Record ID: SUR-045938
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast double loop Post Medieval copper alloy buckle, 41.8mm in length. The surface is covered with moulded decoration incorporating rosettes on the outer edges of each loop and also at either end of the strap bar with scrolls linking them on the frame. There are traces of an iron pin, now lost, and the surface has traces of a black lacquer coating. Circa 16th-17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-DBBC88
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword belt fitting. Hook mount from a sword belt with two rivets, some traces of black laqueur. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 Length: 45.3mm, Width: 22.2mm, Thickness: 9.4mm, Weight: 6.33gms
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B3EAC1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast sub-rectangular frame with rounded expanded ends with borders and with a slight internal indentation at either end of the frame, and with three heavily moulded pellets flanked by comma-shaped curls at either end of a separate central steel spindle [now lost]. Black coated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1720 Length: 36.5mm, Height: 22.2mm, Thickness (at housings): 5.2mm, Weight: 6.49gms
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-B2CBD1
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword belt fitting. Small cast sub-triangular plate bearing vegetal ornament on its display side and with a single fixing hole of diameter 2mm at its top [as viewed]. Traces of black coating were revealed by close examination. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 27.3mm, Width: 17.3mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.35gms
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-22861D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount. Cast three-lobed plate of concavo-convex section retaining the stubs of three integrally cast fixing pins of length 6mm [two partly lost]. The front bears a tripartite running guilloche with a pelleted border, with a terminal knop at either end. Traces of black coating appear on the edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Length: 45.0mm, Width: 16.9mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 7.81gms
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-CE5787
Object type: TOBACCO HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead tobacco jar lid handle. Lead cast rosette stud, some trace of black laquer on front. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 Height: 18.3mm, Thickness/Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 14.47gms
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: KENT-B7AE3B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unidentified object of unknown date, a cast copper alloy fish-tail object. Description: The object has been cast in one-piece in copper alloy. In plan, the object is shaped as a fish or dolphin tail with a rectangular body ending in a worn concave break. One fin is wider and slightly longer than the other. The obverse is bevelled whilst the reverse is flat with a rectangular section. The top of the body displays short file marks and possible spots of niello or black paint. The rest of the object is a light green in colour. Measurements: Length: 32.22 mm; Width: …
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: NLM-A566BE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Assymetrical double looped buckle with integral bar, traces of black coating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1570-1650 Length: 44mm, Height: 29.7mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 8.40gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8EE795
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy mount, perhaps a strap end, book clasp or buckle plate, dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1500. It is sub-square in plan, apparently broken on three edges. There is a rivet hole in the two corners of the complete edge. The complete edge is decorated with cross saltires in rouletted decoration. There is then a raised line, in repousse. The main panel is recatngular and contains curved rouletterd lines, with some areas filled with rocker arm or wriggle-work engraving. A second repousse bar defines the other end of the main panel, and the plate con…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-114CEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible buckle pin.  Cast rectangular section pin, with a rounded point at one end and expanded to form part of a loop, now broken, at the other. Extensive traces of black coating appear. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650 Length: 34.5mm, Width: 6.8mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 2.87gms
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kelsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FA7B34
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Fragment from the cast upper or lower side of a buckle frame with a separate steel spindle [lost]. The frame comprised openwork of reeded strand with florets at their crossing points, a small housing for the spindle remains. Traces of black paint, oil or lacquer appear on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1720-1790 Length: 35.3mm, Height: 9.6mm, Thickness (at housing): 4.1mm, Weight: 2.33gms
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CD7F44
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy shoe buckle, dating from the Post-Medieval period c. AD 1660 - 1720. Its frame is sub-rectangular with rounded corners, and is bowed (curved) towards its front by intentional design. At the point where the pin spindle would have been fitted to the frame, there are three moulded ridges flanked by two recesses. The object's front and back have traces of a black covering. The buckle is in fair condition. Dimensions: Length 29.91 mm. Width 16.77 mm. Thickness 2.38 mm. Weight 2.4 g.
Created on: Saturday 28th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A79E79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the late Medieval to early Post-Medieval period c. AD 1350 - 1650. The object is a 'spectacle' buckle, which has a frame of two loops forming an overall figure of 8. It is ' D ' shaped in cross-section, and has traces of having been black-coated in antiquity. Dimensions: Length 35.99 mm. Width 28.12 mm. Thickness 2.82 mm. Weight 5.2 g.
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A66743
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the late Medieval to Post-Medieval period c. AD 1350 - 1650. The frame has an elongated sub-oval loop in one half of the frame, and a sub-D shaped loop in its other half. The buckle frame has been covered in a black substance, most of which is now absent due to time and corrosion. Its frame is ' D ' shaped in cross section, and two thirds of it is now covered in a light green patina.  Dimensions: Length 30.5 mm. Width 24.0 mm. Thickness 2.61 mm. Weight 4.6 g. Internal measurement of long oval loop 19.66 mm x 9…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-7DE072
Object type: DOOR FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron door fitting. A cast escutcheon to cover a keyhole, with a heart-shaped base depending from a concave-sided rectangle. Deeply recessed moulded decoration within these figures retains a glossy black material whose thickness may suggest it to be relict enamel. Plain on the back with a cylindrical iron fixing pin of diameter 5.9mm on which the plate turned. The edges are crisp and the detail strongly defined. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1850 Length: 43.2mm, Width: 21.3mm, Thickness (clear of pin): 2.6mm, Weight: 10.58gms
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-77C330
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle fragment. Cast double looped buckle with a large moulded floral knop at either end of the frame and a knop at either end of a narrowed central strap bar. One loop is broken. Rust on the strap bar, which retains traces of black coating, may suggest the buckle was deposited with an iron pin attached, now lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650 Length: 28.8mm, Height: 24.8mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 3.94gms
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ewster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D3AD03
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped buckle, of uncertain Medieval or Post medieval date, about AD 1350 - 1700. The buckle has an oval loop with a very offset and narrowed bar, leaving an almost T shaped frame. The outer edge is expanded into two flat circular lobes, each covered with oblique groves. The sides of the frame also have oblique grooves. The loop of the copper alloy pin survives in situ. There are traces of a black coating. The buckle is 27.3mm long, 27.1mm wide, 5.1mm thick and weighs 5.50g. There is no close parallel in Whtehead, nor Egan and Pritchard, and a similar example…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-769AB7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc. A small abraded disc, presented as a Roman coin but with black paint, lacquer or oil traces on either side; the darker side may be the display side of a figurative front. Possibly a button. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Diameter: 11.5mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 0.79gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-E3E04D
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a Modern incomplete copper alloy badge awarded in World War Two, AD. 1939-1945.  Together, both fragments comprise approx. 60% of an oval-shaped badge made of embossed sheet brass. The obverse features a central helmet with embossed swastika atop crossed swords on a stipped background within a wreath with bow at the bottom. The reverse reveals the inverse of the embossed obverse design and the badge has lost its pin, spring mechanism and catch plate.  This badge is a Wound Badge awarded during WW2 to German soldiers and civilians who had suffered wound…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A0964B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, double loop, spectacle buckle dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1550 - 1650. The frame has two D shaped loops with a moulded rosette on each loop. There is a protruding knop at each end of the pin bar.  The pin is missing. The buckle has a dark green brown patina and appears to retain some original black coating. Measurements are; length 47.9mm, width 28.4mm, thickness 4.3mm and weight 7.0g. The buckle is similar to Whitehead (2003) number 408.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.