Record ID: CORN-11344A
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Likely a trading plate, with a late-Medieval to mid post-Medieval date. It has etched decoration, in a variety of motifs. The primary material is copper-alloy, but there seems to be remnants of either silver or pewter in the decoration. Fragment A: The largest fragment, in terms of area, it has a perforated hole at its intact end, which looks to be its Left edge, therefore making it the top LH hole of the entire plate. On its obverse side, there is what looks to be a man's head, a roof of a house, the upper runks of a ladder, and a sun. On its reverse side, there is a raised …
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-E92DC3
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sheet plate, possibly from a buckle or strap fitting, of medieval date, c.AD 1200 -1500. The plate is formed of a rectangular sheet of metal which has a transverse break midway along its length. The upper surface is decorated with irregular lines of incised pellets. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The plate is 15.8mm long, 13.2mm wide, 1.2mm thick and weighs 0.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-7F9691
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sheet plate of Early-Medieavl date, c.AD 450-650. The plate is an elongated ovate with thin rectangular section and a worn break to one end. One circular perforation, presumably for attachment, is present to the complete end. The break to the other end appears to be around a similar perforation. One surface is decorated with repeated concentric ring designs while the other is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The object is 27.5mm long, 10.3mm wide, 0.7mm and weighs 0.9g.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Sunday 22nd October 2023
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Record ID: NCL-88547B
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a pewter plate of probable post medieval date (c. AD 1670-1730). The artefact is part of the rim of a plate which would have measured approx. 16cm diameter. The artefact is a curved, slightly concaved sheet of pewter (lead alloy) bounded on both sides by incised reeding. Beyond the outer reed is a broken edge of pewter, suggesting the vessel continued beyond this reeding, while beyond the inner reed there is a slight downstep and another irregular broken edge. Both faces have a dark shiny grey patina and significant dents and scratches. The broken edges are very worn and ab…
Created on: Saturday 1st April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: NLM-45C334
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron boss [not a shield boss]. A cast iron concavo-convex hollow boss with a hammered and burred pin passing through its apex. A domed boss is surrounded by two superimposed sunken rings, all being cast in one piece. Probably an item of building ironwork. Part of the outer rim is lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900 Diameter: 115mm, Height: 42mm, Thickness (at break): 4mm, Weight: c.330gms
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2022
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Record ID: WMID-109741
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy press printing plate, of 19th Century dating. The printing plate is rectangular and flat. All edges are patinated, and original. All text is reversed. The front has a title, positioned centrally. The rest of the text is in four paragraphs and justified. The font appears to be similar to Times New Roman. The reverse is undecorated with four patches of iron corrosion products visible. The surviving text can be read: POSTAL INFORMATION INLAND LETTERS - Not exceed [ ]1 oz., 1d., 3 oz., [ ], 4 oz 4d.; 5 oz, [ ] 10 oz, 3 1/2 d. 12 oz [ ]Above 12 o…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: WMID-FE36B8
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment of a copper alloy press printing plate, of 19th Century dating. The fragment is triangular in shape, with parts of six rows of lettering visible. The vertical edge at the side is original, and would have formed the left hand side of the text (once printed). The other edges are patinated, so are suggestive of post-depositional breakage. The surviving text can be read: [ ] / to go / in wa[ ] / the s[ ] / [ ]ad / [ ]e/. Not enough of the text survives to determine whether it is prose fiction or more factual, but more likely to be prose fiction. It me…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
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Record ID: DENO-C4F053
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy letter press printing plate. Eleven lines of small, reversed type survive, letters being approximately 2 mm tall. Every edge is an apparently old break. On the rear surface is the remnant of a rib or handle. The surviving text can be read: You ../ but hear of ../..ent he, / west the (building?)/ ...that Cundall wi.../wondered what he /..it And now he../ ..ian asking him. The text appears to be from a piece of prose fiction. A suggested date would be 19th century. Similar objects on this database include: WREX-DA1FBD , WILT-9DDA4D and…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: NLM-0CA9A8
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead plate. Cast sub-rectangular plate bearing a symmetrical moulded design on one side, flat on the other. The design originates from a small central rhomboid from which eight ribs or rays project. Four ribs have a smaller rounded or rhomboid feature across which the ribs pass, while those ribs or rays between them each pass through a larger rectangle. All eight ribs terminate on a moulded ring and dot of diameter c.7.5mm, and the outer edges of all eight circles project beyond the notional rectangular outline of the plate as a whole, with a broader field which coincides with the thi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunham-on-Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4D24B6
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate fragment. A corner broken raggedly from a flat plate bearing deeply engraved and possibly figurative motifs. What now remains includes a plain border along one side only, a tapered band of reticulate or net-like squares, and, adjacent, two massy objects subdivided by short lines, perhaps petals, or even hands. A groove on the back follows the un-bordered edge. This could be from a printing plate, as the strong definition of details would carry over onto a printed image. If so, the cuprous material ['copper-plate'] and strongly defined features could suggest an early…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyham cum Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C9F72C
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate fragment. A probably die-stamped asymmetrical Y-shaped fragment with a bent or flanged edge. Three fixing holes appear: at the rounded ends of short arms, and passing through the flange, which is broken across its fixing site. Probably from machinery, possibly burnt. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925 Length: 25.6mm, Width: 25.9mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 7.83gms
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-76BAF2
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible printer's type. Two rectangular blocks, of length c.18mm and thickness 7.3mm and 4.6mm, both with a U-shaped trough on one broad flat face, the larger also bearing a narrower groove. These may have provided spaces in a page of typeset print. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Combined Weight: 72.10gms
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DYFED-A1890C
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small Copper Alloy Incomplete Object. Possibly a Belt Plate. Object is flat, and spade like in shape but with a flattened cut off tip (possibly showing a break), at the base are 4 small lugs which appear to be similar to loops for a seperate buckle. Both sides of the object are decorated in small ring and dot decoration. The object is 3.7g in weight, it is 24.77mm in length and 22.22mm in width at its widest point. It is thought that this may date to the 4/5th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hundleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-5D4505
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy medieval or post-medieval rectangular buckle plate or strap end. Approximately half of the buckle plate remains. The object consists of a single rectangular plate with a central, copper-alloy, circular rivet and a copper alloy rivet in each corner. The opposite end has been broken and is slightly upward curled, the green patina and corrosion indicate an old break. Surrounding the perimeter of the plate are two rows of stamped lozenge motifs. Suggested date: c.AD1200-1500 Length: 20.94 mm, Width: 25.66 mm, Thickness: 1.69 mm, Weight: 5.01g
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-E116B9
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or early medieval copper alloy plate? Length: 20 mm, width: 12 mm, thickness: 1 mm, weight: 1.05 grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and forms a plate with a circular hole, 2mm diameter, in each corner. The plate is decorated with a border along its two long edges of a stamped dot and semi-circle. In its centre is a line of 6 circular stamps which appear to be flanked by one or two smaller circular stamps radiating outwards from three points. The object is probably a decorative plate from an unknown object?
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2018
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Record ID: WREX-DA1FBD
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three-joining fragments of an incomplete lead alloy printing plate with a suggested date of c. AD 1750-1900.The text is in Welsh and has a series of numbered paragraphs. The plate is plain on the reverse. Total length: 86mm; width: 78mm; thickness: 4.53mm; weight: 13.49g.
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rhuddlan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1BD0BC
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plate. A thin plate with a flat edge opposite a curved edge, and also slightly curved in profile. Four holes of diameter 2.4mm are punched from one side; the other side bears traces of black paint or oil. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900 Height: 9.5mm, Width: 25.2mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 0.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1184A0
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a plate or shallow dish, or possible candlestick, of late medieval or post-medieval date, and probably cast from pewter. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with an inner and outer curve suggesting it is part of a flat circular object. The fragment features moulded decoration comprising a continuous pattern of leaves and interlocking zig-zag lines following the outline of the circumference. The back of the fragment is undecorated. The fragment measures 26.1 mm in length, is 16.4 mm wide and 3.5 mm thick. It weighs 6.7 g.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-4B8BC5
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal plate probably dating from the post-medieval to modern period 1800-2000AD. The plate is stamped with the initials *JC* with hallmark that is difficult to make out and is possibly foreign to Britain. The plate has 7 fairly modern looking pressed rivets and a white metal tubular wire that has been attached to the plate on one side. The plate is decorated with two indented transverse lines on a raised plate perpendicular to the plate. The overall impression is of a decorative silver belt that would not appear to have a practical usage and may well relate to art deco. The l…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-3FAD84
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval tin-glazed London Delft earthenware probable plate, dating to c.1660-80. All breaks are old and worn. The fragment depicts the lower part of a tunic, the upper leg, top of boot and part of cloak of a standing figure, presumably male. The inside line of the second leg is visible flanking one of the breaks. The outline of the figure and all further outlines and embellishments are brownish-purple in colour, as are the boots. The background is white/ off-white. The glazing now has a crazed appearance. The tunic is yellow with a pair of lines of crenellations …
Created on: Friday 16th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2017
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