PAS Finds

PAS Finds: week ended 3 December 2021

PAS Finds: week ended 3 December 2021

A round-up of some of the finds recorded at the PAS for the week ended 3 December 2021. There were 376 finds recorded in this week although they were mostly badly corroded Roman coins or broken buckles.

Featured Find

Tail Waggers Club medallion

Photo: North Lincolnshire Museum CC By SA2.0
Object type: Medal
Period: Modern
Primary material: Copper alloy
Date found: 31/07/2021
Location: East Lindsey, Lincolnshire

The Tail Waggers club was set up by Captain Horace Hobbs in 1928 in England. Captain Hobbs believed strongly in dog ownership responsibility and set up this cludb to encourage it. Dogs that became members received a collar medallion engraved with the Club’s motto “I help my pals” in the quarters of two wagging tails.

On the other side was inscribed a membership number, the owners name and address – in this case 622539, Watson, The Manor House, Burwell, Louth. The medallion was found in Burwell. From a search online, I found that a Henry Hickman Watson owned the manor house in Burwell between 1912 and 1951.

The reverse was also inscribed with a telephone number, in this case ROYAL 3083, which could be contacted to find the dog’s owner.

From the start, the Club flourished and in just over a year more than 200,000 dogs had enrolled, enabling £20,000 to be donated to help the work of the Royal Veterinary College. The club’s concept spread to other countries including New Zealand and Australia and there was significant support in America. Indeed, the death of Captain Hobbs was reported in the New York Times on 19 December, 1935: “Founder of the Tail Waggers Club Dies in London at 39”. At its peak In England, membership exceeded a million.

Selection of other finds

Photo: The Portable Antiquities Scheme CC By 2.0

Quarter noble of Edward III

A quarter noble of Edward III’s fourth coinage, pre-treaty period. B/E mule dating to c.1354-1355 it has been designated a Find of Note.
Photo: Surrey County Council CC BY SA2.0

Series S Sceatta

“Female Centaur” type, Series S sceatta dating to c. A.D. 730 – c. A.D. 740 depicts a winged centaur with large breasts on the obverse and on the reverse a whirl of four wolves. This type is associated with joint East Saxon rulers Saelred (c.709-746) and Swaefbert (c.715-738).
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