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Record ID: NMS-E3383A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age copper-alloy D-shaped terret, now very corroded but perhaps originally enamelled. It has a sub-circular or slightly oval upright collar terminal 13.7mm wide, 12.1mm tall and 4.8mm thick. From one side of this projects a triangular-section upper ring, with a flat inner and an angled outer. On the other side of the collar, at its base, is a stub of the attachment bar which shows that this was rectangular-section, 6.5 x 3.4mm, and set vertically. The overall length is 21.0mm and it weighs 7.34g. All surfaces of the fragment, including the breaks,&…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E822FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type TR 3.2 and similar, as far as it survives, to ibid Pl. 89 Nos. 14690 and 5464. The trumpet head and the upper part of the flat pelta-shaped plate are extant. The rest of the plate and the lower bow is missing and only the stump of an integral loop survives on the top. On the reverse of the head there are a pair of very minimally protruding stumps, one on each side: remnants of the spring axis-bar retention lugs, each with an incomplete perforation. All breaks are well worn.  The head flares to a D-sha…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-DC98CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy enamelled brooch, apparently a hybrid of bow and plate types, complete except for the hinged pin, much of the enamel and perhaps the tip of one of the wings. The wings are cylindrical and contain an axis bar in-situ. One is slightly shorter than the other, the shorter one perhaps terminating in a worn break. They are divided by a pin slot at the rear.  The wings are joined to one end of a large rectangular flat plate by a short bridging element which  projects from the front-centre of the wings and curves slightly downward, like a bow. It is moulded o…
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-56A4B7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Iron Age to early Roman enamelled copper-alloy object, probably a strap or harness mount or fitting. It is flat and rectangular and terminates in a worn transverse break at one end. The front is decorated with an abstract curvilinear design defined by moulded counter-relief cells, which retain traces of degraded red enamel. It is approximately symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and is tightly contained within a rectangular border on the three original edges.  The positive or relief element of the design is a single continuous form that can be des…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-975CD5
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy harness mount for the suspension of a pendant. It is a generally flat vertical bar with a vacant rivet hole near each end and a pair of pierced lugs projecting downward from the lower end, each containing the remnants of a transverse pin or axis-bar, probably made of iron.  The mount is decorated with low-relief mouldings on the front. The centre is expanded in width and bears a sexfoil star-shape with long pointed foils and a much smaller sexfoil rose or flower at the centre. Both the star and the flower are recessed within and at the centre of the flower t…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E0D205
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy horse harness pendant bearing an image of a human head, most probably that of John the Baptist. It consists of a circular disc joined to a suspension loop by an integral flat and narrow lentoid plate. The disc and lentoid plate lie on the same plane, while the suspension loop is perpendicular to these. The lentoid plate is decorated on the front with an image of a leaf or pine cone or something similar, in very low relief. The head is depicted in higher relief, filling most of the front of the disc and contained within a raised circular border. The facial fe…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8A7407
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About one half of a Roman copper alloy domed boss plate brooch in abraded condition, Mackreth 2011 British Plate 6.a, similar to ibid. pl. 108 no. 11577, with what is left of the main body squashed almost flat with the boss, catchplate, pin and most of the loop next to the double pin lug missing. The colour of the enamel in the outer of the two circles of triangular cells alternates between red and blue. All inlay in the inner circle has been lost. Weight 3.64g. Diameter c.25mm. 2nd century.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 13th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-70DB21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval finger-ring. It has a flattened bezel which is somewhere between oval and octagonal when viewed from above. It is wider but not thicker than the rest of the hoop. The hoop descends convexly from a transverse arris at each end of the upper face of the bezel. In cross-section the shoulders are flat externally, convex internally with a single straight oblique facet on each edge. They taper in width concavely as they develop into the lower half of the hoop, which is oval in cross-section. No inscription or decoration survives on the bezel or elsewhere. 15th t…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7054AD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy pin from a buckle. It has a straight shaft of circular cross-section which tapers to a rounded point, and a sub-circular unclosed loop, which is somewhere between circular and square in cross-section. There is a narrow transverse ridge on the front face at the junction between the shaft and loop. 12th to 14th century. Length: 38.7mm. Diameter of shaft: 4.2. External diameter of loop: 10.2mm. Internal diameter of loop: 3.8mm. Weight: 3.6g            
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7012E2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy forked spacer from a medieval strap end. It has terminal knob in the form of a cast and fully-rounded (although still slightly flattened) acorn, preceded by a collar. One of the prongs or tines of the forked spacer is almost entirely missing, the other is missing its tip, both to worn breaks. The internal edge between the two tines is concave. There are traces of solder on both faces of the spacer. Similar to Egan and Pritchard (2002) Nos. 672, 673, 675 and 680. Late 13th to 14th century. Length: 44.1mm. Width: 18.2mm. Thickness: 5.3mm. Weight: 4.8mm
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6ED97D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a medieval annular and circular buckle frame. It is broadly oval in cross-section but marginally flatter on one face than the other. At the centre there is a concave constriction caused by wear, resulting from the rotation of a now missing pin. The frame terminates in worn breaks at each end. The metal is patinated dark green. Probably 12th to 14th century. External diameter: 45.0mm. Internal diameter: 36.2mm. Width: 5.0mm, Thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 6.1g  
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6EAC17
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily abraded and corroded medieval copper-alloy strap-end, formed of two separate equally-sized sheets joined together at the terminal end. The sheets are sub-triangular and narrow: straight at the attachment edge, tapering in width uniformly and terminating in a rounded point. There is a rivet at the attachment end, but no trace of one at the terminal. 13th to 14th century. Length: 23.5mm. Width: 9.7mm. Thickness (attachment end, including rivet and corrosion): 6.7mm, (single sheet): 1.3mm. Weight: 2.0g  
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-33A491
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a flying bird. It is very similar to Mackreth’s (2011, plate 126) No. 7987, and so is assigned to his sub-type OBJECT 4.a3. The end of the tail is missing and so is the head, although a tall sub-pyramidal neck projects upward of the plate (toward the viewer when worn). This and the tail terminate in worn breaks. The tip of one wing is slightly distorted (bent) and perhaps also marginally incomplete. The wings are partially open, pointed aft and near-right-angled but rounded at their forward end. The body tapers …
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-990405
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy continental plate brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type PL CONT 9.a or 9.b. It is circular, with six equally-spaced flat sub-circular projections around the edge, one of which is pierced to form a loop. The projection directly opposite the loop has partially broken and become slightly dislocated from the plate but is nevertheless complete. A separately-made stud is riveted through the centre of the brooch. Its head is sub-conical: circular and expanding in diameter slightly convexly as it projects forward. Its end is very slightly dished, and a short, narrow cylindr…
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Saturday 15th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8F3FFE
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamel inlaid copper alloy discoidal seal box lid with small portions of the edge and part of the hinge lug missing (all recent damage). Andrews 2012 form C1 with design D3.  A cell shaped like a "heart-shaped ivy leaf" is filled with orange red enamel and set within a circular field of enamel which now appears green. Reserved within this field is a penannular ring with round terminals. A line of reserved metal links the ring to the recess at the top of the leaf and another joins the pointed end of the leaf to the outer …
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D6741B
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness mount consisting of  a flat circular head with champlevé enamel inlay depicting the arms of England and and integral round-sectioned (bent) shank. Blazon: Gules three lions passant guardant [Or]  Weight 4.81g. Diameter of head 18.4mm, of shank 4mm. Length c.20mm of which the shank accounts for c.18mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AF289E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch of Mackreth 2011 British plate type 6e, with a domed boss. The hinged pin and almost half of the peripheral flange, including the catchplate, one large lobe and three lobes are missing. The break is recent. The domed boss is decorated with twelve enamel-inlaid triangular cells, each with a concave base. Three groups of three cells filled with enamel now appearing dark grey alternate with three singletons containing yellow. The front of each surviving lobe is taken up by a ring-an…
Created on: Sunday 8th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-03B5ED
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and extremely abraded medieval copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant with part of the distorted suspension loop and small fragments of the edges missing. Both the front and rear surfaces have been lost and specks of red enamel stand proud of their surrounds. There are also slight indications of a diagonal groove, presumably a bend. Weight 2.28g, extant height and width 27 and 19mm. 13th - 14th century. Finder's no. AF4/F6
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-84FA3A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman headstud brooch, now in poor condition having lost all its surface back to bare metal. The rectangular swept-back wings each retain a patch of blue enamel at their ends and a patch of red enamel further forward. On the reverse, the head is deeply hollowed in the centre, and has a long (but spindly) pierced lug or loop to hold the axis bar or tube around which the spring was coiled. On top of the head is a crest with a central hole that has worn through to the exterior, which would originally have held the chord of the spring. At the end of this, at the top of the…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0F102C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman enamelled copper-alloy British plate brooch, perhaps of Mackreth’s (2011) type Plate 2.a1. About thirty to forty per cent of the plate survives, along with remnants of the pin lugs and the spring. Most of the pin is missing.  The plate appears to have been originally circular. A short length of the edge is original; the rest are worn breaks. The front seems to have been decorated with a central circular recessed cell surrounded by a blue enamelled field on which there are a number of orbiting smaller circular cells, each with a raised dot in the centre. …
Created on: Friday 25th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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