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Record ID: NMS-63928D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy openwork hooked tag, rectangular loop, as Read 2008 early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E, Type 2, nos. 317-8. Hook missing. Width 11mm. Extant length 19.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-636F5E
Object type: DIVIDERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy zoomorphic spindle from a pair of dividers in the form of a bird perched on the top of a shaft. The pointed oval head has a blind hole drilled on either side of the head The wings are splayed out from the body and slightly recessed. The body tapers into the tail. The feathers on wings and tail are both indicated by a series of fine engraved lines. The integrally cast cylindrical shank exhibits a vertical perforation 5mm long. The tip exhibits a circumferential grooved collar. A similar example with a bovine-headed terminal was found in Suffolk in 2004 (SF-A3C1A5).
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-629FE8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, worn and corroded copper alloy armorial horse harness pendant, shield-shaped, with point bent back onto the reverse, suspension-loop broken across perforation, much red emamel survives, surface treatment of metal missing. Width 25.5mm. Extant height (unbent) 42mm. Blazon: ?Or/?Argent a maunch Gules. Probably for Hastings (Or a maunch Gules) or de Tony (Argent a maunch Gules), see Corder (1965), column 403. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-628373
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. Less than half remains. The loop expands from a worn break into the shoulder which exhibits a lenticular moulding below a narrow transverse collar followed by a domed oval boss. On the other side is a second transverse collar followed by a break.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-623797
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy finger ring of Henig's Type VIIIa dating to the period c. AD 150 - 300. The oval bezel has a raised collar decorated with three pairs of risges on either side. The recess is filled with soil and traces of a degraded off-white substance, probably an adhesive for a missing paste or glass setting. On one side of the bezel is a transverse break. On the other side is a D-shaped shoulder, tapering into the remains of the loop which terminates in a worn break.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-620499
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman Langton Down brooch of Mackreth's Chapter 2, Type 2.b dating to the period c. AD 25 - 60. The wings form a cylindrical hood which house the remains of the spring and axis bar. There is a pointed oval slot cut in the centre to house the missing pin. The bow is divided from the spring case by a crescentic cross-moulding. The bow tapers from the head and terminates in an old break. It exhibits reeded longitudinal moulding. The lower, bow, foot and catchplate are missing. See@ Mackreth, D.F., 2011, Vol. I, p. 33 - 34.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-620032
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy openwork brooch. Lozengiform frame, rectangular-sectioned, face with a line of multiple pellets between bevelled inner and outer edges, the inner edge bordered by large drilled blind holes. Pin hole at one angle containing a copper alloy pin of flattened D-section. V-shaped groove around outside edge. Length 22.5mm. Width 22.5mm. 2mm thick. c.1300 -c. 1400.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-61C11E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg, oval-sectioned with slightly expanded pad foot, damaged hollow upper end. Extant height 56mm. Weight 98.67g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-6197BE
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon copper alloy bridle cheek piece: scrap of arm ending in an oval loop. Williams 2007, 2, Type 1. Extant length 24mm. Width of loop 19.5mm. Thickness 4.5mm. Weighs 5.70g. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 19th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-6160FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy brooch, Cruciform or possible Small-long, broken rectangular headplate with raised panel, broken faceted bow, at the top of which is a narrow rectangular panel forming the facets. On the reverse there is a single pin lug broken across the perforation. Ancient breaks. Extant length 30mm. Extant width 23.5mm. Weighs 6.13g. c.480 - c.530.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-613BBC
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lock pin dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. The circular head is 'spindle-shaped' and tapers into a tapering circular-sectioned shank. Cf. Crummy 1983, 124, nos. 4142-3. These are often identified as local pins from a locking mechanism, but may have had other functions such as decorative fittings or furniture handles.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-6033C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch, comprising full-round waisted top knob, small head-plate with chamfered sides and traces of a possible binding or textile in corrosion on the face, sides and reverse, where it lies above a single pin lug with a (probably secondary and possibly re-used Roman) sprung copper alloy pin corroded onto one side. The axis bar and almost all of the spring are missing, but the full length of the pin survives in a closed position with its point contained within the catchplate, which has the remains of a transverse lines at the lower end and mid-point. T…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5FB4B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy umbonate plate brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Chapter 7 Type 6.d. The boss exhibits two concentric rings of triangular cells, some of whcih retain traces of blue enamel. This is then bordered by a concentric groove flanked on either side by a prominent ridge. The bordering flange is heavily damaged, but retains traces of three projecting rounded lobes, each of which bears a stamped dot and circle. See: Mackreth, D.F, 2011, Vol. I, p. 165 & Vol. II, p. 111, pl. 108, no. 11180.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-5EDD4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative, hinged brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Chapter 3, Type 4 or 5. The remaining portions of both wings are plain, both terminating in old breaks. They exhibit a transverse seam across the underside within which can be seen the remains of the iron axis bar. At the centre of the head is a slot for this missing pin. The bow tapers back from the head, terminiating in an old break. It exhibits worn traces of a border and triple element running down the middle, the centre ridge possibly beaded. The foot and catchplate are missing. See: Mackre…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 24th June 2018
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