Record ID: CORN-EA1B09
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a pommel for the butt end of a knife handle. Due to its patina, it appears to be a post-Medieval example. It is copper-alloy, but appears to be more zinc-rich than other copper-alloyed objects on the database. It has a light grey-green patina. Eventhough it has been somewhat crushed during deposition, it is still possible to ascertain that it was originally sub-square in shape. Its design (on its outer face) features two more squares, oneinside the other, etched into the metal, and within the central square, there are etched lines radiating out in all directions from the…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-D46683
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast pewter or tin alloy screw cap, c.AD 1700-1800. This object is the cap of a small bottle, which would have screwed into place. It is shaped like a crown with a central point that may have ended in a cross, but has since broken below the tip. The small and precise decoration was made as part of the casting mould, which suggests a later Post-Medieval date. This cap is the right sizeand shape for a perfume or snuff bottle, popular during this period.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DC8F36
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, octagonal screw-top cap. There is some damage to the base but otherwise this object is well-preserved. The top of the cap is decorated with an ornate B. This could be the cap to a bottle of perfume.
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-EFF2E1
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Orviétan cap from a bottle of 'Orviétan', a panacea, probably from the 17th-18th centuries. The cap has a blank face with a raised edge from being crushed around a bottletop. The other face features a sun with rays, and a join line down the centre of the face.
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E4A2C4
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy cap for the handle of a spit driving mechanism dating to the Post Medieval period c. AD1600-1700. The object is flat with a narrow, flat bottomed base, pointed oval in section. The sides of the object narrow from the base to a waisted neck before flaring out to a sub-triangular plate with a rounded top. A section of the outer edge is missing on one side. A raised moulded rib with a central groove runs down the middle of both faces from the centre of the base to the outer edge at the top. At the base is a sub-circular socket with a broken side. At the top is a …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-FD0095
Object type: CAP
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead alloy object, 24mm in diameter, 6mm deep and weighing 7.97grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has is hollow and its inside surface is decorated with eight radiating ridges.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1395B6
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver lid of a windcap for a pipe, mostly likely a meerschaum pipe, made of a thin sheet of silver. The top engraved with a foliate design. Around the sides are a series of 10 square shaped protrusions. This cap would originally have been fitted by a hinge to a flat plate that would have been attached to the pipe. The flat plate is likely to have been hallmarked, if English, or been plain if it is of continental manufacture. This flat plate is missing however there is a 'cut out' on the underside of the cap that marks where the hinges would have been. Opposite this 'cut out' is an in…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nercwys', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-9460CC
Object type: CAP
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable cap or lid from a small container. Cast rectangular concavo-convex object with a flange around its edge, and another round the inner edge of its underside, probably to engage the top of a small container. The former would facilitate opening, and the latter woukld assure a tightly sealed closure. An oval hole lies near one corner, though whether a casting flaw, a deliberate feature or fortuitous damage is uncertain. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800. Length: 16.2mm, Width: 16.6mm, Thickness (overall): 3.3mm, Weight: 2.59gms.
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AAE102
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Fitting. Cast hollow conical object with a broad basal rim, tapering towards a concentrically moulded apex and surmounted by a waisted rectangular lug. The lug bears an off-centre transverse drilled perforation of diameter1.8mm. Two similar opposed and off-centre drilled perforations appear in the lower body of the object, together with a dimple indicating an abortive attempt to position one of them. Though the upper perforation might have served for the suspension of this bell-like object, the lower pair would seem more likely to have accommodated pins or othe…
Created on: Wednesday 12th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-69DB41
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead alloy vessel cap or possible measuring cup, flared towards the lip. Now squashed and distorted, the object has two linear decorative bands running around the circumference just above the lip. There is a small iron object, possibly a rivet or part of an attachment chain retained close to one edge of the lip - there is a similar hole opposite the first although this does not show any iron corrosion. These holes and the possible iron rivet / chain were probably part of the method of securing the cap to the vessel or container so that it would not be lost. Although hard to …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BERK-FFE5A1
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible powder cap measure, made of lead and probably dating to the post-medieval period. This may be of a type used in the Civil War era, although no direct comparison could be found. The object may also be a sealing cap for a wooden bottle or container, although again no direct comparisons could be found. The object is bent and distorted, and measures 17.31mm long and the top has a rough diameter of 18.59mm. It weighs 19.3gms.
Created on: Friday 29th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farthinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-130364
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy cap containing an iron fitting. Probably Post-Medieval (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1650). Length 22.8mm, maximum width 13.0mm. Weight 6.17g. The hollow copper alloy part of the object has walls of 1.0mm thickness. It is heptagonal in cross-section throughout its length and consists of three distinct elements separated by two circumferential ribs. The larger element, forming the terminal, is dome-shaped (with seven facets). It has a length of about 10.0mm and a maximum width of 13.0mm. At the apex of the dome is a corroded iron nipple. Below this part, the s…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB1404
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a cap that has been manufactured from a long seamless drawn out tube. The edge of the band has been machine bevelled and looks modern. The remains of cut hay are evident on the surface of the band and some fragments are embedded into the layer of corrosion product on the outside of the band, suggesting that it has decayed recently. The pink discolouration of the copper underneath the layer of corrosion product is also indicative of a modern piece.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LON-09FCD1
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cap with a rounded top and flat bottom with overall discolouration.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bankside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-8EB045
Object type: CAP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy cap, possibly for a bottle dating from the medieval to post medieval period. The cap is roughly circular in shape with a flat base and slightly convex top.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambleden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-3BB175
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy circular cap/ possible watch fobb, dating to the post medieval period. Lip on side, possible a figure on the front holding a staff, writting is illegible.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A6A6C3
Object type: CAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval decorated lead cap. Lead cap or fitting of uncertain function with iron attachment pin through the centre. The face of the cap is decorated with a domed raised six-arm wheel decoration. The reverse face is flat and plain. The sides have suffered some impact damage.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.