Record ID: LON-E69633
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy incomplete buckle (1600-1650). This is a double-looped buckle with moulded rosettes on the outer edges and lobes at the junctions between the frame and the cross bar. The pin is missing. A very similar buckle is illustrated by Margeson (1993:30 no.174) and dated to 1600-1650. Dimensions: length: 44.31mm; width: 26.06mm; thickness: 2.04mm; weight: 6.44g. Reference: Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 17th June 2017
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Record ID: LON-915B21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast gilded silver keystone garnet disc brooch, comprising one half of the original disc, broken off across the central line. The pin is missing, but the broken remains of the pierced integral pin lug and catch-plate survive on the back of the brooch, perpendicular to the edge. The surviving decoration on the front of the brooch comprises two (of potentially three) keystone cloisonné settings (one partially broken) containing red stones, presumably garnets, backed by hatched gold foils. These alternate with trapezoidal fields containing small, highly…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Record ID: LON-8FBF4C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Lower Palaeolithic small, bifacially worked, flint handaxe of cordate type dating c. 400,000-150,000BC. The handaxe was found on the foreshore and consequently is rolled and abraded with a small amount of edge damage. There is invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The butt and mid portion of the axe is thick and it then tapers to a rounded point. The cross section is lentoid (pointed oval). The flint has an orange patina. There is some damage to the butt with two large flakes missing. The patina has reformed over one of these suggesting the damage occured in …
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Record ID: LON-5279B8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman silver finger ring dating 3rd - 4th century AD. The finger ring has an oval raised bezel with decorative angular shoulders. The gem stone or glass setting is missing from the bezel but there are the remains of a white cement surviving. The angular shoulders are decorated with three stamped chevrons. The band has a rounded triangular cross-section and the profile of the finger ring shows the band forming an oval. There is a crack through the band opposite the centre of the bezel. Vindolanda Type XV, Henig type Xb. Dimensions: Length of band: 19.67; length of bezel:…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-671726
Object type: BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver box dating to the mid - late 18th century. This box was probably a snuff box or a patch box but Hazel Forsyth believes a snuff box is more likely. The box is oval in plan with curved walls. The lid is hinged and there are two oval facets; one on each side wall. These oval facets are plain without the engraved decoration that covers the rest of the surface. The lid is decorated with an engraved scene which depicts a church and other buildings in the background; there is a large sunflower in the foreground and a ornate sun with ornate rays in the sky. The walls of…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: LON-C79603
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A composite gold button consisting of a flat disc with applied septfoil decoration on one face and a drawn wire loop attachment on the other. The decoration takes the form of a flower and is made up of a central knop where the seven ‘petals’, made of thin sheets of gold, join. A double row of braided wire forms the border around the circumference. Dimensions: Thickness: 3.24mm Diameter: 10.51mm Weigh: 0.66g Discussion: Discoidal flat and convex buttons made of lead/tin-alloy and copper-alloy, with various designs on their faces, are listed in Read (2008: 76-93) an…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: LON-28003D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coiled ring, possibly a finger-ring, of post medieval to modern date (see 'Discussion'). It is made from a silver strip with a triangular cross-section and coiled with five turns into a spiral. The ends of the strip are cut with no further shaping. Stamped decoration is visible on the external surface of the ring, comprising a repeating pattern of small triangular motifs along both edges. The pattern starts on the second turn, faint to begin with but becoming more pronounced on the third turn; it then fades and changes into a hammered appearance on the fourth turn that itself…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2018
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Record ID: LON-278159
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver penny from the Commonwealth (AD1649-1660). North 2729. Tower of London mint. This coin is perforated near the edge above the top of the shields on the obverse and reverse. There is also a crack in the coin. Dimensions: diameter: 13.10mm; weight: 0.42g.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-EA71A7
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval leather inner sole dating 17th - 18th century. This inner sole has a rounded heel, narrowing around the arch and then flaring for the ball of the foot before ending in a square toe. There are the impressions from the bracing threads where the shoe was stitched together. There are also holes around the entire outer edge for stictches. Dating from Goubitrz, van Driel-Murray and Groenman-van Waateringe (2001:82 and285). Dimensions: length: 238mm; width: 72mm; thickness: mm; diameter: 5mm; weight: 50.28g. Goubitz, O., van Driel-Murray, C and Groenman-van Waatering…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-E960F2
Object type: MONEY BOX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval ceramic sherd comprising a knop, probably Borderware, probably from a money box dating late 16th - late 17th century. This fragment comprises an ornamental knop at the top of a long neck, the knop is made up of three concentric ridges tapering towards the peak. The peak has a central depression. Small traces of a clear glaze survive in the grooves in between the ridges and on the long neck. Pearce (1992:37) writes about money boxes with similar shaped knops but none have as long a neck. She suggests a date range of late 16th - late 17th century for the money boxes.…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-E8DA62
Object type: MUG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval ceramic rim sherd from a stoneware mug, from Frechen, Germany, dating to the late 16th century. The rim sherd includes an applied lion-mask on the neck. The sherd is a dark grey stoneware, the surface has a brown iron wash under a coarse speckled salt-glaze. Complete mugs with similar lion masks are illustrated in Gaimster (1997:214 no.53-54) no. 53 dates c1580-1590 and no. 54 is dated 1594. Dimensions: weight: 25.38g. Reference: Gaimster, D. 1997. German Stoneware 1200-1900. Archaeology and Cultural History. British Museum Press, London.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-E873E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval silver coin of either Philip IV of Spain (AD 1621-1665) or Charles II of Spain (AD 1665-1700). This is the local coinage in Valencia. The edges are irregular and have been clipped. Parallel records on the PAS database: LON-5C7313, LON-5BE3B3, LON-CB9685. Dimensions: diameter: 13.31mm; weight: 0.69g.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: LON-E8365E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from Southwark dated AD1651. Williamson (1891 no. 79). Dimensions: diameter: 1.12mm; weight: 15.78g Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1891. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol. II. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-AB5E8D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy unit probably of Cunobelin dating late 1st century BC - early AD 1st century. Dimensions: diameter: 11.26mm; weight: 1.12g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-AB48C3
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy toy watch dating AD 1700-1750. The front surface is cast with the pattern of the watch face, the back is blank. On the front surface moving from outside to inside, it has an outer circular section of a floral pattern and then a beaded ring and then the chapter ring which is marked with roman numerals, then a simple line ring, the next ring is hard to decipher if there is a pattern or if it is plain and then there is another beaded ring and finally the integrally cast hands which are arranged to show 6 o'clock. This toy has been folded and stra…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-AAFA9A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy button or cufflink dating 17th - 18th century. The object is a disc with an integral loop for attachment. The shape of the loop is distorted. The front surface of the object is decorated with a cast pattern of four hearts arranged at the cardinal points with their points directed to the centre of the object. There is a raised linear border. A button, with a similar pattern but the button itself is a slightly different shape, is recorded on the database NMS-3A56A6 with a suggested date of 17th century. Dimensions: diameter: 15.81mm; weight: 1.77g.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-AAC05E
Object type: DIE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval bone cuboid dice dating 16th - 18th century. The numbers are indicated by a double circle and dot motifs; they are arranged so the opposite sides add up to 7. The sides are in the arrangement known as Potter's variant 16. Egan (1997:3) writes "A remarkable degree of uniformity is emerging in London for the most recent excavated dice, that is those of the 16th/17th century and later, first noticed among a group of over 40 of various sizes and with numbers indicated by double-circle-and-cot, circle-and-dot or dot alone, all of 17th - 18th century date and found at …
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-AA18B7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy toy watch, dating late 17th century - early 18th century. This is a Forsyth & Egan (2005) Type 5 watch, being a single side from a double-sided domed watch. It is convex on the front side and concave on the back. The clock has two cast hands, the minute hand pointing at 10 and the hour hand pointing at 12. The chapter ring is outlined with two concentric circles and is marked with Roman hours I-XII, interspersed with pellets which indicate the half-hours. The edge of the watch has a border consisting of circular pellets and elongated pellets, the…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-A9F947
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead-alloy button, dating 16th century to early 17th century. The button is biconvex and solid, with an integral undrilled, circular-section loop. There is no decoration on the button. The button has an overall grey colour. A similar button is illustrated in Read(2005:69, no.248) with a date of c.16th century, possibly extending into the early 17th century. Dimensions: length: 15.79mm; width of loop: 6.7mm; diameter: 10.87mm; weight: 4.3g Reference: Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-A9B131
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver shilling of Elizabeth I (AD.1558-1603), dating AD1591-1594. North (1975) no. 2014. Third issue. Initial mark: Tun (AD1591/2-1594). The obverse a crowned bust facing left with legend EL[IZAB D G ANG F]R ET HIB R[EGI] The reverse depicts a shield on long cross fourchée dividing the legend. The legend reads POSVI DEU [A]D[IVT]ORE[M] MEV. The coin has been bent to form an "S-shaped" profile, indicating that it's secondary function was likely as a love token. Love tokens were often made from a silver denomination and are earlier post medieval in date. Creating lo…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-6C3C75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle probably dating 16th - 17th century. This buckle has been constructed from five rectangular strips of copper alloy that have been riveted together at the ends to form a double-looped buckle. The rivets are copper alloy. One of these strips is missing and another is broken across the central rivet hole, which attaches the central cross bar, and approximately half is broken and missing. The strip that forms the central cross bar has been pinched and slightly rolled in the centre so that the pin freely moves. The pin is still present and is construc…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-57E2A6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy bowl probably dating 17th - 18th century. The bowl is a simple shape with curving walls, there is a foot ring on the base. There is no decoration visible on the internal nor external surfaces. The shape is slightly distorted but it is complete. A similar example is recorded on the database - LON-F24318, although the shape of the bowl differs slightly and that one has some internal decoration. Dimensions: height: 13.26mm; diameter at rim: 22.38mm; weight: 8.52g.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-578912
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval 1-real piece of Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain (AD1474-1504). The coin has been clipped and the inscriptions are missing. Dimensions: diameter: 17.4mm; weight: 1.24g.
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Record ID: LON-D829CE
Object type: MANUFACTURING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval pinner's bone dating to the 16th century. This tool is made from the end of a long bone trimmed and roughly shaped. The working end has been shaped to form an irregular square in plan, there are also irregular cutmarks further down the shaft of the bone. At the working end there are an irregular series of longitundinal grooves, on which pin shafts are thought to have been placed while they were being filed sharp. There is some damage and wear to the entire surface of the bone. Similar pinner's bones on the database are LON-4B3233 and LON-93A393 Dimensions: leng…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-D76787
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic - early Neolithic flint blade flake dating 10,000 - 3,500BC. This is a tertiary flake of dark grey and mid grey patchy flint. It has a small, abraded striking platform at the proximal end. It was abraded to prepare the platform for blade removal. On the ventral face is a small bulb of percussion, there is a slight lip at the top of the bulb of percussion that indicates this is a soft hammer removal. On the dorsal surface are several narrow, parallel, elongate flaking scars. There is also some damage to the dorsal surface. There is no retouch present. Dimensions: len…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-D724D8
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval leather shoe with wooden sole dating late 17th - 18th century. The wooden sole is waisted with a round heel and a squared toe. The leather upper is incomplete and is attached to the sole with iron studs. On the underside of the wooden sole there are iron pins hammered around the outer margin of the toe and two in the centre of the sole, there are similar pins hammered into the heel. These pins would provide grip. The sole has been shaped so there is a slight heel and a slight raise from the arch to the toe. Goubitz et al (2001:82) suggest a date of 18th centu…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-D65B4B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic complete, small, bifacially worked, flint handaxe of cordate type dating c. 400,000-150,000BC. The handaxe was found on the foreshore and consequently is rolled and abraded with a small amount of edge damage. There is invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The butt and mid portion of the axe is thick and it then tapers to a rounded point. The cross section is lentoid (pointed oval). The flint has an orange patina. Similar examples include: DOR-CAC6C5, KENT-F9E88B, SUR-85BDCC. Dimensions: length: 101mm; width: 64mm; thickness: 38mm; weight: 229g
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: LON-C50014
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval iron candle holder, probably dating 17th - early 18th century. The object consists of a beam with a wax pan attached. One end of the beam acts as a handle, with the end tapering slightly before widening again to form a rounded terminal. The beam splits into two parts, protruding outwards on both sides to form a circular shape, before coming back together again. The beam then tapers to form a spike, probably for attachment into timber, part of which is now missing due to corrosion. A circular wax pan is welded onto the beam where it has protruded outwards to…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-B0316D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver penny of Henry VIII (AD1509-1547), Canterbury mint, dating AD1544-1547. Probably North (1975) no. 1857. Third coinage. No initial mark. The obverse depicts a crowned bust facing forward-right with legend H [D G R]OSA SINE SPINE, followed by a trefoil stop. This coin is different to the coin published in North, there is an 'E' rather than an 'A' in 'SPINA' and the trefoil stop appears to resemble 3 pellets. The reverse depicts a long cross over royal shield with legend [CIVITAS] CANT[OR]. Dimensions: diameter: 14.95mm; weight: 0.74g Reference: North, J. J.…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-B02B0E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval lead-alloy token, probably dating to the 17th century. Powell type 2. The obverse has the initials I M M in triangle formation (IM with M above) and a raised linear border around the edge. This arrangement of letters is very similar to the trade tokens which date 1648-1674. The reverse depicts two linear lines joint at right-angles to the edge on the lower half the token, and joining to form a peak at the centre-point. There are three motifs, vaguely resembling a 'pawn chess piece', one situated within the peak created and the other two situated either side of the pea…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-B01A69
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver penny of Charles I (AD1625-1649). North (1975) no. 2269 or 2271-2273. Initial mark illegible. The obverse has a crowned bust facing left with I behind, with legend C[AROLVS D G] M B F ET H REX. The reverse side depicts an oval garnished shield, no inner circle, with legend [IVSTIT]IA THRONVM [FIRMAT]. Dimensions: diameter: 13.21mm; weight: 0.4g Reference: North, J. J. 1975. English Hammered Coinage, Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II, 1272-1662.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-B0025E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy trade token farthing from Ratcliff Highway, London, dating AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889: no. 2343(London)). The obverse depicts a plough with legend AT . THE . PL[OW]E . IN. The reverse side depicts the initials W . M . C in the central circular field with the legend RATLIF . HYE . WHAY. Dimensions: diameter: 15.28mm; weight: 0.49g Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2016
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Record ID: LON-AFEF4D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Ralph Robins of Sandwich, Kent. Williamson (1967, 383) Kent no. 504, dated 1655 (on token) It measures 15.63 mm in diameter and weighs 0.51 g
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Record ID: LON-1CF565
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold pendant set with a red stone, probably a garnet. The pendant is shaped like an axe-head with a convex lower edge, concave sides and a flat top. It is formed from a gold sheet backing plate two which has been soldered a frame, comprising a strip of gold set on its edge, surrounded by a border of beaded gold wire. Inside this is set a flat garnet cut to the same shape, with an embossed gold foil underneath. At the tip is a suspension loop, formed from a strip of gold with four longitudinal ridges. It has been soldered onto the reverse and the end is squared. The loop and…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
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Record ID: LON-889C68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver early penny: sceatt dating AD710-750. Parallel: FitzWilliam Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds: Ref: 2008.0057. State: Early England (600-750), Ruler: anon. (early penny) (675-750) Type: 'Fledgling' type (710-750). Mint and moneyer unknown. Abramson, Sceattas, p. 56, style b. Dimensions: diameter:11.89 mm; thickness: 1.70mm; weight: 0.96g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: LON-D8F015
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver gilt finger ring, a decade ring, probably dating to the 17th century. The finger ring comprises a band with a equal armed cross with flairing terminals. (Consecration Cross, also called a Rounded Cross). The cross has had one of its arms broken and is now missing. There are ten rectangular knops equidistant around the circumference of the ring. There are no marks or inscriptions on the inner surface. The ten knops around the circumference of the ring suggest that it was a decade ring, used as a discreet way of assisting in the saying of the ten prayers that make …
Created on: Friday 30th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: LON-925357
Object type: SHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval leather fragment from a wide-mouthed shoe dating AD1500-1550. This fragment is the toe section of the vamp. It comprises two layers of leather. The outer layer has a central butt seam with a strip of leather in the middle. The outer layer has six diagonal slashes that form a herringbone pattern. The slashing goes through to the inner layer. There is the remains of an iron nail that has become concreted onto the leather. This is coincidental, where the leather was lying adjacent to an iron nail on the foreshore. Dimensions: Length: 72.25mm; width: 175mm; wei…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: LON-528EFB
Object type: CRUCIBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - Post Medieval ceramic fragment of a crucible. Hazel Forysth notes this is a crucible for metal working or it may be alchemical. It would have been for a light element, possibly mercury as the crucible is fairly light for its size and the material has seeped through into the fabric. It can be clearly seen as a highly reflective metallic layer. The surviving section of this crucible includes the spout and possibly part of a side lug. Dimensions: weight: 561g.
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-51DE7C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy trade token farthing of Jacob Parson from Gravesend, Kent dated AD1651. Williamson (1889: 302 (Kent)). The obverse depicts two hands joined, with the legend IACOB . PARSSON. The reverse depicts the initials I E P in a triangular formation (IE with P above), with the legend [IN] . GRAVESEND . 1651. Dimensions: diameter: 15.55mm; weight: 0.81g Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-51ABA7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy coin weight for a Britain Crown of James I (AD1603-25), second coinage, dating AD1612-1619. The weight is approximately square with slightly chamfered edges. The obverse depicts the crowned bust of the King facing right, with legend I:R: BRI: . The reverse side depicts a crown above V.S and VI. D below. There is a crowned I counter mark in the top-left corner. This weight is illustrated in Withers (1993:46 no. 538). Dimensions: length: 11.7mm; width: 12.13mm; thickness: 1.99mm; weight: 2.23g Reference: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin …
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-5193AA
Object type: PIKE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval incomplete iron pike head dating 16th - 17th century. The iron point has a triangular cross-section, there is a bulbous section just below the point above the socket. The socket has three ridges arranged along the legth. The langets are broken and missing with two work breaks showing their presence on the open end of the socket. The langets are two metal strips that run from the bottom of the socket down the top part of the pole. Dimensions: length: 196mm; width at base of point: 14.91mm; external diameter of socket: 18.80mm; internal diameter of socket: 12.6…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-50F201
Object type: AUGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval iron spoon auger probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. The spoon auger was used for boring or enlarging holes in wood. This example appears to be complete and may have been part of a set of varying sizes. The shaft is approximately circular in cross section and widens away upward with sloping shoulders before tapering to form a flattened, wedge-shaped tang. This would have been set transversely in a wooden handle, allowing the auger to be rotated. The U-shaped blade is formed by a concave depression in the shaft which also tapers slightly towards the rounded tip. Not…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-50C5AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete possibly Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch probably dating 13th - 14th century. The brooch has a lozenge-shaped frame and is rectangular in-section. The hinge for the pin has been soldered onto the reverse side of the top corner of the frame. A pin rest has been soldered onto the opposite corner. The copper-alloy pin is still intact. The front of the frame is decorated with a radiate motif in the left and right corner, with an arrow pointing to each from the bottom point of the frame. There is decoration on the upper-half of the frame however it is unclear due to corrosi…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-505026
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Medieval - Early Post Medieval copper-alloy square coin weight for a Lion, made in Antwerp, dating AD1454-1658. The obverse of the weight depicts a lion seated left, with its tail curled up over haunches, flanked by pillars with three arches above and floor below all within a beaded circular border. The reverse shows a hand between the initials B/F within a circular border made of small cross symbols. The initials probably indicate that the manufacturer was Bernaert Foncq (before 1658). A similar example has been recorded on the database: SOM-AC7D56. The Lion was is…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-502ED5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin, a cuartillo of Henry IV (AD1454 - 1474) possibly Villalón de Campos mint. Dimensions: diameter: 24.34mm; weight: 1.81g.
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-4FFAC9
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing of William Stone, Deptford, London dated AD1652. Williamson (1889: no. 191 (Kent)). The obverse of the token has the letters W A S in the central circular field with legend WILLIAM . STONE. The reverse side has the letters W A S in the central circular field with legend IN . DEPTFORD . 1652. Identical examples have been recorded on the database: LON-E535A7, LON-2D86D5. Dimensions: diameter: 15.05mm; weight: 0.77g Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. Elliot Stock: London.
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-4FC379
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim badge depicting the Virgin Mary and child in an openwork design, dating AD 1450-1500. The badge depicts an enthroned and crowned Virgin Mary with baby Jesus seated on her knee. She supports him with her left arm stretched outwards, which is holding a sceptre, and her right hand is placed on his feet. Mary wears a long ankle-length gown, covering most of the seat of the throne. The badge has a vertical side-shaft on either side, which lead to a cross at the top. An intricately decorated, ogee arch forms from the upper part of the side-shafts and …
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-4F9FB9
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post medieval sheet copper alloy scale pan dating from 13th to 17th century. This scale pan from a balance is circular with three suspension holes arranged equidistant around the edge of the pan and punched through from the underside. The inner face of the pan has two faint compass drawn concentric turning lines within which is punched a ring of annulets, at the center there is a punched maker's mark which could possibly be a saint. Similar scale pans can be found in Margeson (1993, no. 1578-9) and in Egan (1998, no. 1039), all of which range from the 13th to 17th cen…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-3D2599
Object type: BRASS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy fragment of a palimpsest monumental brass probably funerary plaque dating to the 15th century. Stephen Freeth has identified this and provided the interpretation into the inscriptions. He notes this is presumably from a City church at the Reformation. It is probably a "waster", ie wasted work which was then recycled almost immediately. I say this because the two sides appear very similar in date, some time in the 15th century. However I think that the two sides represent attempts at different inscriptions, not two goes at the same text. In both cases we have …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 23rd September 2016
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Record ID: LON-A90A1C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy uniface token, probably dating 17th-18th century. The obverse of the token is decorated with a geometric design, consisting of a long arm cross extending to the edges of the token with a pellet in the centre. There are two chevrons in each quarter, emanating from the centre. The edge of the obverse side has a raised linear border. The reverse side is undecorated. A token has been recorded with a similar design on the obverse: LON-C53CD0 Dimensions: diameter: 25.05mm; thickness: 1.71mm; weight: 7.66g
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-A8F26E
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-alloy bi-faced token, probably dating to the 18th century. One side of the token depicts the letters T.C. The other side depicts the letters AH within a circular border, with the left-hand side of the A forming part of the border. The token is grey with patches of light brown. Dimensions: diameter: 20.87mm; thickness: 1.68mm; weight: 5.68g Tokens with similar designs and with the same initials have been recorded on the database: LON-4C4D23, LON-A21D93, SUR-4CF934
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
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Record ID: LON-6885B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy finger ring probably dating late 15th - 17th century. This finger ring has a lozenge shaped bezel that tapers into the band. The bezel is decorated with regular transverse lines cut into the edges at regular intervals. There is a line which transects the bezel across the width this aligns with a cross on one shoulder and misaligns with a cross on the opposite shoulder. There are further more shallow lines that form a starburst, so a saltire cross that overlies a cross. This decoration is irregular. There is a break across the band. …
Created on: Monday 12th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2016
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Record ID: LON-67F623
Object type: MARLIN SPIKE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval bone apple corer or fid, dating 18th century. The object is formed from a sheep's metapodial which has been carved using a saw. The proximal end of the bone has been sliced in half to form a scoop, leaving the hollow centre of the bone. The object is missing a substantial part of the scoop. The front of the corer has been decorated with an engraved design consisting of 3 ring and dot motifs in triangle formation above 2 horizontal lines, followed by 3 ring-and dot motifs in a horizontal row above 2 horizontal lines. Identification by Paul Stokes and he n…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Record ID: LON-67D29E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead-alloy toy in the form of a horse and rider, probably dating 17th to 18th century. It is a Type 5 Equestrian figure (Forsyth and Egan 2005), being flat with mouldings on both sides. The rider can be seen with a wide-brimmed hat and long coat with wide cuffs, and long cuffed boots. The figure is holding onto the reigns of the horse. The horse has a decorative saddle and appears to be moving with pace, although one hind leg is missing and the other hind leg is bent upwards. The tail of the horse is missing. This metal has a light grey colour with patches …
Created on: Monday 12th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: LON-2AD03A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver gilt annular brooch with clasped hands and an inscription dating to the 13th or 14th century. This brooch is circular in plan with two clasped hands projecting from the frame. The frame is flat with a constriction to accommodate the pin 90 degrees apart from the clasped hands; if the hands project at 6 o'clock, the constriction is at 3 o'clock. The frame has an inscription inscribed on the obverse with the letters appearing to read N [] N A V V I or V I N [] N A V depending on the orientation of the object when reading. Dimensions: length: 16.69mm; thickness of c…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: LON-EFB6D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription probably dating mid-17th century. This finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section and there is some damage to one of the edges which suggests the finger ring is of a hollow construction. There is no decoration on the external surface but there is an inscription and a maker's mark on the internal surface. The inscription is in lower case cursive and reads "I choose thee not to change". The maker's mark comprises the ligated initials "HD" within a rectangular cartouche. There is also a vertical seam on the internal surface just afte…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
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Record ID: LON-466D42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver coin of Michael I, Tsar of Russia (AD1613-1645), probably valuing 1 Kopek. The obverse depicts a crowned horseman carrying a spear with a pointed tip. The reverse side has the inscription ЦРЬIBEЛ / ИKИKHЯSЬ / МIХЯIЛЬФE / ДОPOBIЧЬB / CEЯРУСI ("Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fedorovich of Entire Rus"), spaced across 5 lines. Dimensions: diameter: 13.22mm; weight: 0.39g
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2016
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Record ID: LON-45EEE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy coin of Philip II of Spain (AD1556-1598), possibly valuing 1 Trillina or a Quattrino and minted for use in Milan. The obverse of the coin depicts a crown over the letters PHI, with the legend (which is illegible) [REX ANGLIAE]. The reverse depicts a bust of Saint Ambrogio and the legend [MEDIOL]ANI DVX. Dimensions: diameter: 14.57mm; weight: 0.63g
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Record ID: LON-45981C
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy square coin weight issued at Antwerp dating AD1500-1600. The coin weight was made in Antwerp by a maker whose work is recorded but whose name is not known. The obverse depicts a ship within a circular border, with a letter 'h' (for 'Henricus') located to the left of the mast. The reverse is blank. Similar examples have been recorded on the database, but both of these are double-sided and of different weights: LON-B0EF69, SUR-87A415. Dimensions: length: 15.59mm; width: 15.74mm; thickness: 3.26mm; weight: 5.71g
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2016
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Record ID: LON-4589C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy 8 Maravedis resellado 'cob' coin of Philip IV (AD1621-1640), dated 1623. The coin is a crude sub-rectangular shape. The obverse of the coin depicts a rampant lion facing left within a shield with a crown above. The date 1623 is to the left of the shield in a vertical position. The reverse of the coin depicts a castle within a shield, with VIII to the left of the shield in a vertical position. The coin has been counter-stamped on the obverse side over part of the castle, with VII. There is also a counter-stamp on the reverse side over the crown, which is ha…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2016
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Record ID: LON-433E19
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold penannular object, probably a jewellery fitting, with a zoomorphic head terminal, probably dating to the 14th century. The object has a circular cross-section that becomes flattened at the zoomorphic terminal. The body of the object is decorated with a repeated stamped semi-circular motif designed to represent feathers or scales. The zoomorphic head has an annular eye and slightly open mouth. The decoration comprising the head is only on the front suface while the body decoration extends around the diameter of the object. Dimensions: diameter: 9.59mm; thickness: 1.2…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2020
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Record ID: LON-32F5F9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Serjeants-at-Law post medieval finger ring bearing the inscription 'VIVANT REX ET LEX' Long live the King and the law, dating to the 16th century. The rings external Latin inscription is engraved in Roman capitals. A cross potent is followed by VIVANT, the motto is interspersed with cinquefoils between VIVANT and REX and again between ET and LEX. Either side of the motto are engraved bands, the outer one consisting of small zigzags. The ring has been deliberately cut in two and then two pieces have been folded and interlocked so that only part of the motto is discernible. Vivant …
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2018
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Record ID: LON-9D59FA
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman oval cornelian intaglio, probably dating 1st to the 2nd century AD. This intaglio is Henig Series A. The colour of the gemstone is an even orange. The intaglio is oval in plan and conforms to Henig's Flat Shape I, the upper (engraved) surface is longer than the lower (smooth) surface, so the sides are angled outwards. The cross-section is also wedge-shaped so one side is thicker (2.75mm) than the other (1.52mm). The upper side is carved with a standing female figure, Fortuna, facing right with has one arm held out in front holding the rudder, and in her other hand is a corn…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-3CB57A
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint tool, probably a biface tranchet axehead known as a 'Thames pick' (4,000-2351BC). This tool is a 'rough out' from a flint nodule or pebble. It is roughly oval in cross section. Viewed edge-on along its longitudinal axis the adze tapers slightly from the broadly rounded butt towards the more pointed cutting edge. Viewed from above, the butt and cutting edge are both rounded and the sides are approximately straight and parallel. There are signs of crushing along sections of both edges. This crushing suggests it was used as a percussor - hammerstone. There are numerous …
Created on: Friday 17th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: LON-80F4B3
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval wooden toy boat, dating 18th-20th century. The object is carved from a single piece of wood. It is shield-shaped in plan (pointed at the front, straight edge at the rear), with a flat top and convex bottom forming the underside of the boat. There is a deep shield-shaped cut-out on the top of the object, which tapers inwards as it gets deeper. There is a small step on the straight edge of the cut-out to the main body of the object. There is a raised keel running on the underside of the object from the bow to the centre of the bow, however the part from the b…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Record ID: LON-80E962
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Medieval copper-alloy scale pan from a balance, probably dating AD1270-1400. The object is circular and slightly concave. There are three evenly spaced holes on the edge of the pan for suspension by string from the scale beam. The front of the pan is decorated with two sets of engraved grooves, three lines close together in each set. There is a small pellet in the centre of the pan. The reverse side is undecorated. Similar examples are shown in Egan (1998) no. 1039-1043, with a date of AD1270-1400. Dimensions: diameter: 39.86mm; thickness: 0.39mm; weight: 5.16g Re…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-579AB1
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Medieval (Viking) gold ingot/hack gold, dated to the mid 9th to mid 11th Centuries, AD850-1050. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in shape with one end rounded and the other, flat. There is a flattened facet on the upper and lower edges towards the flat end. Along one side edge there are approximately 7 small, irregular, pointed spurs. The surface is mostly smooth but there are areas that are rough (bubbled appearance) and irregular. Dimensions: length: 27.89mm; width: 7.50mm; thickness: 4.77mm; weight: 9.33g. A similar object is recorded on the PAS database…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
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Record ID: LON-FE313A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold posy finger ring dating 16th - 17th century. This finger ring is a plain, thin band with a D-shaped cross section. There is an inscription on the inner surface that reads BE x NOT x IDEIL, the I and the L are joined together by the upper and lower cross bars on the I, it is possible it is BE x NOT x IDELL. The inscription has been engraved in upper case suggesting a date of 16th - 17th century. Dimensions: width: 2.18mm; thickness: 0.77mm; diameter: 16.61mm; weight: 0.91g. Discussion: SUSS-8709C2 is a finger ring with the inscription 'Be not idle', mostly…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
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Record ID: LON-63B4E2
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy (bronze 'gunmetal') Victoria Cross medal dated 5th November 1854. This medal has been cast in the shape of an equal-armed cross with a central circular section. Each arm is angular and sharply flares outwards. There is a semi-circular tab projecting from the outer edge of the uppermost arm. This tab is perforated for suspension. The obverse of the medal is decorated in high-relief with a standing lion facing left with the tail curving over its back. The lion has a crown on its head. Below the lion is a crown in the centre of the cross an…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thames foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-0D052B
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder; there is a visible seam the two ends meet. This seam is visible due to the damage to the aglet that has caused the seam to open up slightly. The aglet is ornate with bands of filigree decoration and a filigree cage at the closed end. The band of decoration at the open end comprises two bands of twisted rope filigree with pellets regularly spaced between them. There are two holes for attachment on opposing sides of the cylinder. There is a small h…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-CCECD2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold memento mori finger ring dated AD1701. The finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section and it is decorated with an engraved skull in part profile to the left. There are no surviving traces of the black enamel that would have decorated the skull. The inscription on the internal surface reads: "TW obt 31 O'cto' 1701 aeta 80" [aeta is an abbreviation of Latin 'aetat' = aged]. There is also a maker's mark on the inner surface - a globular stamp reading "FN", "FH", "IN" or "IH", the style of the lettering makes them hard to read. Dimensions: Width: 3.84mm; thickness:…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: LON-028741
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A Bronze Age gold decorative band dating 2200-800BC. This is a circular band of gold with parallel sides and stamped and incised decoration. There is no visible seam. The decoration comprises an irregular line of dots running along the midline of this band; the dots have been stamped through from the reverse. There is an incised line running both above and below the line of dots forming borders. The shape of the band is distorted and irregular. Dimensions: height: 4.4mm; thickness: 0.3mm; diameter: 25mm; weight: 1.41g. Metal composition: Analysis by Dr Harriet White…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: LON-ECB6AE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age - Early Medieval silver coiled or 'spiral' finger ring dating 100BC-800AD. This finger ring is made from a strip of silver, with a D-shaped cross section, that is coiled with three turns. The ends of the strip are cut to form points. Dimensions: Thickness: 9.85mm; diameter: 15.99mm; weight: 2.49g. Discussion: A similar example is recorded on the PAS database WMID-24AB05, it has one similar terminal and the same number of turns. Crummy (2015:101) notes that this form is common in the Late Iron Age and Roman periods but it does continue into the Early Medieval. …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Record ID: LON-5E0F81
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the first half of the 16th century. This aglet is constructed from a gold cylinder; there is no visible seam where the two ends meet. The majority of the body of the aglet has no decoration except a band of decoration at the open end and a filigree cage at the opposite end. The band of decoration at the open end comprises two bands of twisted rope filigree with pellets regularly spaced between them. There are two holes for attachment on opposing sides of the cylinder. There is a small hole next to one of the attachment perforations but this appears…
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thames Foreshore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-DD00A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval gold finger ring (posy ring) dating 16th - 17th century. This finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section. The external surface is decorated with three rows of rectangular cells that would have originally held enamel. Tiny traces of enamel survives in the corners of some of the cells. There is an inscription on the internal surface that reads, "+ I + AM + YOVRS". This finger ring has a smaller diameter (15.17mm) in comparison with other examples. There is a little distortion to the overall shape. Dimensions:height: 3.09mm; thickness: 0.91mm; diameter: 15.17mm; weight…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: LON-B4213C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy nummus of uncertain ruler (AD330-402). Dimensions: weight: 0.24g.
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th November 2015
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Record ID: LON-A11C64
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval gold aglet dating to the 16th century. This aglet is an openwork design where there are two rows of lozenges with a solid band between, at the end there is another solid band with the same decoration and a solid cap terminal. It is possible there was a solid band above the final row of lozenges that is now missing. The lozenges are made from a lozenge-shaped piece of sheet gold with filigree work (twisted gold wire) around the edge forming a cell. It is possible there was another material inlaid in the middle, however there is no evidence remaining. The two…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2017
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Record ID: LON-BB52BE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval silver thimble dating mid 16th - early 17th century. This thimble tapers slightly to a domed peak, it was made in two parts and the peak has a slightly different colour to the body of the thimble. The peak is decorated with an engraved pattern comprising five floral motifs arranged around a central circular cross hatched motif. The walls of the thimble have seven rows of triangular indentations. There is a linear border above and below the indentations. There is a strap-work pattern just below the indentations, above the rim. There is no maker's mark. Dimen…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: LON-1313BC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing from Old Fish Street (Upper Thames Street), London dating AD1648-1674. Williamson no. 2145. Dimensions: diameter: 15.70mm; weight: 0.88g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: LON-1245B9
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman lead alloy seal impression dating AD275-296. This seal is oval with an impression on both sides and there is a channel running through the midline (along the width of the oval) of the seal for the cord to pass through and be secured. The front surface is domed and the back is concave. On the front surface the impression is of a radiate bust facing right and on the reverse there is a standing figure facing left, there is something in the left hand field but it is unclear what it is. This impression has been made off-centre so only the lower left hand side of the stamp is vi…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: LON-00A007
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone incomplete whistle of uncertain date. This musical instrument has been made from a long bone that is shaped to have a rectangular cross-section with chamfered corners. At one end the lower edge is cut diagonally creating the mouth piece and there is a D-shaped blow-hole just above. The whistle is broken across the opposite end, there is a surviving double band of circumferential grooves just before the broken edge. At the broken end the shaft of the whistle is infilled with another material. At the mouthpiece there is a fipple, made from a different material. Dimensions…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-FFD82A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy uniface Ale or Tavern token which shows a wine bottle and glass dating AD1670- 1800. Powell Class 11. A section of the edge is broken and missing. Dimensions: diameter: 27.41mm; weight: 5.86g. These tokens thought to be later than about 1670 and continue into the 18th century. Cf. M. Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets and Tokens Vol. 3 c.1588-1830, p. 1818, nos.5409-11 and M. Mitchiner and Anne Skinner, 'English Tokens c.1425-1672', BNJ 54 (1984), p.129, no. 112. Examples on this database are WILT-768805, SUR-A6C908, NMS-1DD480, LON-17C948, SF-E982E4, HESH-9…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-FF87E8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy token from Dr Eady, Dean Street, Soho, London dating AD1820-1830. A blog has been written about Dr Eady using the Wellcome Collections: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2011/08/dr-eady-from-soho-to-beverly-hills/#. It references Dr Eady as a quack offering mercury treatments for syphilis. Dimensions: diameter: 18.04mm; weight: 2.27g.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-FF2BFC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing of Henry Ingersole, Cloth Fair (Smithfield), London, dated AD1658. Williamson no. 685 Dimensions: diameter: 15.74mm; weight: 0.85g.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-FF29BE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token half penny of David Urry, from Gracechurch Street, London dating AD1648-1674. Williamson no 1207. Dimensions: diameter: 19.59mm; weight: 2.20g.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: LON-FEF449
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval lead alloy buckle with integral buckle plate dating AD1400-1450. This buckle has a kidney-shaped frame and an integral hollow plate. The pin is made of iron and the remains of the leather belt survive wtihin the hollow buckle plate. The frame has cast raised decoration which includes a transverse band of pellets between two lines. The buckle plate is also decorated with a cast pattern depicting a row of triangular motifs each containing a three pointed foliate motif; behind this there is a circular openwork geometric pattern. The back of the buckle and buckle plate is un…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Saturday 12th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-FE8879
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A modern copy of an Early Medieval silver halfpenny of Edward the Elder (899-924), based upon Norrth 660 (floral penny) albeit seemingly intended to be a halfpenny version, of which no real examples are known. The style and flan of the coin are not consistent with an early-medieval piece- the flan is too smooth and the design/inscription too well defined and crisp. It may be an 'Ashmore copy' who produced a very similar fake penny of this type (T. Abramson 'Anglo-Saxon counterfeits', p.152). Obverse: Small cross pattee within a plain inner circle; inscription: EADVVEARD REX Rev…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2015
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Record ID: LON-A9D04F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus from the House of Constantine (AD307-361). Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Reece period 18 (AD348-364). Dimensions: diameter: 18.45mm; weight: 1.13g.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-A9CF0B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy fragment of a radiate of Carausius (AD286-293). Reece period 14 AD275-296. Reverse: VIRTVS AVG Mars standing right. Probably Unattributed Mint. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC. Dimensions: surviving diameter: 20.96mm; weight: 1.47g.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2015
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Record ID: LON-A9C96C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy fragment of a toy chair dating to the 18th century. This fragment includes the back of the chair. It flares towards the curved upper edge, in the centre of the back there is an openwork fleur de lys motif, again decorated with pellets. The back surface is flat with no decoration. Dimensions: length: 30.21mm; width: 33.77mm; thickness: 1.62mm; weight: 1.54g.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-A974AA
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic triangular loom weight (AD43-410) or a post medieval ceramic seine net sinker. This loomweight or net sinker has the shape of an isoceles triangle in plan and it has a rectangular cross-section. There is a perforation at the peak and there is a groove from the upper edge of the perforation around the top of the loomweight or net sinker and connects with the upper edge of the perforation on the back. The fabric is red. Similar Roman loom weights are in the collections at the Museum of London (63.119/2, 78.242, 2867), they would be used on a vertical loom. Mike Webbe…
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2015
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Record ID: LON-A8DAF2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy finger ring with posy inscription dating AD1625 - 1800. The ring has a D-shaped section and is formed of a strip with the ends soldered together. There is an inscription on the inner surface, it reads "Love me *" in italic script. The letters have a red appearance. Dimensions: width: 3.54mm; thickness: 2.14mm; diameter: 21.54mm; weight: 2.99g. Oman (1974, pg 41) suggests that italic inscriptions generally replaced those of Roman capitals in the second quarter of the 17th century, until posy rings became unfashionable in the 19th century. Ref…
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: LON-98729A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing for the use by the poor, Great Yarmouth, dated AD1667. Dimensions: diameter: 17.94mm; weight: 1.40g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-9805FA
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy jetton of Wolf Lauffer II (master AD1612-1651). Dimensions: diameter: 19.70mm; weight: 0.60g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-9800FB
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy German jetton issued by Hans Krauwinckel II dating dating AD1586-1635. Dimensions: diameter: 20.95mm; weight: 0.99g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-97CD1B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval ceramic miniature Border Ware jug dating late 16th - early 17th century. This is white ware with a yellow glaze covering both internal and external surfaces, the handle is broken and missing and there is some damage to the rim. There is also a little damage to the foot but the glaze covers this damage so this occurred during the manufacturing process. Dimensions: height: 68.82mm; internal diameter at rim: 21.16mm; diameter of the body: 53mm; weight: 88.91g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-97445B
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy incomplete pilgrim badge of the Head Reliquary of Thomas Becket dating to the 14th century. The surviving elements of this badge include the domed face of Becket (flat back) with the pointed mitre. Becket is shown full face, locks of hair are depicted on the forehead and at the temples. A downward-curving mouth follows the line of a drooping moustache where the ends of the moustache touch on the chin. There is no evidence of the pin on the reverse. Similar examples are illustrated in Spencer (1998:104) dating to the 14th century, similar badges are also record…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-973A97
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy incomplete pilgrim badge of the Head Reliquary of Thomas Becket dating to the 14th century. The surviving elements of this badge include the flat face of Becket with the pointed mitre. Becket is shown full face, locks of hair are depicted at the temples. A downward-curving mouth follows the line of a drooping moustache where the ends of the moustache touch on the chin. The remains of a pin are visible on the back. Similar examples are illustrated in Spencer (1998:104) dating to the 14th century, similar badges are also recorded on the PAS database e.g. LON-972…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-972159
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead alloy incomplete pilgrim badge of the Head Reliquary of Thomas Becket dating to the 14th century. The surviving elements of this badge include the domed face of Becket (hollow back) with the pointed mitre, part of the mitre is broken and missing. Becket is shown full face, locks of hair are depicted on the forehead and at the temples. A downward-curving mouth follows the line of a drooping moustache. The remains of a pin are visible on the back. Similar examples are illustrated in Spencer (1998:104) dating to the 14th century. Dimensions: length: 40.05mm; width: …
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LON-96B711
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy object, probably dating 16th - 17th century. The object comprises a solid cylindrical stem where one end is shaped to form a point and at the opposite end there is a loop for suspension with a flaring collar at the junction between the stem and the loop. The loop has a rectangular cross-section and a small rounded knop at the peak. There is an S-shaped piece of wire attached to the loop, the lower loop has been twisted through 90 degrees. This wire has a circular cross-section. On the lower third of the stem there are repeated small horizontal lines …
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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