Record ID: WMID-5B0575
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead toy, possibly a shy. Probably post-medieval, c. 18th century. Mass: 28.9g, width: 58mm, length: 35mm, thickness (base): 11mm. The toy consists of a broadly flat four legged animal on a triangular sectioned base. The head and much of the neck are missing, the front leg is incomplete and there is no tail. The front of the object is decorated with ridges. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a grey pitted surface with brown adhesions. The object is a toy such as a shy (see Forsyth and Egan, "Toys, Trifles & Trinkets", 2005, p.239-241).
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire finds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6F1C67
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead seal matrix, medieval, c. late 12th-13th century. Mass: 16g, diameter 29.4mm; thickness: 11.9mm. Circular in plan with a suspension loop on the upper face. There is a four leafed design cut into the reverse, with a smaller leaf in the angles. Around the outide of the design is the inscription: +S' WILLI WILLIMOT, indicating that this is the personal seal (sigillum) of Willi Willimot. Cherry (1997, p.124) states that: "There was a widespread fashion among all classes for sealing, from the late twelfth to the fourteenth century." He adds (ibid., p128) that in the twelfth and t…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-891D65
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy button. Post-medieval, c.17th century. Mass: 16.8g; diameter: 10.5mm; thickness: 9.3mm (incl. ?shank). Domed front; flat reverse with a casting seam and the stub of the ?shank. Front is decorated with two coronets, a ship and an anchor around a large central pellet and four smaller pellets.
Created on: Sunday 24th May 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-85A954
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ampulla. Medieval, 14th/15th century. Mass: 33.4g; length: 55.2mm; width: 32.2mm; depth : 11.5mm. Sub-circular in plan with a neck which flares out slightly towards the top. The ampulla is hollow, open at the top, with handles on the sides. On the front is a crowned W within a ribbed border. On the reverse there is a sixfoil within a border of adjoining V's. The ampulla has been bent and partially crushed. In: "Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue", Spencer, 1990, p.60-1 states: "Ampullae bearing the crowned letter W have been tentatively associated with t…
Created on: Saturday 23rd May 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F39C45
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Date of find; Cast lead medieval ampulla (c.14th/15th century). Mass: 92.0g, length: 62.2mm, width: 34.7mm, depth: 16.0mm. The ampulla is hollow and broadly drop shaped in plan with a crimped or crushed opening at the top. The ampulla has a pointed-oval shaped cross section, although it has been partially crushed. There are handles on the sides near to the top of the ampulla. The front of the ampulla is decorated with a ?crowned/mitred bust facing, in relief. Around the recessed front edge is a legend: (+SC)ANTA: M(CC)VV( )[ ]. The meaning of this legend is unclear to the recorder. So…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blithfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-ED9822
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead seal matrix. Medieval (late 12th-c.13th century). Mass: 24.5g, length: 36.4mm, width: 26.4mm, depth: 5.7mm. Oval in plan with an incomplete suspension loop at one end. There is an incised fleur-de-lis in the centre of the base, surrounded by an incised reversed legend: +(S) [ ](ERTI A)( )[ ], which is unclear due to loss of material around the edge. There is a groove running across the incised base, and the seal matrix is bent slightly forward to either side - this is probably damage. The top of the seal matrix is undecorated. The seal matrix has a pitted off white/brown sur…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BoylestoneCP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3277D6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. Biconical with a perforation running through the centre. Outer diameter of 31.5mm, and the central perforation is 6.7mm in diameter. The object is 11.0mm thick, and it has a mass of 43.4g. The object has a pitted light brown/grey surface. Both sides of the weight are decorated with raised pellets and ribs, although these are more pronounced on one side. These weighs are not yet completely understood. It is possible they could have been spindle whorls - at the Austin Friary in Leicester (see Mellor and Pearce, 1981), a decorated whorl was fou…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-310E61
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead-alloy crucifix. Medieval or post-medieval. Incomplete. Mass: 8.5g; length: 34.1mm; width: 17.6mm; thickness: 7.2mm. A finely detailed figure of Christ in relief is repeated on both sides. The crucifix is broken at the base, on each side-arm of the cross and at the top. The crucifix has a grey surface, with a brown substance adhered in parts, probably from its time in the ground. Based on the surface condition, some of the breaks may be recent (e.g. plough damage), but the brown substance is also visible on some of the broken surfaces, particularly on the side-arms, whic…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewood CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6C9762
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. The object is biconical with a perforation running through the centre. The object has an outer diameter of 24.9mm, and the central perforation is 8.6mm in diameter. The object is 7.6mm thick, and it has a mass of 20.5g. The object has a pitted brown/grey surface. One side of the weight is decorated with two raised concentric lines, with a series of raised ribs running between the two. The other side is undecorated. These weighs are not yet completely understood. It is possible they could have been spindle whorls. At the Austin Friary in Le…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-60F1C2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object probably a large post-medieval token. Mass: 39.13. Length: 46.6mm. Width: 41.9mm. Thickness: 4.8mm. The object is oval in plan with uniface decoration. The decoration consists of a central cross with arms which stretch towards the edges. Within two angles of the cross there are pellets. In the third angle there is a further cross. In the fourth angle there is a tear shaped design with a straight line adjoining the pointed end. The reverse is undecorated. The object has a light grey lightly pitted surface. Broadly similar designs utilising crosses and pellets are seen on …
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Church CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-05BF28
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete but bent medieval pointed oval (vesica) shaped seal matrix. Length: 42.8mm; width: 24.2mm; thickness: 4.0mm (excluding loop); mass: 22.8g. The front contains a central recessed fleur-de-lys design around which is inscribed the legend: (S)AL( )(DEI')A( )A(R)V(A)MDECOTVS [reversed]. The reverse has a median rib running between the points of the oval, with a loop at one end. There is a cavity in each side of the loop, but it is unclear if the entire loop is pierced due to soil within the cavities. The seal matrix has an off-white, pitted surface, some of which is flaki…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tamworth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9747D7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified lead/tin alloy object, possibly a vessel dating from the medieval or post-medieval periods. Length: 22.3mm; width: 20.1mm; thickness: 3.0mm; mass: 4.5g. The letters A and B within a zig-zag border are stamped on the slightly concave front of the object. The reverse is slightly convex (from side to side). The edges are incomplete and have a slightly laminated appearance. The style of the lettering suggests that the object is medieval or early postmedieval in date. In "English Pewter Touchmarks", Radway Jackson (1970) discusses "owners marks" which are plain initi…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lapley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-186818
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight, possibly a spindle whorl. The weight is flat sub-circular with a circular perforation running through the centre. The weight has a maximum external diameter of 24.8mm, and the central perforation has a maximum diameter of 10.1mm. The external in internal sides are broadly straight. The weight is a maximum of 12.8mm thick, and it has a mass of 41.6g. One side of the weight is decorated with raised but rather indistinct crossing lines. There is a curved groove of variable depth between the outer and inner edge in on one portion of the reverse, which is otherwise plai…
Created on: Sunday 24th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alkmonton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-07FF87
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead palm guard dating from the post-medieval or modern period. The palm guard is maximum of 84.0mm long and 52.2mm wide. It has a maximum thickness of 8.6mm and a mass of 176g. The palm guard is broadly oval in plan. In profile, the longer axis of the palm guard is convex on the reverse (palm side) but broadly straight on the front. The palm guard has broadly D-shaped cross-section with a convex front and a flatter reverse (palm side). The apex of the convex front is slightly offset from the centre of the front. There is a circular depression, 17mm in diameter, slightly offset…
Created on: Saturday 23rd August 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 21st May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B51B26
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete cast lead medieval ampulla. In plan the ampulla has a scallop shaped lower portion and a narrow straight upper portion with now bent handles on the sides. The ampulla is hollow, with a broadly lozenge sectioned opening at the top. On the front of the ampulla, the scallop shaped portion has bold raised ribs radiating outwards. The reverse of the scallop shell has bold ribs only around the edges, with a flatter central portion on which there is a raised shield design within a shield. The inner shield has a bend to the left and an unidentified design to the right, poss…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-FF3806
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead (?alloy) button or mount, dating from the medieval or post medieval period. The object is circular in plan, but has lost some material from portions of the circumference. There is a design on the front consisting of a cross within a circular border around the circumference. The decoration is moulded in relief. In the centre of the cross there is a pellet, with the remains of further pellets on the arms. One area between arms of the cross is also in relief. Within the other three areas between arms of the cross, there is a pellet on the outer border. In the ce…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-691541
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead (?alloy) object, probably a token dating from the medieval to the modern periods. The object is sub-circular in plan with a raised design on the obverse and a plain flat reverse. The obverse has a raised border around the circumference, within which is a raised design featuring a bird walking left or possibly facing left stood on a branch. The body, head and tail feathers of the bird are in greatest relief. Its legs/feet (and branches?) are formed from raised lines. There are further raised lines above the head and body of the bird, possibly representing further plumage an…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-689A73
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead (?alloy) probable post-medieval token. The object is sub-circular with one flat side (with recessed design) and one side with a raised design. The flatter side has a very precise, recessed design of two figures, standing or walking right. The man on left is wearing a coat, breeches, waistcoat and probably a wig (Zelina Garland, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, pers. comms.). The clothing is 18th century (Laura Cox and Zelina Garland, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, pers. comms.) The reverse has an imprecise heavily raised design. The design consists of a sub-circular …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-680A61
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead-alloy badge dating from the later medieval or early post medieval period. The openwork badge is sub-circular in shape and broadly flat. The front of the badge is highly detailed. A leafy plant forms the left-hand boundary. At the top of the plant is a crescent moon. The right-hand side of the badge has a porch (or some other type of building or architectural feature) composed of two courses of stone walling surmounted by vertical columns or posts. The posts have thickened tops, perhaps arrow shaped. They support a roof formed from a horizontal ridge, topped with a relie…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-1C5032
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy weight, possibly a spindle whorl. The weight is sub-spherical with a tapering sub-circular (oval at the larger end) perforation running through its centre. The perforation has a maximum diameter of 8.6mm at one end and a maximum diameter of 11.1mm at the other end. The weight has a maximum diameter of 25.3mm and a mass of 65.8g. The weight is decorated with undulating, almost beaded parallel ridges. These are set within adjoining panels on the sphere of the weight. The edges of the panels are defined by more pronounced but similarly undulating ridges. There are three…
Created on: Friday 25th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.