Silver-gilt, 2.07 grams, 42.46 mm. 16th century AD. A silver-gilt dress pin with tapering round-section shaft and spherical head covered with six filigree hoops, each with a central knop, and further knops between the rings. Reference: Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 items M06-0102, 0103. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 4.10 grams, 15.08 mm. Circa 16th-17th century AD. A cast pendant in the form of a cross flory composed from acanthus-leaf elements. The casting is in two halves so as to allow a small item to be enclosed, both halves are thick allowing the artist scope for carefully modelled leaf fronds. Reference: cf. decoration on a contemporary hook-fastener in Read, B. Hooked Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008 item 790. Very fine condition, suspension loop lost in antiquity. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver-gilt, 2.79 grams, 47.38 mm. Circa 16th century AD. A delicate dress pin with a long, pointed, round-section shaft extending to a spherical head decorated with regularly spaced granules within filigree borders. The shaft was deliberately bent over in antiquity. Reference: Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item M06-0102. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver-gilt. 0.69 grams, 19.83 mm. 16th century AD. A repoussé mount formed in silver sheet as a lozenge with a broad border and raised central panel containing a series of bosses. The four corners are pierced for attachment. Very similar mounts were used as part of clothing hook-and-eye mechanisms of Type D3 in the Tudor period. Reference: Read, B. Hooked Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008 items 205, 210. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 2.01 grams, 14.56 mm. 16th century AD. An annular mount with two attachment pins on the reverse. The D-section ring is decorated on the upper surface with a series of six leaf-shaped motifs. Reference: cf. cast openwork eyes in Read, B. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008 p.108, 207. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found Shiptonthorpe, Yorkshire, England 1983.

Silver, 2.86 grams, 22.76 mm. 16th century AD. A cast plate comprising an expanding rectangular forward edge with a central square slot. On the rear edge is a bar from which three roundels develop, with beaded outer edges. On the reverse are the remains of two attachment pins. Reference: cf. cast openwork eyes in Read, B. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes, Langport, 2008 p.108, 207. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection formed in the late 1980's/early 1990's.

Iron, 19.76 grams, 77.75 mm. Circa 16th century AD. A heavy, cast lock key with kidney-shaped bow and shouldered shaft. The bit is notched on the forward edge. Reference: London Museum Catalogue 1940, plates XXIX and XXX. Provenace: found Hampshire, England.

Copper-alloy and gilt, 26.37 grams, 35.88 mm dia. 16th century AD. A thick, cast hemispherical fitting with a central circular piercing surrounded by an external ridge with a pelleted border. The detail comprises a plain outer border, within which are set four D-shaped elements, each with a keyhole-shaped internal block. The gilding remains in place in the recessed areas of the design. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, Langport, 2001, fig.54 item 632. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 3.52 grams, 29.59 mm. 16th century AD. A cast key with a small, rectangular bit, elliptical-section shaft and ribbed collar detailing near the bow. The bow is formed as a kidney-shaped loop with slightly scrolled ends. Reference: London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 p.144. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: found East Tilbury, Essex, England.

Copper-alloy, 1.70 grams, 20.95 mm. An Elizabethan (1558 - 1603 AD) token showing on the obverse the arms of the City of London within a border bearing the legend "+AVE MARI[...]RATIA PLENA" (hail, Mary, full of grace) and on the reverse a medieval cog within a border bearing the legend 'NEPCVMO OII[ ] - ERE'. Some loss to edge, otherwise GOOD very fine condition. Provenance: from the Thames foreshore at Greenwich, reported to the Museum of London.