Laura Burnett
@tokeneffort.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Mainly metal objects, coins, and coin like things. Fascinated by money and society in all periods. Researching 17th century trade tokens at Exeter. Former FLO.
Author: 50 finds from Somerset and 50 Post Medieval and Modern finds
Author: 50 finds from Somerset and 50 Post Medieval and Modern finds
#TurtleDay is also a chance to showcase what my kids thought was The Best Thing in the Palermo Achaeological Museum, the resident Turtles.
Could some go in your garden @romanpalace?
Could some go in your garden @romanpalace?
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#TurtleDay is also a chance to showcase what my kids thought was The Best Thing in the Palermo Achaeological Museum, the resident Turtles.
Could some go in your garden @romanpalace?
Could some go in your garden @romanpalace?
It's #WorldTurtleDay and turtles/ tortoises are just one of the many types of animals recorded as Roman figurines in Britain. Possibly associated with Mercury.
See finds.org.uk/database/art... for an example and more detail
See finds.org.uk/database/art... for an example and more detail
May 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's #WorldTurtleDay and turtles/ tortoises are just one of the many types of animals recorded as Roman figurines in Britain. Possibly associated with Mercury.
See finds.org.uk/database/art... for an example and more detail
See finds.org.uk/database/art... for an example and more detail
Swiss Roll constructed, Toblerone on hand. All ready for #Eurovision2025.
Somehow I feel William Wood of York 'Mutision' (Musician) and his Punchanella would have been right at home #token #17thcentury 🗃️🏺🎶
Image courtesy of the British Museum
Somehow I feel William Wood of York 'Mutision' (Musician) and his Punchanella would have been right at home #token #17thcentury 🗃️🏺🎶
Image courtesy of the British Museum
May 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Swiss Roll constructed, Toblerone on hand. All ready for #Eurovision2025.
Somehow I feel William Wood of York 'Mutision' (Musician) and his Punchanella would have been right at home #token #17thcentury 🗃️🏺🎶
Image courtesy of the British Museum
Somehow I feel William Wood of York 'Mutision' (Musician) and his Punchanella would have been right at home #token #17thcentury 🗃️🏺🎶
Image courtesy of the British Museum
This duck looks more guilty at being told off than terrified of the roaring lion.
6th-7th century BCE alabastron from Agrigento.
#Findsfriday
6th-7th century BCE alabastron from Agrigento.
#Findsfriday
May 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This duck looks more guilty at being told off than terrified of the roaring lion.
6th-7th century BCE alabastron from Agrigento.
#Findsfriday
6th-7th century BCE alabastron from Agrigento.
#Findsfriday
I wonder if browsing @findsorguk.bsky.social helped him chose a name.
This Bulla of Leo III (795-816), Leonis, is the earliest bulla they have recorded (for now).
Stylishly minimalist if he is looking to design his new one.
This Bulla of Leo III (795-816), Leonis, is the earliest bulla they have recorded (for now).
Stylishly minimalist if he is looking to design his new one.
May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I wonder if browsing @findsorguk.bsky.social helped him chose a name.
This Bulla of Leo III (795-816), Leonis, is the earliest bulla they have recorded (for now).
Stylishly minimalist if he is looking to design his new one.
This Bulla of Leo III (795-816), Leonis, is the earliest bulla they have recorded (for now).
Stylishly minimalist if he is looking to design his new one.
A lot of my work is big picture, maps and graphs. It was great fun to focus on a single #17thcentury #token in depth for this article, and an #Irish one at that.
Open Access on academia for people who like wool, ships, Ireland, tokens, 17th century stuff or quakers.
www.academia.edu/129253996/He...
Open Access on academia for people who like wool, ships, Ireland, tokens, 17th century stuff or quakers.
www.academia.edu/129253996/He...
May 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A lot of my work is big picture, maps and graphs. It was great fun to focus on a single #17thcentury #token in depth for this article, and an #Irish one at that.
Open Access on academia for people who like wool, ships, Ireland, tokens, 17th century stuff or quakers.
www.academia.edu/129253996/He...
Open Access on academia for people who like wool, ships, Ireland, tokens, 17th century stuff or quakers.
www.academia.edu/129253996/He...
A late in the day but good one for #FindsFriday
A pig dressed as Athena, from the Archaeological museum in Palermo.
A pig dressed as Athena, from the Archaeological museum in Palermo.
May 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A late in the day but good one for #FindsFriday
A pig dressed as Athena, from the Archaeological museum in Palermo.
A pig dressed as Athena, from the Archaeological museum in Palermo.
Very late entry for #MosaicMonday.
A hot sticky day in London, wish I was back in this seaside Sicilian villa
A hot sticky day in London, wish I was back in this seaside Sicilian villa
April 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very late entry for #MosaicMonday.
A hot sticky day in London, wish I was back in this seaside Sicilian villa
A hot sticky day in London, wish I was back in this seaside Sicilian villa
There is the bad writing but it is the "humble gift" bit that is making me go ewww, very 18th century colonial
Trade card courtesy of British Museum
Trade card courtesy of British Museum
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There is the bad writing but it is the "humble gift" bit that is making me go ewww, very 18th century colonial
Trade card courtesy of British Museum
Trade card courtesy of British Museum
Paging Martin Luther
April 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Paging Martin Luther
Ooh look at the curly ends to the handles like
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Although see the record already spotted the resemblance and yours are probably the proper ivory ones rather than local copper alloy copies of the form.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Although see the record already spotted the resemblance and yours are probably the proper ivory ones rather than local copper alloy copies of the form.
April 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ooh look at the curly ends to the handles like
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Although see the record already spotted the resemblance and yours are probably the proper ivory ones rather than local copper alloy copies of the form.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Although see the record already spotted the resemblance and yours are probably the proper ivory ones rather than local copper alloy copies of the form.
Lovely.
Every time I use my old Barum jug for gravy I think of all the endless Glazed Red Earthernwares I have recorded!
Every time I use my old Barum jug for gravy I think of all the endless Glazed Red Earthernwares I have recorded!
April 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Lovely.
Every time I use my old Barum jug for gravy I think of all the endless Glazed Red Earthernwares I have recorded!
Every time I use my old Barum jug for gravy I think of all the endless Glazed Red Earthernwares I have recorded!
#TilesOnTuesday
An embarrassment of architectural ceramic riches in Cardiff.
An embarrassment of architectural ceramic riches in Cardiff.
April 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
#TilesOnTuesday
An embarrassment of architectural ceramic riches in Cardiff.
An embarrassment of architectural ceramic riches in Cardiff.
George de Thorpe's arms head the Norfolk section of the Parliamentary Roll of 1312, after his brother John's. He was active on many campaigns with the King and tournaments.
The mount was probably worn as a cheekpiece on the bridle, or possibly higher on the head, as in the c.1240 Life of St Alban.
The mount was probably worn as a cheekpiece on the bridle, or possibly higher on the head, as in the c.1240 Life of St Alban.
March 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
George de Thorpe's arms head the Norfolk section of the Parliamentary Roll of 1312, after his brother John's. He was active on many campaigns with the King and tournaments.
The mount was probably worn as a cheekpiece on the bridle, or possibly higher on the head, as in the c.1240 Life of St Alban.
The mount was probably worn as a cheekpiece on the bridle, or possibly higher on the head, as in the c.1240 Life of St Alban.
6 years after first recording it for @findsorguk.bsky.social it was nice to write more about this wonderful #medieval harness mount for the John Clark festschrift.
Made around 1300 with the arms of Sir George de Thorpe of Suffolk. #findsfriday.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Made around 1300 with the arms of Sir George de Thorpe of Suffolk. #findsfriday.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
March 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
6 years after first recording it for @findsorguk.bsky.social it was nice to write more about this wonderful #medieval harness mount for the John Clark festschrift.
Made around 1300 with the arms of Sir George de Thorpe of Suffolk. #findsfriday.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Made around 1300 with the arms of Sir George de Thorpe of Suffolk. #findsfriday.
finds.org.uk/database/art...
I'm not saying Devon is a little behind the times but pretty sure the association of apothecaries and selling tobacco was supposed to have ended by the mid-17th century in England... #EarlyModern
Nice stained glass though.
Nice stained glass though.
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm not saying Devon is a little behind the times but pretty sure the association of apothecaries and selling tobacco was supposed to have ended by the mid-17th century in England... #EarlyModern
Nice stained glass though.
Nice stained glass though.
Map revealed by peeling layers of wallpaper.
The past is a different country.
The past is a different country.
March 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Map revealed by peeling layers of wallpaper.
The past is a different country.
The past is a different country.
In the hope of an end to persecution and intolerance
March 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In the hope of an end to persecution and intolerance
#MosaicMonday
The other month I visited Fitzrovia Chapel for the first time. The only word for it is a 'jewel'!
Love byzantine mosaic ceilings, original, medieval successors, or Victorian revival.
The other month I visited Fitzrovia Chapel for the first time. The only word for it is a 'jewel'!
Love byzantine mosaic ceilings, original, medieval successors, or Victorian revival.
March 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#MosaicMonday
The other month I visited Fitzrovia Chapel for the first time. The only word for it is a 'jewel'!
Love byzantine mosaic ceilings, original, medieval successors, or Victorian revival.
The other month I visited Fitzrovia Chapel for the first time. The only word for it is a 'jewel'!
Love byzantine mosaic ceilings, original, medieval successors, or Victorian revival.
Late for #FindsFriday but early for #InternationalWomensDay is this buckle stamped by Hester Bateman, successful businesswomen and innovative silver manufacturer in the late #18thcentury.
Most museum pieces of hers are cutlery or vessels but @finds.org.uk have recorded smaller items like thimbles.
Most museum pieces of hers are cutlery or vessels but @finds.org.uk have recorded smaller items like thimbles.
March 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Late for #FindsFriday but early for #InternationalWomensDay is this buckle stamped by Hester Bateman, successful businesswomen and innovative silver manufacturer in the late #18thcentury.
Most museum pieces of hers are cutlery or vessels but @finds.org.uk have recorded smaller items like thimbles.
Most museum pieces of hers are cutlery or vessels but @finds.org.uk have recorded smaller items like thimbles.
Ann Mitchell's halfpenny token was roughly equivalent to the £1 book tokens being given out for #WorldBookDay. (Depending how you measure it, measuringworth.com)
It wouldn't have brought you the gorgeous clasped book shown but a couple might get you a broadsheet or cheap chapbook.
It wouldn't have brought you the gorgeous clasped book shown but a couple might get you a broadsheet or cheap chapbook.
March 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Ann Mitchell's halfpenny token was roughly equivalent to the £1 book tokens being given out for #WorldBookDay. (Depending how you measure it, measuringworth.com)
It wouldn't have brought you the gorgeous clasped book shown but a couple might get you a broadsheet or cheap chapbook.
It wouldn't have brought you the gorgeous clasped book shown but a couple might get you a broadsheet or cheap chapbook.
If you see this quote post a tree ( don't forget the Alt text)
My favorite local tree, a huge oak, I visited it often. It came down in the autumn storms, a real grief at the loss.
My favorite local tree, a huge oak, I visited it often. It came down in the autumn storms, a real grief at the loss.
March 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you see this quote post a tree ( don't forget the Alt text)
My favorite local tree, a huge oak, I visited it often. It came down in the autumn storms, a real grief at the loss.
My favorite local tree, a huge oak, I visited it often. It came down in the autumn storms, a real grief at the loss.
The sky is blue and so is this amazing facade.
#TilesOnTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The sky is blue and so is this amazing facade.
#TilesOnTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
It's a year since our 50 Post Medieval and Modern Finds book came out and still glad I argued to include this one.
From when an indoor toilet was a grand luxury worthy of decoration.
Bonus video: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
#FindsFriday
finds.org.uk/database/art...
From when an indoor toilet was a grand luxury worthy of decoration.
Bonus video: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
#FindsFriday
finds.org.uk/database/art...
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's a year since our 50 Post Medieval and Modern Finds book came out and still glad I argued to include this one.
From when an indoor toilet was a grand luxury worthy of decoration.
Bonus video: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
#FindsFriday
finds.org.uk/database/art...
From when an indoor toilet was a grand luxury worthy of decoration.
Bonus video: www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
#FindsFriday
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Popped into Ewenni Priory. Added somewhere else to the list of sites I'd like to live in.
Fabulous animal head.
Slightly more confused/ worried by this other carving!
Fabulous animal head.
Slightly more confused/ worried by this other carving!
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Popped into Ewenni Priory. Added somewhere else to the list of sites I'd like to live in.
Fabulous animal head.
Slightly more confused/ worried by this other carving!
Fabulous animal head.
Slightly more confused/ worried by this other carving!