic rose. Disc 4: 'searched' written as SER/CHE/D. This seal dates from the 17th century, c.1600-1650 (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0F1686
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal of four-disc form, stamped on the inner discs, with the initial of the alnager: 'S' surrounded by the word 'HAMPSHIRE' inside a raised ring border: the other disc is stamped with a bird within a shield, which is in turn also within a ring border. The bird has a hooked beak and bells on its legs, above the claws, suggesting that it is meant to portray a hawk or a bird of prey. This seal dates from the 17th century (Geoff Egan pers comm).
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2E0AF4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead palm guard for a leather worker's palm. The guard is oval in plan and slightly plano-convex in profile. The shape is said to suggest that they were moulded in oyster shells. There is a slight circular depression or indentation, about the size of a finger-tip, in the upper face of the guard. This would have been wrapped in leather with a hole in it to match the depression in the lead. Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar example on page 65, Fig.2, which is dated to the 17th century.
Created on: Friday 20th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th January 2015
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Record ID: CORN-6EEB43
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped lead cloth seal of George I (1714-1727), with the head of George I on the obverse and the one and a half on either side of the horse on the reverse symbolising the duty in pence. Egan (1994) illustrates a similar example on page 179, Fig.28, No.161.
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-780E65
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead fishing weight, lozenge-shaped in plan and semi-circular in profile and section, with tapering ends, which have been pinched or worn by the use of suspension sting at either end, around the protruding knops. This weight was most likely tied into fishing nets, due to its size and shape, and are commonly found in Cornwall, but are difficult to date.
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-781981
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead gaming piece or weight, square in plan and sub-pyramidal in profile and section, with a central groove which might have been used for suspension or the shape may represent a keep or castle if it was used as a gaming piece. As its weight equates to a little over one ounce (1.03 oz), this suggests that it might have more likely been used as a weight. Biggs and Withers (2000) illustrate two similar weights on page 33, No.79, which is an irregular pyramid, and No.84 which is a square pyramid that might be a gaming piece instead.
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2C3F24
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead free-standing pendent weight, triangular in plan and profile and rectangular in section, like a triangular prism, with a circular suspension hole, 4.5mm in diameter, in the upper half of the weight. The weight weighs 33g which is considerably more than one ounce avoirdupois, but is closer to an English troy ounce which is 31.1g. Biggs & Withers (2000) illustrate similar triangular prism weights on page 31, Nos.67-8, which are probably Medieval in date. Egan (2005) illustrates a similar free-standing pendent weight with a circular suspension hole on page 164, Fig.1…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-4FC811
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead net weight, circular in plan and biconical in profile and section, with tapering ends and a circular perforation, 5mm in diameter at one end, and 7 mm at the other, which runs throughout the length of the weight. This weight was most likely used with fishing nets, due to its size and shape, which are commonly found in Cornwall, but are difficult to date. Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar example of a net weight for catching game on page 34, No.60. Egan (2005) illustrates a cruder tubular net weight on page 158, Fig.154, No.819a, which is dated to the 16th …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-4FD397
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead conical free-standing steelyard weight or poise with iron square-section shank,4mm thick, protruding from the top of the weight and running through the weight towards the base, to within 12mm of the base, where there is a circular hole, about 5mm in diameter and 12mm deep. It weighs 81.73g which equates to about three ounces avoirdupois. Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar example of a free-standing steelyard weight with an iron loop at the top on page 31, No.4. Egan (2005) illustrates and lists conical free-standing pendent weights with similar diameters…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-3CB021
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stamped lead alnage or subsidy seal with four round discs held together by one circular rivet. One inner disc depicts an inverted portcullis surmounted by a lion couchant, though only the legs remain, within a raised circle. Beyond this disc the looped connecting strip is broken but still extant. On the back of this disc there are the raised letters: WTP, which are probably the initials of the alnager or the weaver / clothier. Egan (1995) illustrates a similar seal with a lion over portculllis on page 159, Fig.8, No.10, dated to 1681, which is from a series for Exeter with …
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Record ID: CORN-3D1585
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight or plummet, trapezoidal in plan and profile, and square in section, with a large lentoid aperture, 13 mm in length and 7 mm in width, for suspending a rope. The weight was probably used at the end of a rope to measure the number of fathoms down from the edge of a boat to the sea bed. The term 'swinging the lead' is used to describe this procedure and has come to mean a lazy sailor because the sailor would swing the lead and only drop it overboard when he was being watched. This example looks cruder and smaller than those seen on-line, which may mean that it…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
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Record ID: CORN-51DF24
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead circular mount with a moulded lion's face and mane on its upper surface within a field with a circular border. Beyond this border the edge is bevelled. The lion's face is in high relief, with defined eyebrows and recessed eyes, but the mane is set back, flush with the border. The mane has two annulets above the eyebrows, which are presumably meant to represent ears. On the flat lower face, at the cardinal points of N and S, project two differing lengths of iron wire, evidently the means by which this object was fixed. This iron pin is cast into the lead, but another pin or l…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2011
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