Record ID: DUR-601D44
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy fragment of a Post Medieval drawer handle. It has a strip of copper alloy folded over through the top loop, presumably to attach the fitting to the drawer. The main body has a rectangular attachment loop with protruding corners and a raised lower line. It then narrows to a neck, before widening into what would have been a sub-rectangular body with leaf/floriate design on the front. This has broken only a short way down.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-3B7822
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Silver locket pendant, 17th century. The pendant is oval in plan and rectangular in section, made of four components, two sheets of silver cut in an oval shape, soldered onto the lengths of a rectangular sheet of silver that acts as the siding of the pendant. Around the middle of this sheet of silver is attached (possibly also by solder) a thin twisted wire of silver. The top and bottom of the pendant each have a silver hoop soldered onto it. The larger suspension loop then has another silver ring through it Oriented with the larger suspension hoop at the top, one face is upside d…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 29', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-413747
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver finger ring which is almost completely flattened. Both ends are broken and are uneven. It is plain on the inside with incised decoration on the outside. This consists of a line at the top and the bottom, with a floral/vegetal motif in the centre. It could be that the rest of the ring would have had an inscription on but this is now missing. Date: Late Medieval- Post Medieval- c.1400- 1600 AD Dimensions: Length 16.98mm. Width 6.01mm Weighing 0.6g . The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Tre…
Created on: Thursday 10th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cowton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-A991D7
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy fragment of a ramrod terminal pipe from a Post Medieval musket, pistol or other gun. It consists of a hollow cylindrical tube, underneath which is a projecting rectangular panel which is apparently solid (normally they are pierced). This would have attached the ramrod holder to the wooden base or stock beneath the gun's barrel. The cylindrical tube opens out to a sub-triangular area, the tip of which curves up slightly; this would have been attached to the curve of the stock in front of the trigger. There is a small moulded lip between the cylinder and the termina…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
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Record ID: DUR-8141C5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver seal matrix, the conical handle (with slight hexagonal facets) having broken off; the break appears fresh and granular. The die is slightly oval, being longer than it is wide. It has a grooved and beaded border around a neatly engraved shield of arms, with no inscription. The shield has a flat top, very slightly concave sides, and an ogee curve to the base. Dimensions: Height 8.91 mm. Diameter 18.34 mm Weight 5.3g. The arms are party per pale (divided in half vertically) with two different sets of arms represented. On the right as you look at the matrix (so on the left-han…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-812613
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver sheet spoon bowl. It is circular in plan, the handle base extends from one edge but only a small section remains. This may have been where the bowl attached to a more solid handle. The bowl is slightly damaged with the edges being a little uneven and there being some dents in the sides.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-021A61
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring with a D-shaped cross section which has been broken and now forms a slightly bent line rather than a circle. The outer face of the ring has decoration which was cast in the form of a repeating floral (?) motif.
Created on: Friday 14th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-8C5192
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver halfpenny of Henry VIII, second coinage (N1815), mint: London.
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2011
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Record ID: DUR-84F652
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Heavy gold signet ring, finely engraved with a coat of arms, oriented vertically, within a dotted border. Images of the signet ring were examined by Dr Clive Cheesman, College of Arms, who has provided the following information: 'The ring shows the coat of arms of a family called Prestwich. The coat of arms consists of a shield and, displayed on top of a helmet, a crest. The shield is quartered, the first and fourth quarters showing a design consisting of a mermaid, reputedly granted in the mid-16th century to a family called Prestwich of Hulme, Manchester. We do not unfortunately…
Created on: Friday 15th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'York Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F36CE7
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy fragment of a ramrod terminal pipe from a Post Medieval musket, pistol or other gun. It is linear in plan, almost a thin pointed oval. Both ends are broken. The right-hand terminal (in the photograph) narrows almost to a point and where it begins to narrow it also curves slightly. The left hand terminal (in the photograph) is broken before it narrows so much. It has a rectangular cross-section and each face is flat and plain with no decoration. It has a mainly green patina with some patches of lighter green from corrosion. There is also one orangey patch due to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
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Record ID: DUR-93A484
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver toothpick/ earscoop with sickle shaped pick emerging from the body of a stylised dragon. The pick is slightly bent so it is no longer flush with the body of the implement. Midway along the upper side of the dragon's body are the remains of what may have been a suspension loop, no longer intact. From the rear of the dragon emerges a spoon shaped earscoop; the earscoop is the same width as the body of the dragon and the concave feature of the scoope is on the same side as the flat surface of the implement. The dragon's body has been marked with incised lines on the body, a…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
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Record ID: DUR-D90666
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Medieval 'fede' finger-ring. The bezel consists of two clasped hands with a crown above. The hoop is decorated with a floral motif of four quatrefoil flowers with leaves in between.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
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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
Spatial data recorded.