Record ID: SWYOR-EF65F9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, lead alloy (pewter?), fixture or fitting of unidentified purpose, of probable Post Medieval date, AD 1700 - 1900. It is an annular frame which is rectangular in section, taller than it is wide. An incomplete thin strut cast flush with one face of the frame survives and when complete would have divided the frame in half. There finat stubs at the other three cardinal points indicate that the frame would have been divided in quarters. It is 25.9mm in diameter and 3.7mm thick.It weighs 5.5g. The fitting could be from a drain or plughole, or have had another function. N…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-C659C1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval or early Post-Medieval lead alloy groat sized Boy Bishop token dating from AD 1465 to 1555. The obverse carries a portrait of a boy, facing half right, wearing a mitre and with a crozier to his left. The obverse legend is largely indecipherable but the remaining portion reads [...]NCTVS [...] suggesting that it is one of the usual obverse legends, probably SANCTVS NICOLAVS ORA PRO NOBIS. The reverse has a long cross pattee with three pellets in each angle dividing two rows of legend in the style of Medieval groats. The reverse legend …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A38AE9
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead, or leaded copper alloy artefact, probably an ingot of unknown date, AD 43 - 1900. It is in the form of a bar, one end of which is square, while the other end tapers to a point. In section it is a flattened hexagon, smooth on one face, and covered with irregular depressions and bobbles on the other face. The ingot has a smooth and shiny dark grey green patina. It is 47.8mm long, 11.4mm wide and 7.2mm thick. It weighs 19.7g. Similar ingots in silver are often attributed to the Early Medieval period, but similar finds of various materials can be Roman to Modern. Compare YORY…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-69EF1C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast bi-face lead token, dating from AD 1550-1800. One side of the token has a possible letter J, the other side is quartered with a single pellet in each quarter. The designs are cast in relief. The token is an overall light grey colour with traces of concretion around some of the raised details. The token fits into Powell type: 2 having initials, and type 14, which have a cros or cross and pellets design, supposed to recollect the Medieval penny design. When viewed the other way up, the letter J could also be interpreted as a shepherd's crook or bishop's c…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D7C571
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of metal working debris, of lead or other white metal alloy of unknown date, AD 43 - 1900. The item consists of an irregular flat tear drop shaped fragment of dense grey bubbled and rough-textured non-ferrous [tested with magnet] metalworking material with uneven upper and lower surfaces. One face has an irregular raised surface possible an impring of the ground that the molten metal was spilled upon. The other face has a flatter surface with irregular wrinkles and radiating lines. This is possibly the upper surface and is the face that had surface tension that then solid…
Created on: Monday 19th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-E42E03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two separate pieces of an unidentified, lead alloy artefact, of uncertain date, probably AD 500 - 1800. It is possible that they are part of the head of an Early Medieval great square headed brooch, or a model for one, dating from AD 500 - 570. The two pieces do not join, and it is uncertain what shape it was originally. It seems most likely to have been a rectangular or square plaque. The reverse is plain and flat. The upper face is decorated in a geometric design, probably executed in cast relief. The break is patinated but not particularly worn. The larger piece is roughly squ…
Created on: Monday 7th December 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-F9833A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete lead alloy toy gun dating from the Post Medieval to modern period, about AD 1600-1900. Most of the barrel is missing. The butt flares away from the barrel. The top of the surviving barrel has a slot along it where the missing firing mechanism would have been fitted. Broken openwork tracery decoration projects from the underneath of the barrel. The object has cream patina. The object has a length of 50.3mm, a width of 13.0mm, and a thickness of 6.9mm. It weighs 6.51g. Compare with SOM-9B728E and PUBLIC-E65988 which notes that "Similar toy muskets were found in Londo…
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Sunday 14th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-959E2E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead artefact, possibly a bi-conical spindle whorl of Roman, Medieval or post-Medieval date, AD 43 - 1600. It is bi-conical with a pronounced casting seam forming a median band, and the remains of the casting sprue visible. The central circular aperture is about 6mm diameter, which is a size which Walton Rogers suggests can indicate an Iron Age to Roman date. Walton Rogers suggests that biconical whorls fade away in the 7th century, reappearing after AD 1100. Alberti (2017, Roman Finds Group Datasheet 7) notes that biconical whorls are the least common shape for Roman whorls, a…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-040478
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, lead alloy button of post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1700. It has a domed front surface and a flat reverse, in the centre of which is the stub of an integral attachment loop now mostly missing, and a casting seam. The domed surface of the button is decorated with a central pellet, surrounded by two concentric rings in relief, and a series of closely spaced, radiating ribs between the outer edge of the ring and the edge of the button. There are ten wide ribs alternating with narrow ones. It is 20.7mm in diameter and 7.2mm thick. It weighs 11.99g. Similar buttons…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-03EAEE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy button dating to the post medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It is circular and domed with a flat back. The front is decorated with a central pellet. On the reverse is a casting seam and a bent integral attachment loop. It has a white patina. The button measures: Diameter 11.3mm, length of shank 11.1mm, weight 3.95g. Compare tombac and copper alloy button in Bailey (2004) with pimple buttons usually attributed to the 16th or 17th century.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-D8439A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Barnsley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead alloy artefact, possibly a disc brooch dating from AD 900 - 1000, of Weetch type 5, but possibly a post medieval or modern furniture mount. The fragment is just over a quarter of a circular disc. It is patterned with concentric circles; the outermost one is raised to form a rim, and is immediately adjacent to a circles which is decorated with oblique grooves, giving a ropework effect. The next two are plain raised ribs, and the final two are also plain, but wider. It is uncertain whether there is any central design, as the middle of the brooch is missing, but the …
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-44083C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast lead alloy hemispherical button of early post-Medieval date, AD 1500 - AD 1700. It has a domed front surface and a flat reverse, in the centre of which is the stub of an integral attachment loop now mostly missing, and a casting seam. The domed surface of the button is decorated with a central pellet, surrounded by a broad groove, and a series of closely spaced, radiating ribs between the outer edge of the central groove and the edge of the button. The button is 13.6mm in diameter and 7.8mm thick. It weighs 5.28g. Similar buttons are recorded on the database: …
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-B43B71
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical lead button of late Medieval to Post Medieval date about AD 1500-1700 in date. The button is miscast, with the two halves of the mould mis-aligned. Its base is oval and convex and there is a small circular indentation which could indicate where a metal loop was attached but is now missing, as well as a casting seam. The patina is yellow. The front of the button is conical and is decorated with irregular raised pellets. It has a yellow cream patina. It is 10.2mm in diameter and 5.7mm thick. It weighs 2.28g. A similar example is provided by SWYOR-8D214D and SWYOR-1AF964. …
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-0ACA29
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy button, probably of late Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1500. The head of the button is circular, and slightly domed, with a flat back. The front has a central cross design in relief, created by four chevron shaped recesses. The arms of the cross terminate in a pellet, with further pellets round the outer edge in the angle of each chevron. There is also a pellet in the centre. The pellets are all very worn. The raised cross appears to be a separate piece of lead from the backplate. There is an integral circular, attachment loop on the reverse, cast a…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-8EB55D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, tombac or pewter button of post-Medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1800. It is sub-circular with twelve faceted sides on the rim and a conical front divided into six facets. The reverse is hollow, with a lump in the middle in which are two circular holes where a wire attachment loop is now missing. It is 26.2mm in diameter and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 10.14g. compare a similar but octagonal example on page 49 of Bailey (2004) Buttons and Fasteners 500 BC - AD 1840.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-8E7281
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy whistle of post medieval or early modern date (AD 1650 - 1900) although probably 19th century. The whistle is hollow and tubular, circular in cross-section. The whistle has a knop at the closed end, pierced for attachment to a string. There is a long-neck of circular section, with a projecting collar near the oval rounded knop. The body of the whistle then has a domed end and a thick projecting ridge round the centre. The mouthpiece has a D shaped opening on one face, and an incomplete flat end. The pea is missing. There are prominent casting seams along each side. There …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-8D9146
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy button of post-Medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1800. It is circular and hollow, made in two pieces. It has a domed front and a more shallowly domed reverse, with a scar in the centre where a wire attachment loop is missing. It is 21.3mm in diameter and 10.3mm thick. It weighs 6.04g. Compare similar examples on page 80 of Bailey (2004) Buttons and Fasteners 500 BC - AD1840.
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-78F51D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token, of Powell type 14/34, dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1800. It is circular in plan and has a slightly raised rim .The obverse has a design in high relief consisting of a cross dividing it into four unequal segments with a symbol or symbols in two of the segments. One of the segments contains two crescents, one within the curve of the other; the diametrically opposed segment contains a crescent above, and to the left of, a short, horizontal bar. The other two segments are unmarked. The reverse of the token is divided into two halves by a single…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 21st March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-78C933
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy token, Powell type 14/34, dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1800. it is circular in plan and has a slightly raised rim .The obverse has a design in high relief consisting of a cross dividing it into four unequal segments with a symbol or symbols in two of the segments. One of the segments contains a pointed pellet; the diametrically opposed segment contains a crescent above, and to the left of, a short, horizontal bar. The other two segments are unmarked. The reverse of the token is divided into two halves by a single raised bar running across the cent…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 30th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-871FD8
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast lead alloy button of Post medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1700. It was a flat disc (now bent) with a casting seam and an incomplete attachment loop on the reverse. The front is decorated with an integrally cast design of a eight petalled flower. It is 23.3mm in diameter and 4.9mm thick. It weighs 6.02gm. A similar button is SOM-1E6D12 which suggests a 17th century date.
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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