Record ID: NMS-B3BC63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Post Medieval threepence of Elizabeth I. Slight flan-edge loss around the periphery. Plain cross initial mark, London (tower) mint. Obverse; ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HI REGINA. Crowned bust left. Reverse; POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV. Square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend. North 1998. AD 1578. Dimensions: diameter 18.7mm, weight 1.14g
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B16B6D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper-alloy Post-Medieval Crown/ Angel coin weight. Sub square in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section. Obverse; Crowned rose within a legend that reads CROWN/ANGEL. Reverse; the hand of Antwerp flanked by numerals 8 and 0 with uncertain maker's initials below, one of which is an H and the other possibly an I. Date AD 1580. Dimensions: Length 14.8mm, width 16.8mm, thickness 2.2mm, weight 3.4g
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AB7D57
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper-alloy Post-Medieval farthing trade token of Elizabeth Halfknight, a dyer in Norwich. Obverse; ELIZ. HALFKNIGHT/ The Dyers arms Reverse; IN NORWICH 1667/ ligated E and H. Williamson 148. Dimensions: diameter 15mm, weight 0.43g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-43F527
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy perforated hollow vessel. The object is robust, consisting of a hollow bulbous body with a collar separating a short straight but cylindrical 21mm diameter neck truncated obliquely by an old break. The body has six circular full-thickness perforations around the sides and a single larger hole at the end opposite the neck. The surface is covered with scrapes and impact damage. The object's intended purpose is unknown, but it is possibly connected with water management and/or distribution equipment. The considerable weight would provide sub…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B1B8EB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete double oval loop Post-Medieval buckle frame with missing pin. Moulded and extended strap bar with a hexafoil flower head in the centre of the outer loop. The frame cross-section is D-shaped with a flat reverse, and the second loop is missing from old breaks. The frame is a dark brown colour with a smooth glossy patina. A similar buckle was retrieved from the Mary Rose which sank in July 1545; and is illustrated in Gardiner, J. and Allen, M. Life before the Mast (2005); p104. Fig 2.83, No. 82A5069. Circa AD1540-1620. Dimensions: extant Length 27mm, width …
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5617B3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead or lead alloy Dutch customs alnage seal. This is a one-part, single disc seal that is sub-oval in shape and marked on both faces. The upper face has a square shield bearing a lion rampant and surmounted by a crown, all within what is probably a circle of pellets. The reverse face carries the letters N/R at the edge and the number 448 lower down across the base. Examples of similar seals recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme can be seen at LIN-7F7916, SF-1D07E5, SF-5521B5, HAMP-A68301 and WILT-4FCCD which suggest the seal is likely Dutch…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CF3410
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Well worn and patinated Post-Medieval cast copper alloy 2-ounce stacking trade weight of Elizabeth I. The weight is flat and discoidal with a raised rim around the upper surface. The reverse has a central circular pit (repeated on the front) and a series of concentric grooves and radiating file marks;- probably associated with manufacture and calibration. The interior is multi-stamped with the marks of a crowned EL (for Elizabeth I), a Ewer (for the London Founder's Company), a sword (The sword of St. Paul for the City of London Guildhall), and a capitalised …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-925F81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy semi-circular lead weight. The weight was probably originally discoidal but has been severed across the centre making it semi-circular in plan. As such the cut is accurate and square-edged, suggesting it has been done deliberately rather than through damage. Similar weights are recorded at YORYM-2C4B44 and  SF-42A486 with dates ranging from late Early Medieval to Post Medieval. There are no obvious decoration or validation marks surviving on either face of this example. The weight is 42.48g or 14.98 ounces. Lead weights were banned …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-82CB25
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel rim fragment. The body is 2mm thick increasing to 3mm at the very slightly everted rim. The curvature of the rim suggests an original vessel diameter in the region of 180mm. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state ‘there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries. Although earlier copper alloy vessels are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-828489
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular (24.0mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-convex cross-section with a central 9.5mm circular parallel-sided perforation. The underside has a concentric shrinkage concavity which is a common feature of the casting process for many of these whorls. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval, and early Post-Medieval periods. The hand spindle on which they were used con…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-78B35F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single, trapezoidal loop, copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval buckle. The frame has a rectangular cross-section and the widest end is slightly narrowed. The frame looks to have a black lacquer-like coating, breaking down to a reddish brown metal underneath. Trapezoidal buckles such as this were in use during the 14th century but were also recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in the mid-16th century. The surface condition of this example is suggestive of a more Post Medieval date. Circa AD 1400-1650. Length 26.0mm, Width 29mm, T…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-401BEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double oval loop buckle with missing pin. The frame is moulded with a D-shaped cross-section and a narrowed and extended strap bar. The centre of the outside loops have a moulded demi-flower decorative feature. The frame is a dark brown colour with a smooth glossy patina. A similar buckle was retrieved from the Mary Rose which sank in July 1545; and is illustrated in Gardiner, J. and Allen, M. Life before the Mast (2005); p104. Fig 2.83, No. 82A5069. Circa AD1540-1620. Length 41.4mm, Width 31.9mm, Thickness 2.9mm, Weight 10.6g.
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-26E01D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval strap fitting or mount, probably from horse harness. The object comprises a heart-shaped plate, at the narrow end of which are two flanking symmetrical projecting loops, it terminates in a medial lozenge-shaped projection. On the back of the plate are two spikes, one bent outward and the other inwards, originally clenching it to the strap.  Circa AD 1550-1700. Length 42mm, Width 24mm, Thickness 3.5mm, Mass 9.20g.
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-ADF7A6
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early Post-Medieval sharp hooked clasp of Read Class E, type 4. Lozenge-shaped body with a central rose. Part of the field around the rose is broken through to the reverse, maybe as a result of a casting defect. Alternatively, the field flanking the rose may just be residual casting flash, and the intended design is supposed to be openwork. Unusually the attachment loop is oval rather than the more typical rectangular or trapezoidal shape. Circa AD 1500-1630.  
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-ADEE2B
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Medieval to early Medieval square coin weight. Chamfered sides with substantial file marks from fettling, remaining on the sides. The front face has an incuse offset beaded circle within which are affronting crowned male and female busts. Similar coin weights are shown in Withers, P and B, R. Lions Ships and Angels (2011) p37. and are attributed to Ferdinand and Isabella (1476-1516) for weighing Excellente and double Excellente coins from Spain and the Spanish Netherlands. The Excellente coin weighed 3.5g, therefore at 6.48g this weight was for a&…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2022
Last updated: Saturday 23rd July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-551CEE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame, with one oval and one trapezoid loop. There are filing marks from post-casting fettling across many of the surfaces. The slightly narrowed strap-bar has projecting knops at either end. The loops are triangular in cross-section with bevelled outer side, a flat back, and a straight inner side. There is a small indent in the upper-centre of both loops, creating a pin rest. The pin is missing. The buckle frame is 25.5mm long, 21.3mm wide and 3.1mm thick; it weighs 4.16 grams. Whitehead (2003:91) illustrates a…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3EF868
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post-Medieval sharp hooked clasp of Read class E type 3. Circular body with trapezoidal loop. The hook is entirely missing from an old break. The circular body has a domed boss, decorated in relief with a raised beaded border and a six-petalled flower, each petal enclosing a pellet. The fragment is identical to the example shown in Read, B. Hooks clasps and eyes (2008) p96, No. 352. Circa 16th century.
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-31CF08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Post-Medieval double-loop two-part buckle, with missing iron strap bar, pin and chape. The buckle is a standard type, and although less complete is almost identical to NMS-30AE4 on the PAS database. Circa AD 1660-1720.
Created on: Saturday 16th July 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B3EBCF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval traders token of Edward Benn, Mercer of Foulsham. Obverse; EDWARD BENN 1668, Mercers arms. Reverse; MERCER OF FOVLSHAM, B//E/R
Created on: Sunday 10th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E24D64
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper alloy unidentified object. Consisting of a 48mm long segment of rectangular cross-section (2.6mm x 3.4mm) rod, with a small circular transverse hole through one end. The opposite end undergoes a slight bend before terminating in a transverse fracture. The object could possibly be a fragment of a long needle or bodkin, but over the surviving length it shows no sign of tapering. SUSS-CB74D2 notes that heavy-duty needles, such as those for sewing leather or canvas sails are sometimes square in section, and dates a not dissimilar but tapering artefact to the post-medieval p…
Created on: Friday 1st July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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