Record ID: NMS-4CDE5F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular (29.6mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-convex with a slightly offset central 12mm circular perforation tapering to 9.5mm at the top. 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&…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4B8C7E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval sharp hooked tag. Read Class E type 3. Circular wavy edge openwork body with pointed oval apertures running around the periphery, and a fleur de lis within an inner circle. The rectangular attachment loop appears to be missing from one side of the body whilst the opposite side forms a narrow pointed hook that bends in a U-shape away from the front face. There are three axial grooves decorating the upper junction between the body and the hook. A very similar design can be seen in Read B. Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008) p100; No 380. Circa&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E20735
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy late Medieval to early Post Medieval purse frame consisting of a curved length of the frame loop. This would have originally fitted to a bar and suspension mount. The frame has an L-shaped cross section, with the internal flange being pierced to enable a cloth purse to be attached. The exterior side is decorated with a double-stranded lattice pattern design. Circa AD 1450-AD 1550.
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DB7122
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval military figurine pipe tamper. The figurine is rendered standing with both arms folded across the chest. Detail is worn and corroded away, but it is uniformed and wears a tricorn hat and tailed waistcoat. The tamper itself and the lower feet are missing from the base of the figure. The figure is moulded in the round. Some sources suggest the figure is not just an ordinary Georgian soldier or sailor but is in fact representing Nelson. If so, given it has both arms it would be modelled based on a time from before he lost an arm at Santa Cruz in 1797.
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9A4764
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval trade token issued by Edward Baldwin Haberdasher of Hingham in 1668. Obverse: Haberdashers arms, EDWARD BALDWIN. Reverse: B/E E, OF HINGHAM 1668. Williamson 55.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-64E70B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy finger ring, now bent into a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, curved on the exterior with no decoration. It is engraved on the inside, in flowing italic script, Love is the bond of peace. After this is a stamped maker's mark, a rectangular cartouche with widely seriffed capitals reading I K, with a dot between the letters and a small cross after the K, both stops set at a central height. The distortion of the hoop is relatively neat and regular, and appears to have been done …
Created on: Saturday 19th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B9A63B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval jetton, Nuremberg rose-orb type, possibly anonymous with garbled legends. Circa 1550-84.
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8C75B6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval Lion of St Mark Nuremberg jetton. Obverse: EGIDIVS KRAVWINCKEL NT, Nimbate Lion of St Mark. Reverse: Orb surmounted by cross patty within three lobed twin bordered elaborate tressure, nonsense legend. Similar to Mitchener 1436. Die axis 6 o'clock. The jetton is unusually thick and could be a Piedfort or multiple value. Circa AD1570-1613.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8BDCBB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval strap mount cast in the form of an acorn. Moulded plate with convex front and dished reverse. The base has a stalk sprig to one side with twin transverse grooves suggesting the top of the cupule and a single groove hinting at the tip of the nut. The reverse is very slightly dished with a pair of bent perpendicular attachment prongs. Unbroken mid-green patina. Circa AD1600-1700.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6296B1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy traders token of Thomas Harwick mercer of Kings Lynn. Obverse; THOMAS HARWICK/The Mercers arms. Reverse; (Pierced cinqufoil) IN LIN REGIS MERCER/TH ligated with three pierced cinquefoils above and below. Die axis 6 o'clock. Williamson 84. Circa AD1650-1670.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CDAA55
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded Post Medieval copper alloy farthing token issued by King's Lynn Corporation dating to circa AD 1669. Obverse: .*. // KINGS.LYN // FARTHING // .16[...].//.*. Reverse: The Arms of Lynn: Flat topped shield, three dragon's heads within, heads erect, in the mouth of each a cross crosslet fitchee. There is a very small arc of material missing from the edge of the flan. See: Williamson, 1967, p.847.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C8ADDC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval royal farthing of Charles I. Richmond type 2, bell privy mark on obverse only. Die axis 12 o'clock, colon stops in legend. Obv: (bell) CARO D G MAG BRI. Crown over sceptres in saltire. Rev: FRA ET HIB REX. Crowned harp. Obverse pressing offset. Circa AD1625-1631.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A7694F
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval rechenmeister Nuremberg jetton attributed to Hans Zwingel. Obv: Rechenmeister at counting table with jettons to one side and counting grid to the other. Rev: Double stranded rectangular frame with 'O/3 foil/O' in outside spandrels; ABCD(retrograde)E/FGHIK/LMNOP/QRSTV/XYZZ. Mitchiner 1427/8. Circa AD1553-1586.
Created on: Saturday 26th February 2022
Last updated: Saturday 26th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-95D690
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Post Medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I. London mint, bell initial mark. North 2016. AD 1582-1583
Created on: Friday 25th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-FCB994
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and complete single-piece discoidal lead Post Medieval cast button. 29mm diameter body with 2.3mm thick raised rim surrounding a facing wavy-haired crowned bust. The crown has a plain cross to either side of the central bar but any further detail in the portrait has been lost. To the left and right of the portrait are the respective capitalised letters C/R each with a pellet above and below. The reverse has a central single integral loop that follows the line of a raised casting seam. There is nothing to distinguish which regnal number monarch is represented on the button. Ci…
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-BB195F
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Moulded copper alloy circular umbonate Post Medieval bridle boss, with concave reverse. Wavy circumference following the outside line of a flat radially beaded border. The raised umbonate central boss is decorated with moulded lozenge shapes in a flower-like formation. On the flat border there are two large diametrically opposed rivet heads one of which has significant iron concretion on the reverse, the other is only slightly raised on the reverse, with no extant iron corrosion witness stains. Circa AD 1650-1800.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-96D846
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, James I of England halfgroat. London mint. Plain cross initial mark. Obverse: IDG ROSA SINE SPINA, Rose with crown above. Reverse: TUEATUR UNITA DEUS, Thistle with crown above. Circa AD1618-1619. North 2105.
Created on: Sunday 13th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-30AE4A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval double looped shoe or knee buckle with drilled frame and separate spindle and plate. The frame has two sub-oval apertures on the corner of each loop with bifid concave sides. Simple laterally folded chape of differing copper alloy remains wrapped around the central corroded iron spindle, together with the stubby remains of the pin. Circa AD1660-1720.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2901B2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete four-part Post Medieval lead cloth seal. Only half of the seal survives with the other two discs missing from the remnant of the ligature strip. The disc closest to the joining strip has an impressed long-cross quartered flat-top shield with three lis in diametrically opposed quarters and an irish harp and a rose in the other two quarters. The reverse of the disc furthest from the adjoining strip has an integral distorted rivet. Circa AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2882A4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Elizabethan two part lead cloth seal dating to circa AD1558-1600. Both circular addorsed discs survive but the connecting ligature strip is missing. The outer face of the impressed disc is decorated with a crowned portcullis surrounded by a circumferential inscription suggesting an Elizabethan date (Egan 1992, 2) the inscription is largely illegible. The reverse has a central integral rivet which has been flattened into a corresponding hole on the impressed face. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into …
Created on: Thursday 27th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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