Record ID: PUBLIC-7102EB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded, copper-alloy, post-medieval unattributed farthing Trader's token of Kings Lynn. Obverse: OF LIN REGES/ Grocers Arms. Reverse: IN NORFOLKE// /W/N. R. Williamson 102. Circa AD1650-1672. Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.89g.
Created on: Sunday 17th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-28305F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, post-medieval, worn, and corroded copper-alloy farthing trade token; issued by John Moyes in Wisbech. Obv: (mullet) IOHN.MOYES.1664, Grocer's Arms. Rev: (mullet) IN.WISBECH around a cabled inner circle, M over I E triad of initials. Williamson, Vol. 1. 209. Dimensions; Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-439C1C
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy, uniface, circular, probable coin weight. One face is marked in the upper half with a W, with the roman numerals XXXVI or XXVII below. The other face is blank apart from a central pimple. A coin weight for a Noble is shown on p24 of Withers, P & B, Lions Ships and Angels that is marked with an XXXVI value in roman numerals. At 4.37g (67.4gn) the weight of this object would approximate to a half noble. It is not clear what the W indicates. On this basis, it is likely this is an unofficial coin weight. Circa 1351…
Created on: Saturday 9th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-08A7D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn copper alloy Post-Medieval gilded and enamelled strap mount. The central body is pirifom-shaped with a debased acorn knop extending at each end, with the tip of one knop missing from an old break. In cross-section the mount is flat on the reverse with rounded sides to the top face. The back had two square section sharp prongs located at either end, but only one survives, bent outwards to retain it on the original strap. There are incuse circular decorations on the face which towards the centre look like a flower with surroundi…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-77858E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Post-Medieval probable weight or token. The object is flat (1.5mm thick) and sub-square (20mm x 22mm) with an image cast in relief decorating one side. The design is not easily recognisable as a letter or digit, nor any easily discernable symbol. A straight line, close and broadly parallel to one edge has two separate approximately one-third-spaced, down-curving crescents, that spring across the front face and meet close to the opposite edge. Perhaps the most likely interpretation is that of a letter D. The mass is 6.95g, which is just…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6927DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and poorly struck silver Post-Medieval penny of Charles I. Offstruck reverse. Circa 1634-1640. Diameter 14.0mm, weight 0.46g
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-51B7A4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval asymmetrical buckle frame. On one side of the central strap bar is a trapezoidal loop, and the other semi-circular side extends on its extremity to a scallop-shaped knop. The strap bar itself extends in a triangular knop to either side of the frame and is entirely encrusted with iron rust. See Whitehead No. 583.  Circa 1575-1700. Length 23.4mm, width 15mm, weight 2.0g
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4E01F3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early Post-Medieval sharp single hook clasp. Circular body with a cross fleuretty at its centre and openwork apertures between each lis. Sub-rectangular attachment loop with a slender double-collared sharp hook diametrically opposite; the return end of which is missing. The front face of the clasp is moulded whilst the reverse is flat. Dark brown patina. A similar example is shown in Read, B, Hooks Clasps and Eyes; p.97 No.360. Circa 1500-1625. Length 30mm, width 19mm, weight 1.89g
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-097876
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Initial mark plain cross, Tower mint. Dated 1578. North Vol II (1975), p 111, No 1998.
Created on: Saturday 7th October 2023
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-056614
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy post-medieval strap fitting. The fitting comprises two separate elements consisting of a separate roughly finished circular suspension ring and a sub-triangular hooked attachment plate. The plate is in the form of a triangle, the top of which dips slightly in the centre, forming a wide chevron shape. The end of the plate has a transverse groove, from which point it tapers to form a narrow hook that curves rearwards from the plate and retains a separate circular ring with an external diameter of 11mm. T…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3EA2A6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded 17th C trade token of William Pearson of Litcham. Obverse; * WILLIAM PEARSON/The Grocers' Arms. Reverse; GROSER OF LITCHAM/ W.P. Die axis 6 o'clock. Williamson 60. Diameter 16mm, weight 0.96g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3E27BE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded 17th C trade token of William Pearson of Litcham. Obverse; * WILLIAM PEARSON/The Grocers' Arms. Reverse; GROSER OF LITCHAM/ W.P. Die axis 6 o'clock. Williamson 60. Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.83g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7E85E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Post Medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I. London (tower) mint, initial mark pheon. Obverse; Crowned bust facing left, with rose behind head, ELIZABETH D G [...] ET HB REGINA. Reverse; Royal shield over long cross fourche, with the date 1561 above, POSVI DEV' ADIVTOREM MEV. North 1997. Dimensions; Diameter 24.4mm, thickness 0.7mm, weight 2.60g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0C2689
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neat fragment of Post Medieval jetton. Approximately one-quarter of the full flan remains, with the possibility that the edges have been cut rather than broken. One side of the jetton fragment is blank, the other has vestiges of a 'four lis in a lozenge' design. Circa AD 1488-1586.  Metrics - Length 13mm, width 14.5mm, weight 0.41g
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0940F8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent and damaged copper-alloy Post-Medieval Nuremberg Ship-penny Jetton. Ship obverse (no G above yard arm) and four lis in a lozenge reverse. A very similar jetton is shown in Mitchiner, M. Jetons Medalets, and tokens. The Medieval period and Nuremberg. p372. No. 1169. Circa AD 1490-1550.  Metrics - Diameter 26mm, weight 1.64g
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-034425
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn, corroded, and damaged copper-alloy Post-Medieval Nuremberg rose-and-orb type jetton of Hanns Krauwinkel II. Circa AD 1586-1635.  Metrics - Diameter 21mm, weight 0.96g
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-02D023
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper-alloy Post-Medieval Nuremberg rose-and-orb type jetton. Probably an anonymous stock type. Circa AD 1490-1585.  Metrics - Diameter 24mm, weight 1.41g
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F634E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small and delicate copper alloy Post-Medieval double oval-loop buckle. The middle outside edge of one loop has an extended rectangular grooved knop on its upper surface to act as a pin rest. The rectangular cross-section pin is complete and wraps around the strap bar. This buckle would probably have had a very specific low-strain application as its delicate construction would not have enabled it to be used otherwise. Circa  AD1500-1650.  Metrics: Length 17mm, width 12.5mm, weight 0.80g  
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F4CD81
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval strap loop or slider. The symmetrical plate is sub-rectangular with two pairs of opposed semi-circular removals from the long sides, thus forming three segments divided by two waists. The sides have a saw-tooth perimeter with two teeth on the end segments and three on the middle. The two ends of the plate are notched with three triangular file cuts. Both ends of the reverse have a perpendicular rectangular prong that would have curved back around the sides of the original strap. For parallels see: DOR-9791B2; SUR-CDCA76; NLM-A66E41; NARC-35B773…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B3B925
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and damaged copper alloy Post-Medieval Nuremberg rose-and-orb type jetton. Indecipherable legend and unknown jetton master. Circa AD 1550-1650.  Metrics - Diameter 24mm, weight 1.38g
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B11B05
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy fragment from a Post Medieval cloth seal. The fragment is sub-discoidal (as flattened by the alnage seal matrix) with a short flat tab projecting to one side. The seal depicts a crenelated castle wall with an arched entrance gateway; above the wall part of an arcing beaded border can be seen. Cloth seals depicting images of castles are commonplace in Norfolk, as a lion surmounted by a castle is the arms of Norwich. No lion is evident on this partial impression and insufficient survives to be definitive, especially since many other non-Norwich seals depicting c…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5394C2
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy fitting from a post-medieval sword belt. The fitting consists of an incomplete foliate-decorated hanger plate with two extant rounded loops attached to the lower edge, and two fragments of foliate-decorated suspension links attached to these loops by closed hooks. The hanger plate was originally symmetrical but now has only one trifoliate terminal-end remaining. Located at either end of the plate there are small attachment holes remaining on the hanger plate with associated traces of iron corrosion and rivet. The reverses …
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0B9E8D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brass Post-Medieval rose and orb Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II. Obverse; (Rose Initial Mark) HANS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR. Three crowns alternating with three lis, arranged centrifugally around a rose formed of five bilobed petals. Reverse; GOTES SEGEN MACHT REICH – God’s blessing maketh rich (from Proverbs 10, 22). Orb within a double tressure of three arches. A very small amount of the flan edge is missing. Mitchiner 1553. Circa AD1586-1635. Diameter: 21mm; weight 0.85g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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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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Record ID: NMS-047A5C
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable Post Medieval dagger chape. The chape tapers from the open squashed attachment end down to the terminal end. The longitudinal seam has split open as a result of the compression. The terminal end is hemispherical and solid with a circumferential collar. Record SWYOR-8F4D94 on the PAS database shows a very similar example that is dated to the Medieval period. However, De Reuck, A. in his unpublished paper entitled Dating Sword Chapes (1991) p37. shows several chapes with the same terminal end dating from the 18th Century. The light corrosion suggests this may be a …
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C24FBC
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly squashed but complete copper alloy Post Medieval hand-punched thimble. Tapering sides with a slight dome to the crown. Circular pits punched in an eight row right hand spiral running up the sides. Several of the pits in the crown are worn through to the interior. The circumferential basal band is plain with the exception of a makers mark, consisting of a saltire cross in a square cartouche. A similar mark can be seen on NLM-A9A121 and is illustrated in Read, B. Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain (2018) p39. No.162. Probably a product of Nuremberg. Circa AD1520-1600. …
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8E3789
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy Post Medieval clapper bell from a circular open-mouthed bell. Only the rim and part of the side survives. The remainder of the object is missing from old eroded breaks. The lip is slightly everted and thickened on the external face. The bell is mid grey in colour and is probably a high tin sonorous bronze, commensurate with its use as a bell. Record DENO-C6958B on the PAS database covers what is probably a very similar, but more complete example of this type of bell. Circa AD1600-1900. Dimensions: estimated diameter 44.0mm, thickness at lip 2.4mm, weight …
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8D0FF4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded copper alloy farthing token of the Norwich Corporation. Shield visible on obverse and the numbers 70 on the reverse. Further detail illegible.  A slightly better preserved example of different date can be seen on the PAS database ref  LEIC-558C2A.  AD. 1670. Dimensions: diameter 23.0mm, weight 4.70 g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-61D848
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval Nuremberg rose and orb jetton of Hanns Krauwinkel II, who was master from 1586-1635. Its is bent in a shallow 'S' which if deliberate, is usually indicative of its use as a love token. Circa AD1586-1635. Dimensions: diameter 21mm, weight 0.85g
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F8E577
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete and well preserved pewter Post Medieval spoon dating to circa 17th to early 18th century. The stem is the same width over its entire length and has a flattened hexagonal cross section, slightly flattened from front to back faces. So-called slip top spoons usually have the stem terminating abruptly at a front to back angle, but the top of the stem on this found-example is square and quite rough. It is possible another type of finial has fractured from the top, or that the spoon is a stump end type; either way, it would not be reliable to solely determine the date, or the type …
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-630C2D
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast Post Medieval rowel spur. The fragment consists of the curving rowel extension and box, and approximately half of each arm. Both arms have traces of simple moulded detailing comprising long, thin, curving triangles that start at the neck and taper towards the broken end of each arm. The rowel and remainder of each arm is missing from old damage and breaks. The spur has a mid to dark brown patina. A similar example can be seen on the PAS database at WREX-80DA1C. Circa AD1600-1800.
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-24779A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy object cast in the shape of a snail shell scroll. The uncoiled end is broken transversely. Insufficient of the object survives to be diagnostic of date or purpose. A Post Medieval to modern date is suggested. Circa AD 1730-1900.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-240BCD
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy conical object, probably a candle snuffer or perhaps a sword chape. The hollow cone shape has been made from folded thin sheet with a longitudinal side seam. It has been crushed flat and a good deal of the body is missing from one corner of the wider end. The apex comes to a blunt point with a triple collar adjacent to the end. At the extant wider end vestiges of a circumferential border can be seen. There is no sign of a means of attachment, either as a chape or a snuffer, but this may have been removed with the damage. For a candle snuffer parallel see IOW-DF4E55, for a…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-0F3CB9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible Post Medieval mount. Flat plate in the symmetrical form of an heraldic shield with a waisted or engrailed projection from its upper side, the end of which joined a narrow integral strip which is now missing from an old fracture. A slight curvature when the object is viewed in profile, might suggest it was attached to a curved surface, perhaps the wall of a vessel. Alternatively, it might have been attached or inlaid onto furniture. See NLM-BC7E08 for a good parallel. Suggested date circa AD1750-1900.
Created on: Sunday 15th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-EDF7B2
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded, probable lead tin-alloy cast male figurine. One arm, wings on the back of the shoulders, and the legs below the thigh are all missing. Corrosion has removed much of the detail but the figure appears to be wearing gathered drapes on the lower body, fastened by a protruding knot at the midrift. The left arm is cast downwards away from the side and holds an object that curves back into the body just below the hip, this could just be the cloth drapes, part of which flow naturally up to the knot at this point, or it could represent a weapon, perhaps a bow. The right arm is broken…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6B7C42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but very worn Post Medieval copper alloy coin, probably an eight maravedis 'cob' coin of Philip IV (AD 1621-1665). The coin has a cut octagonal shaped flan. The obverse has a rampant lion facing left within a shield. The reverse is a castle within a shield and appears to be counter-stamped at top right with a figure of eight. These are often called 'cob' coins after the Spanish word for copper which is 'cobre': they were crudely made in Spain initially and later in the Americas for use in the Spanish colonies. The flans are often, as on this example, an irregular shape…
Created on: Saturday 7th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-828A65
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval rotary key. Oval bow with double internal projections where it meets the shank. The sub oval cross-section shank tapers slightly via a very worn triple collar arrangement to a perpendicular plain sub-rectangular bit. Circa 17th-19th century. Length 34.0mm, width 16.0mm, weight 3.93g.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-591E22
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval probable padlock body. Discoidal in shape (35mm dia. by 12.4mm thick) and plain on both faces. Although box like in construction the significant weight and emanating rust suggests it contains an iron mechanism, and is not just a hollow container. There is prolific iron corrosion on the sides and on both facing surfaces, the spacial relationship of which suggests they are probably associated with the hasp and keyhole of a post medieval padlock. One face has three circular rivet heads placed equidistantly around the periphery of the circular body…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-578702
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval spur arm terminal. The arm has a pointed oval-shaped cross-section that narrows in a linear taper over its extant length. Set transversely at the end is an integral double-loop figure of eight attachment terminal. One of the loops still has a fragment of the attachment fitting connected, consisting of a broken trefoil end with a circular-looped open ended tail wrapped around the spur terminal loop. The spur arm is a dull grey colour and the attachment fitting is a more coppery hue with traces of green verdigris. Circa AD1600-1720
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-74F767
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and heavily corroded Post Medieval silver coin. Very little detail remains but the coin is probably a Scottish twenty pence of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dating to circa AD 1637-1642. Poor quality silver.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2022
Last updated: Saturday 2nd April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5F3D45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval double rectangular loop buckle frame, with slightly dropped strap bar. The pin is missing. Circa AD 1570 -1700.
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
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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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Record ID: NMS-D2FA62
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified, rough-cast, probably Post Medieval lead dumbbell-shaped object. Central (nominal 9mm diameter, 32mm long) bar, thickening at either end before abruptly expanding to circular 20mm diameter, by 10-13mm deep, cup-shaped end terminals. The surface throughout is rough. The object is too large to be a small arms projectile or toggle, the surface roughness and size of the casting is more suggestive of a cast in-situ 'rivet' where mechanical strength is not hugely important. Testing with a magnet does not indicate an iron core. Overall length 55mm, Weight 81.75g. Suggested date …
Created on: Sunday 23rd January 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C762FC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of worn and corroded copper alloy farthing traders token of Thomas Feltwell of Litcham, at the Bull. Obverse; [THOMAS FELL]WELL IN [//T.F]. Reverse; [LIC]HAM AT [YE BULL//Bull]. Diameter 16.0mm, weight 0.31g, Williamson 59. Circa.AD1650-70.
Created on: Saturday 22nd January 2022
Last updated: Sunday 23rd January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5BC844
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post-Medieval copper alloy hooked dress fastener of Read Class E Type 5, dating AD1500-1600. The hook itself is bent slightly to one side. The hooked tag has an openwork body cast to resemble a looped rope in the shape of a trefoil with a trapezoidal loop extending from a pair of the trefoil-loops. The hook projects from the third, curling and narrowing to a sharp point. The reverse of the hooked tag is flat while the front has moulded decoration in the form of diagonal ribs along the length of the 'rope' which forms the loops. Where the trapezoidal loop extends is a flattened p…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5BA448
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval rose and orb Nuremberg jetton. Anonymous master and fictitious legend. No initial marks. Circa AD1490-1585
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-ED0711
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval traders token of John Bellamy. Obverse: IOHN BELLAMY 1667, The Grocers arms. Reverse: OF WISBICH GROCER, HIS/ HALFE/ PENNY/ IBI (in triad form). Williamson 202.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-99D282
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval harness strap mount. Slender trefoil end extends to a longer oval body. Inset angled dotted border running along the shoulder of each of the three moulded segments. Plano convex in section with bent sharp prongs at each end of the reverse. A similar mount can be seen on the PAS database ref. SUSS-CF0C46. Circa AD1600-1700. Length 27.0 mm, width 8.5 mm, weight 2.39g
Created on: Saturday 8th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-74E4E6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval rotary key. Oval bow with double internal projections where it meets the shank. The sub oval cross-section shank tapers slightly via a very worn triple collar arrangement to a perpendicular plain sub-rectangular bit. Circa 17th-19th century. Length 34.0mm, width 16.3mm, weight 2.99g.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-744B8C
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper alloy farthing traders token of Thomas Feltwell of Litcham, at the Bull. Obverse; THOMAS FELLWELL IN//T.F. Reverse; LICHAM AT YE BULL//Bull. Die axis 9 o'clock, diameter 16.0mm, weight 0.90g, Williamson 59. Circa.AD1650-70.
Created on: Saturday 25th December 2021
Last updated: Sunday 9th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F05C9A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver James I of England halfgroat. London mint. Cinquefoil initial mark. Obverse: IDG ROSA SINE SPINA, Rose with crown above. Reverse: TUEATUR UNITA DEUS, Thistle with crown above. Circa AD1613-1615. North 2105.
Created on: Sunday 19th December 2021
Last updated: Sunday 13th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8E3471
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible Post Medieval cloth or bag seal fragment. A flat strip of lead is impressed on one side with a circular cartouche, within which there appears to be a cuirassed left facing male bust wearing peaked headgear, possibly an English civil war helmet. The strip has a full thickness sub circular hole in the 8 o'clock position relative to the upright bust. No parallel could be found. Circa AD1642-1750.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8BF60D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy circular coin weight dating from AD 1753-1754. This is a weight for a quarter of a Portuguese moidore. A parallel can be seen in Withers (1993:125 1506). Obverse: Voided cross potent, an ornament in each quarter. Obverse inscription: IN HOCK SIGNO VINCES. Reverse inscription: A QUARTER OF A MOIDORE OR SD 69, in five lines. Dimensions: diameter: 16.9mm; weight: 2.14g. Reference: Withers, P and B. 1993. British Coin Weights. A Corpus of Coin-Weights
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8BA067
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy ornate single piece Post Medieval button or linked cloak fastener. Convex front with plain concave reverse and an integral rectangular, circular-drilled shank. Similar buttons are illustrated in Read, B. Metal Buttons c 900-1700 (2005) p40-48. Circa AD1650-1750.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8B535B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ornate gilded floral single piece Post Medieval button or linked cloak fastener. Convex front with plain concave reverse and an integral rectangular, circular-drilled shank. Similar buttons are illustrated in Read, B. Metal Buttons c 900-1700 (2005) p40-48. Circa AD1650-1750.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-645CDA
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy Post Medieval attachment terminal from the left side of a light spur. Staggered figure-of-eight looped terminal, the upper loop of which is worn through on its top side and is no longer continuous. The arm of the spur is plano-convex in cross-section. Circa AD1600-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6066BB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy Post Medieval mounts or strapfittings probably from a light strap. The shapes are in the form of a Tudor rose, but no surface detail is present. The reverses have two pointed prongs to secure the mount to the strap. Both objects were found sufficiently close together to suggest that they probably came from the same strap. The method of fixing is often associated with 17th century harness. Similar examples of strap fittings can be seen in Brian Read's book 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (pages 34-37). Circa AD1600-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CD4D93
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval crotal or animal bell. Spherical in shape with a drilled integral trapezoidal suspension loop uppermost. The exterior surfaces of the suspension loop have been heavily filed with the top made into a prismatic shape. All file marks remain. Equatorial raised band with gadrooned upper decoration and two opposed sound holes.The lower half has two rows of fish scale decoration before reverting to gadrooning. Nearly a quarter of the bell is missing from one half of the lower sound slit, to a brittle fracture close to the equatorial band. Colouration is …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CC1CC0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast Post Medieval probable sword belt fitting. A laterally symmetrical tri-lobed attachment end waists then expands to a downward facing triangular body, terminating in a rounded knop. There is a single circular attachment hole below the central trefoil which is blocked by iron corrosion. The back of the fitting is flat whilst the front is moulded in light relief with a symmetrical vine-leaf scroll design which incorporates the outer profile shape. The recesses of the cast design retain a black substance possibly lacquer or pitch. The shape and decoration is synonymous with post-medi…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-664D29
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy Post Medieval circular bi-convex solid-headed button. The flat rectangular-sectioned shank terminates in a narrow ringed attachment loop. Circa AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6550A1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval circular plano-convex solid headed button. The rectangular-sectioned shank is broken across a circular attachment hole. The domed surface of the button head has a very worn spiral-spoked design in shallow relief. Circa AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-64AFCD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval double-loop copper alloy asymmetrical buckle frame with missing pin. One loop is oval, the other is trapezoidal and is missing one side and part of it's end. The strap bar projects at both ends in a small triangular knop just beyond the buckle frame. Circa AD 1550-1650..
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
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