Record ID: BM-1FE204
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy P-shaped brooch (Mackreth's proto Crossbow type 3.d) dating to the late second or early third century AD. The head comprises a cylindrical wing casing with pierced end plates. It is stepped with a flat upper surface from which there extends a central circular-section lug with spherical end knop. The spring, axis bar and pin are missing. The head extends to a rectangular-section bow which is arched. The bow possesses a central, vertical, groove, in which are a series of small incised dots, some of which contain a white substance. The bow terminates in a disc-shaped circu…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: BM-1F8675
Object type: FORCEPS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete pair of copper-alloy epilation forceps dating to the Roman period. The forceps possess a decorative head which is hexagonal in plan with a small, rectangular-lug extension. The head is separated from the arms by a beaded moulding flanked by reel mouldings. The arms are rectangular in section and plan and extend in parallel before widening to form wedge-shaped blades. The blades are heavily corroded. The forceps have a length of 74mm, a width of 7mm, a thickness of 2mm and a weight of 4 grams. Whilst simple tweezers were common tools used in everyday grooming sets (Eck…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd September 2019
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Record ID: NMS-1F7963
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three medieval to post-medieval lead weights, perhaps 12th - 17th century. - roughly circular, one face convex, the other sunken in the centre with an embedded piece of iron. Diameter 41mm. Thickness 19mm. Weight 189.7g. No obvious correlation with the Avoirdupois, Troy or apothercary system. - cylindrical, one end concave, the other flat. Length 27mm. Diasmeter 20mm. Weight 90.01g.No obvious correlation with the Avoirdupois, Troy or apothercary system. - conical with rounded top and off-centre longitudinal perforation. Basal diameter 20mm. Height 26mm. Hole diameter 3mm. Wei…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1F5E4A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend, one plate sub-triangular (19 x 17mm), the other square (21mm). 12th - mid 15th century.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1F4C5A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly squashed post-medieval copper alloy tailor's thimble or sewing ring, with the sides covered by a spiral of round indentations. Height 9mm. Diameter c.19mm. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1EE31C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Everted, thickened rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper cooking vessel. Diameter not accurately measurable. Weight 17.66g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1ED328
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet copper alloy "paper-clip" rivet. Such objects were most commonly used for the repair of metal vessels. Most are likely to date to the medieval or post-medieval period, but some are earlier, such as examples from Late Saxon contexts at Flixborough (Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, 115-7). 41 x 21mm. c.1300 - c.1700.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1EB966
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly crumpled upper part of a medieval to post-medieval sheet copper alloy four-piece rumbler bell with an incomplete suspension loop. Diameter very approximately 25mm. Bells of this type appeared in the late 13th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 338) and continued into the 17th century (Egan 2005, 57).
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1E8DF6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy square flat mount with a separate central rivet. Decoration comprises seven radial lines of repoussé dots. On the reverse a fragment of copper alloy sheet is transfixed by the rivet and there is no free length of rivet. The object, therefore, was fixed to lmetal and not to leather or textile. 20 x 19.1mm. Thickness 0.2mm. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th December 2014
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Record ID: SUR-1E61F5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy rectangular plain bar mount with two separate rivets and a central hole. Mounts such as this were mounted in rows on belts.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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