Tin and zinc figure made into a seated figure. On the base there are Hebrew characters. It was dug up in 1853 in Bodwen Moor, Lanlivery, near the site of a ‘Jew’s House’ smelting house.

Tin ingot found near a ‘Jew’s House’ smelting house at Carnanton, St Mawgan in Pydar. It is stamped several times. Around 1700 years old.

Tin ‘candle’ formed by molten metal at the smelting house dripping through a leak in furnace. A.K. Hamilton Jenkin Collection.

Tin ingot from Trethurgy Round, St Austell, Cornwall. Around 2000 years old.

Tin ingot with cross shape on the top. These were found among fossil wood at Praa Sands, Mount’s Bay, Cornwall. Around 1400 years old. Kindly loaned by the Yelland family.

Brass stamp for tin ingots of the United East India Company (VOC). Ploughed up in Lelant in 1990. The VOC were a Dutch colonising company that controlled much of Asia’s trade to the West.

Portreath smelting house mark.

The Cornish Tin Smelting Co. Redruth smelting house mark.

Carvedras smelting house mark.

Bissoe Tin Smelting Co. smelting house mark.

Thomas Daniell, Truro smelting house mark.