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Record ID: NMS-594BAE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of silver finger ring consisting of the bezel, one shoulder and part of the hoop. The bezel has a square base with a solid dome set on top. This has worn decoration showing that it was intended as an animal head, with centrally dotted relief circles for eyes and short rounded ears above. To one side of the bezel is a patinated but still granular break. On the other side there is a well developed transverse crack revealing the silvery interior; the shoulder is still (just) attached here. This is narrowed to form a concave shape, and then ex…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-83ADB2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a medieval gilded silver object, probably a mount, with very neat engraved decoration on one face. The fragment is approximately rectangular, although nearly all the edges are broken. It is now bent but appears to have originally been flat or slightly convex about the long axis.
The decoration comprises a standing human figure made up from engraved lines around reserved areas against a carved-out or keyed recessed background. The figure is standing facing the viewer, with the head turned slightly to the viewer's left (the figure's right). It…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Orsgates West', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-D5C69C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval or early post-medieval gold finger ring with central blue cabochon-cut stone set in a neat regular hexagonal bezel with points towards the shoulders. The setting has a bevelled edge below and a low collar above. Four smaller cabochon gems in circular settings are positioned in a cruciform arrangement around the central setting. The stones at the shoulders are light green in colour; those along the line of the finger are a light purple colour. All the stones are translucent. The hoop is flat, narrow and delicately proportioned, just 1.3mm wide and 0.4-0.6mm thick…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2ED322
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver medieval finger-ring with decorated bezel and shoulders. The back of the hoop is 4mm wide and 1mm thick, and it flares gently in width to shaped and relief-decorated shoulders. Each starts with a pair of eye-like motifs, set transversely, each 'eye' made up of three concentric curved C-shaped grooves with the dot centres at the edges of the object. Below these, further grooves make a pair of oblique ridges with a relief triangle between them, apex towards the bezel. Above this panel is a bold transverse ridge, then another panel of ornament where t…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Near Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2CB7EC
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Possible purse loss or hoard of four voided long cross pennies of Henry III, all found within a metre of one another. A very heavily worn long cross penny found in the same area is not part of the deposit and has been recorded separately (NMS-1C75D2). All have some wear but are not heavily worn, suggesting a date of loss or deposition in the 1260s or 1270s.
Catalogue
1) Class 3b, moneyer Nicole of London (1248-50), 1.22g
2) Class 5b, moneyer Ricard of London (1251-72), 1.30g.
3) Class 5b(?), moneyer Iohs of Canterbury (1251-72), 1.34g.
4) Class 5g(?), moneyer …
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2C88D4
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver medieval cruciform pendant. It has a flat circular centre, 10mm in diameter and 2mm thick, with four circular-section arms emerging to form the cross. Three arms end in globular terminals which are flattened front to back; the fourth ends in a ridged collar which runs all the way around the arm, below a broken suspension loop which brings the thickness up to 5mm.. The pendant is decorated similarly on both faces, with engraved letters which are upside down when the loop is held to the top; the letters would therefore have been the right way up to the wearer. On one…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 10th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-71D15D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description
Inscribed gold Medieval to Post Medieval finger ring with semi-precious stone bezel setting and heart-shaped shoulder settings on the hoop. The bezel is set centrally with a four-claw setting retaining a raised heart-shaped dark blue cabochon stone, possibly a sapphire. The bezel is cusped on either side of the setting rising to the shoulders of the ring. The shoulders of the hoop are set with recessed red stones, possibly garnets, in a heart shaped reveal in the hoop. Externally opposite the bezel the external circular shape of the hoop is flattened slightly and is e…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Near Wisbech', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-703704
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver annular brooch complete with pin. The frame of the brooch is drop-shaped, with a constriction in the middle of one side for the pin. It is a low D shape in cross-section, with the curved face smoothly polished but undecorated, and the flat face inscribed with engraved or punched letters in retrograde (mirror writing) similar to the lettering on a seal matrix. The inscription starts at the pin constriction with a cross, and reads + AMI: MERSCI: with the colons representing a line of three dots. The S is at the point of the brooch frame and is in…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-20D868
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver medieval to post-medieval aiglet or lace tag. Tapering cylindrical form with barely-visible longitudinal seam, closed rounded terminal end and open attachment end. The open end of the aiglet is tapered slightly inwards around the outside circumference possibly as a result of crimping the lace. Just short of the hollow attachment end a silver internal rivet survives, crossing diametrically from one side to the other and filed off flush on the surface.
Discussion: The seam is butted and there is a rivet, features consistent with Livings type 1 (Livings 2017, 18-…
Created on: Tuesday 24th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8C9DA3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a gilded silver late Medieval iconographic finger-ring. The fragment consists of the bezel only; it has two shallow transverse parallel concave panels bordered and separated by ridges. Within the panels there are engraved iconographic images of nimbate robed standing figures; these are saints, but there is not enough detail to allow the precise saint to be identified. The bezel is approximately square, and is flanked by further undecorated concave panels; at the end of these panels, the ring is broken. The breaks are fairly fresh. The reverse is gilded but oth…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8C4C7B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver mount, an elongated lozengiform shape, rectangular in cross-section, thickest in the centre and tapering in thickness to either end. The centre has a rectangular hole from front to back, set longitudinally, which on the underside is surrounded by a similarly aligned lozengiform groove, V-shaped in cross-section. The upper surface of the mount has symmetrical relief decoration of an X-shaped feature either side of the hole. Each of these X shapes is made up of a C-shaped facet on either edge, emphasised by grooves. The inner arms of the two X shapes make a central l…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Near South Lopham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8B1F72
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late Medieval finger-ring made from gilded silver, with a thin orangey coating over much of the surface which is probably iron corrosion. The hoop is circular, interrupted by a rectangular flat area which forms the bezel. When viewed from the side (with one of the shoulders closest to the viewer) it is biconvex in cross-section, the curve of the upper surface interrupted by two longitudinal ridges. There are several longitudinal scratches in the centre of the bezel, between the ridges, not apparently decorative in character. The ridges continue down onto the shoulders whe…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Brandon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8A8DE8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of medieval silver finger-ring of 'stirrup-shaped' type. The bezel and shoulders survive, with more of one shoulder than the other; the rest of the lower hoop is missing (unworn breaks). The shoulders are 4.2mm wide at the breaks, and the ring tapers very slightly in width towards the bezel to a minimum width of 3.7mm. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section with a flat interior, 1.0mm thick at the breaks, but then the shoulders rise in thickness to a tall bezel; the ring is 4.4mm thick here. The bezel is small and square, and instead of being set with a gem is sim…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8A7464
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of small gilded silver medieval or early post-medieval pilgrim's badge, cast in one piece. The design is openwork and in relief, and depicts St George on horseback in profile right, spearing the dragon. The hindquarters of the horse survive, with St George's right leg and slightly drooping foot. The saddle-cloth is also visible under St George's leg. The horse's neck and head are missing (fresh break) as is George's body from the waist up.
His missing arm clearly held a lance, which runs diagonally across the fragment. The lance…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-8A1B99
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver finger-ring with twisted wire hoop and bezel in the shape of a letter, probably an M. The hoop has now broken away from one side of the bezel, and the bezel and its attached hoop bent upwards. The break shows that the hoop was made from two wires tightly twisted together and then hammered to produce a smooth outline. The M-shaped bezel is separately cast in relief, with a flat back, and soldered on to hide the join in the hoop. It is made from two arches and has a serif at the base of the central line between the two, and an out-turned projection at the base…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-89E45C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gilded silver brooch pin. The shaft is oval in cross-section and flares from a sharp point to a globular boss at the junction of shaft and loop. This boss is decorated with three rows of punched annulets, a technique often known as 'brambling'. The loop is made from two thin flat projecting areas 2mm wide, which are bent round and soldered together to form a circle.
Dimensions: 27.0mm long, boss at base of loop c. 5mm in diameter, weighs 1.2g.
Discussion: This is a fairly common form of decoration. Good examples of similar pins still in place on their b…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-895978
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval annular brooch. The frame is circular with apparently no constriction for the pin. It is trapezoidal in cross-section, with a wide flat reverse and bevelled edges leading to a narrower flat top which is decorated with closely spaced neatly punched annulets; 29 are visible but there may be a 30th concealed by the pin. The pin also survives, made of a simple narrow D-section wire wrapped neatly around the frame and now corroded in place. There is a crack on the underside of the pin.
Both the frame and the pin are a dark brown colour, the pin perhaps slightly d…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-C2137E
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver incomplete medieval ear-scoop. It has a square-section shaft, decoratively twisted, and is shaped at one end into an oval or drop-shaped bowl. All surfaces were originally gilded, but the gilding has worn off in places. The shaft is bent and broken a little way up; the break is fresh.
Dimensions: Surviving length as bent 24.4mm, width of bowl 6.0mm, thickness of bowl 3.0mm, weight 1.27g.
Discussion and Date: Compare SWYOR-21323D (2019T69), SWYOR-512F28 (2014T733), YORYM-148B04 (2012T784), LANCUM-3B6935 (2015 T504) and SOM-B38BA2 (2008 T240); all ar…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-B51193
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Distorted medieval silver finger-ring, originally set with a gem, glass or similar. The hoop remains largely in its original shape, with a D-shaped cross-section which is knocked and bent in places at the edges. The hoop hardly flares at all to the shoulders and bezel, which are now crushed and flattened. The shoulders have hand-engraved decoration of slightly curving grooves flanked by shorter dashes. At the top of each groove are two others forming a rough Y shape, with the arms of the Y outcurved to form a triple arch. Within this is 'feathering', or tightly packed ver…
Created on: Saturday 19th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Near Salle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-5240BD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of medieval gilded silver gem-set finger ring. The bezel is oval, and in side view is widest around the centre. The upper half has a concave curve up to a tall collet with a pentagonal top in which a purple cabochon gemstone is set. The lower half is a shallow dome, to the sides of which the vestiges of the soldered hoop are attached via small triangular plinths. One end of the hoop is almost entirely missing, the other survives as a thin rectangular-section stub that projects just beyond the oval bezel.
On the exterior of the hoop there are some engraved g…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.
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