Record ID: IOW-0C8B8B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy and gilded military button (1803-c. 1808). A button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers of the Isle of Wight. The button is circular in plan, convex at the front. At the front it has a crown over initial letters in copperplate style: N L V (Newport Loyal Volunteers). This button is reddish brown and traces of gilding can be seen at the front. Diameter: 15.0mm; overall thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: xxg. Compare with a similar button of the Newport Loyal Volunteers: IOW-850409.
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7EC711
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn post-Medieval copper-alloy circular uniface coin-weight for an Angel (1604-1619). The front depicts a standing winged figure of St. Michael holding spear and spearing a dragon which he stands astride. The legs are unclear. The weight is a midi-green colour with patches of a darker green patina. The reverse is worn and plain. Diameter: 15.45mm; thickness: 3.2mm. Weight: 4.44g. (68.4 grains). ­­The Angel was a denomination first issued in 1464 and continued in use until the end of James I's reign in 1625. Weights were usually made for the minimum legal weigh…
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3E2CB0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy closed one-piece thimble (c. 1650-c. 1750). This thimble has straight tapering sides, a rounded top and a slightly thickened rim. The sides and top are covered in regularly-spaced sub-circular pits. The rim is plain and has a small dent. The inside is smooth. The thimble is drab green with traces of a dark green patina. This thimble is similar to Holmes (1988) Dutch type 1 (AD 1620-1650). A similar example is also shown in McConnel (1999:11, no.8) which is a late 17th century John Lofting style thimble. McConnel, B. 1999. The C…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-14CB5F
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Tombac (‘dandy’) two-piece button (c. 1700-c. 1800). The button is flat at the front with a down-turned edge and is concave at the back. The front is decorated with an engraved stylised flower head consisting of six petals interspersed with six sepals. There is a ‘star’ motif at the centre. A complete and separate iron attachment loop at the back is bent to one side. This button has a high white metal content and the loop is corroded. Diameter: 27.1mm; thickness: 2.4mm; thickness including loop: 9.1mm. Weight: 6.05g. …
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-02065A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy openwork buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This fragment is one corner of the frame. It is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The corner has a pair of conjoined ear-like features flanked by circular openings. Traces of a white metal coating can be seen in the crevices at the front. Length: 19.7mm; width: 15.0mm; thickness: 3.1mm. Weight: 2.77g. For openwork buckles, see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R .2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-01A8B2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1800). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section, flat at the front and rear. The top part is rectangular and rounded in side view. Below this part a similar indentation on both edges is filled with a small deposit of iron. The lower portion, with two steps at each edge, narrows in width towards a worn break. Height: 16.6mm; width: 11.8mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 5.78g. It is possible that the object is a spacer and that the indentations were pierced to accommodate wire.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-BE8C95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy mount (c. 1500-c. 1700). The object has an incomplete fleur-de-lis terminal with a transverse break at the opposite end. There is also a break along one edge. At the centre of the fleur a circular rivet hole has a diameter of 1.9mm. The hole is burred at the rear. The front is decorated with a ‘V’-shaped panel defined by two inscribed parallel grooves. The panel is filled with a pair of parallel lines of contiguous stamped annulets. This mount has a green patina. Length: 41.4mm; width: 38.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Wei…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-AFC32E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a post-Medieval copper-alloy buckle (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork fragment is from the centre of one of the sides and incorporates a hole for a separate spindle. At the front, above the hole, are two opposed shell-like motifs. This buckle is greenish brown and was white metal coated. Length: 21.5mm; width: 9.9mm; thickness: 4.0mm. Weight: 2.55g. For openwork buckles of this date see Whitehead 2003: 107. Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-ADB925
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete post-Medieval copper-alloy and glass ‘fob’ seal matrix (c. 1700-c. 1800). This seal matrix is composed of a copper-alloy frame holding a glass die and a copper-alloy handle. The die is blank and has not been engraved. The die is made of white glass which is chipped and discoloured to a buff colour. It is secured in the rectangular frame. The base of the frame has a raised design consisting of buds and tendrils. The frame is bevelled at the top and has regularly spaced radiating grooves on the bevelled part. From the frame rises a decorated handle…
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-9A0195
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-hooked object, possibly a havette (c. 1500-c. 1650). This object is broadly 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the underside. One end has a complete down-turned hook and the other end has a break. On the upper face three knobs are evenly spaced and the break has occurred through a knob. The object has a dull green patina. Length: 44.0mm; width: 5.0mm; overall thickness: 9.9mm. Weight: 2.73g. Assuming that the object had three knobs, it can be estimated that the original length would have been about 57.0mm. Thi…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-98AC56
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded post-Medieval copper-alloy component from a hooked sword belt fitting or hanger (c. 1500-c. 1700). The tip of the hook is missing. The fitting is an inverted shield-shaped plate in plan and has a forward projecting hook. The plate is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The hook is sub-oval in cross-section. The front face has a moulded foliate decoration that is mainly unclear due to corrosion. There are the remains of three iron rivets in the plate, two in the corners of the hook end and one which is centrally placed at the opposite en…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-567A68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy shoe buckle frame (c. 1720-c. 1790). This openwork frame is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. The openings are sub-circular as well as elongated sub-rectangular. At the centre of the surviving outside edge there is a rosette motif which is flanked by grooves in low relief (It can be assumed that there would have been a similar motif on the missing outside edge). Other decoration on the upper surface is unclear. Two holes on the underside accommodated a separate spindle to secure the missing pin and bar (chape). Each hole is surrou…
Created on: Sunday 26th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-ED8B4B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount (c. 1600-c. 1700). The mount is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear except for two spikes. It is pointed at one end and has an elongated knop at the opposite end. At the rear are two integral tapering spikes, one at each end, which are circular in cross-section. This mount is drab green. There is no decoration or surface treatment. Height: 25.65mm; width: 8.73mm; thickness: 5.60mm. Weight: 1.40g. A similar mount has been illustrated by Read 2001: 29, fig. 22, ref: 330 …
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-7127FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy mount resembling an acorn (c. 1600-c. 1700). Most of each spike is missing. The mount is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The cupola is cross-hatched at the front and the nut has inscribed curving lines. At the rear are the stubs of two spikes, one at each end. These are circular in cross-section. The 'stalk' is intact at the bottom. This mount is reddish brown and at the front there are traces of a green patina and gilding. Height: 43.05mm; width: 25.09mm; overall thickness: 6.20mm. Weight: 9.02g. Mounts in…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-06CF27
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHY TO BE COMPLETED ON RECEIPT OF FIND. IOW2020-2-39 An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy probable candle snuffer (c. 1700-c. 1900). This snuffer is made of sheet copper-alloy and is conical in form, pointed at the top. It has a vertical joining seem extending its full length. Parallel circumferential grooves form decoration at the top and bottom Length: c. 68.0mm.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-DBB4EB
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible post-Medieval copper-alloy and gilded unidentified object (c. 1500-c. 1900). This object is moulded at the front and flat at the rear. It is roughly lozenge-shaped in plan with four projections, one at each side, one at the bottom and one at the top. Three projections seem to be complete and the top one is in form of a transverse break. The front has a single ring-and-dot motif. The ring is pierced for an iron pin/rivet which is present but incomplete. This object is green and corroded. Traces of gilding can be seen at the front. Length: 16.0mm; w…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-B4FE42
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and pierced post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg rose/orb jetton with illegible inscriptions (c. 1500-c. 1650). Obverse: [ ]; Central rose surrounded by three crowns and three fleurs arranged centrifugally and alternately. Reverse: [ ]; Orb surmounted by a cross pattée in a double tressure of three arches with external points between the lobes. Diameter: 23.0mm. Weight: 1.51g. This jetton has been pierced at about 12 o’ clock on the reverse with a circular hole, 0.9mm in diameter.
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-994059
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg rose/orb jetton issued by Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635). Compare with Mitchiner 1988: 441, ref: 1542. Obverse: HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR; Central rose surrounded by three crowns and three fleurs arranged centrifugally and alternately. Initial mark: rosette. Reverse: GOTES REICH BLIBT EWICK ('God's Kingdom endures for ever'); Orb surmounted by a cross pattée in a double tressure of three arches with external points between the lobes. Initial Mark: rosette. Diameter: 21.5mm. Weight: 1.26g. DA=12:12. Mitchiner, M. …
Created on: Sunday 5th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: IOW-3B097D
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy handle (finger-loop) from a saucer-type candle holder or chamber stick (c. 1700-c. 1900). This object is in the form of a loop which is sub-rectangular in cross-section, a thumb-rest and a bracket. With the forefinger through the loop (outer diameter: 23.7mm) and the thumb resting on the oval flat plate (16.3mm x 9.1mm), the short projection comfortably rests against the second finger. A second projection is integral with an oval bracket (25.0mm x 10.4mm) which secured the handle to the saucer. The bracket is curved enabling it to fit against th…
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-FAC3C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or post-Medieval copper alloy mount or stud (c. 1400-c. 1700). The lozenge-shaped mount is moulded at the front and flat at the rear except for the stub of an integral spike. At each corner there is a rounded knop. The object is corroded with specks of iron staining. Length: 25.7mm; width: 17.8mm; thickness: 3.0mm. Weight: 2.50g. A similar mount excavated in London is decorated with pellets and has been dated c. 1350-1400 (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 200, fig. 125, ref: 1078). Read (2001, 27, fig. 17, ref: 352) dates a similar mount with pellets f…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
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