Record ID: DUR-C700C3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Medieval spindle whorl. It is sub-circular in plan and is bi-conical. It has a central circular perforation which. It is worn and the raised pattern is not clear on either side.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-C723F6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead toy called a buzz disk. Circular in plan with serrated edges it has two circular holes in the centre. String would have been put through these holes and it would have been spun quickly.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-C73CA0
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token from the Post Medieval period. It is circular in plan with decoration in relief on the front. It is in the form of an arch with circular dots around the border.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-C74452
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token from the Post Medieval period. It is circular in plan with decoration in relief on the front. It is in the form of a cross with four circular dots inside and four around the edge.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-C74C98
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token from the Post Medieval period. It is circular in plan with decoration in relief on the front. It is worn and so difficult to see. It may have been an abstract pattern but it could be figures.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Record ID: DUR-B81853
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Post Medieval disc from a large four-part cloth seal that has been cut as for a whizzer (or whirligig). The disc is circular with a zig zag edge. The front face has a crowned triple-rose with flowering plant motif at the sides, in relief. This is probably a part of a seal from the first ten years of George I reign, for a complete example see Egans book (1993, p74-5 no. 197). Geoff Egan discusses the use of this type of item- A whizzer is a zigzag-edged sheet roundel toy, (of lead for our purposes) with two holes centrally for a string, which is held in each hand, and by skilful t…
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: DUR-1B82E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead Post Medieval finger ring, a decade ring, dating to c.1600-1800. It is circular in plan with a projecting flat oval shaped bezel (diameter 10.60mm x 8.69mm) and ten small projecting knops around the outer circumference. The bezel is plain but on other examples there are designs and letters. This appears to be a lead version of the more usual copper alloy rings of this type. Decade rings were used for the rosary- to repeat the Ave and Paternoster prayers. They were introduced in the 10th century but became more popular at times of religious tension, in particular the 16th ce…
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: DUR-8BA064
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, Viking, lead weight. It is circular in plan and flat with a copper alloy plate set on the top face. The copper alloy setting looks like a gilt bronze Irish disc, possibly a stud with the lug removed. In the centre of this is a small circular red stone or perhaps glass. This glass forms the centre of the decoration with three swirls, almost peltate in design coming from the centre. There is then a raised outer rim. In the spaces between are small grooved lines.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: DUR-8BB722
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead weight, Viking in style; sub-circular in plan, and flat. It has glass set into the top face in a sub-circle. The glass is a light blue colour (although this may be due to deterioration) and has cracked, with a small fragment missing. The edges of the weight are rounded and the sides and bottom are plain and smooth with no marks or decoration. Susan Youngs has seen an image of this item and kindly commented with some background information on this object type; 'It was usual for weights like this to have offcuts of some pretty but not valuable metalwork set in t…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Sunday 3rd July 2011
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Record ID: DUR-8BCD07
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval lead weight, Viking in style, sub-circular in plan and domed. It has glass set into the centre of the top face in a sub-rectangular shape. The glass appears to be a fragment cut from a bracelet or bead. It is light blue with strands of red and white running through. The rest of the weight is plain and undecorated. On the sides and base are some small grooves, probably caused by the plough whilst in the ground. There is a lead weight set with a glass bangle fragment from Dumbarton Rock, Strathclyde where the glass is the usual blue and white of Irish bangles. The red i…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2011
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Record ID: DUR-A82CF6
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Medieval papal bulla, of Calixtus II (1119-24). Obverse; CAL/XTVS/[PP II] Reverse; [S]PA/ SP[E]; Worn heads of SS Peter and Paul facing each other Tim Pestell kindly added this information on the bulla 'Calixtus II, elected 2nd February 1119, consecrated 9th Feb and who died on 14th December 1124 (the lettering on Calixtus III's bulla is slightly different). As such this is an important bulla because it is one of the earliest found in Britain. There are three British papal bullae that have been found that pre-date the Norman Conquest, but post-Conquest examples see…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: DUR-379244
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Skirt from a lead figurine of a lady. Post Medieval in date. The piece is triangular in plan and flat. It has decoration in relief on both faces. The front has a border of three rows of squares and is plain in the middle. The reverse is covered in cross- hatching. The piece has broken at the apex of the triangle where the skirt would have met the body.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-B6D687
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead Roman steelyard weight. It is biconical in shape with a central iron core.
Created on: Monday 11th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-C0CD50
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Post Medieval fabric weight. Sub-circular with two circular perforations in the centre. These weights were (and are) used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to have come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Record ID: DUR-C11D85
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead Post Medieval fabric weight. Circular with two circular perforations in the centre. These weights were (and are) used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to have come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Record ID: DUR-C12CC2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Flat circular lead weight. It has two central circular perforations and is slightly bent out of shape. Despite looking like a button, these weights were and are used to weigh down the hems of curtains, and perhaps also skirts. They seem to come into use perhaps in the eighteenth century, and are still available to buy today.
Created on: Monday 19th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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