Record ID: NMS-92A07D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy buckle with an integral plate. Only short parts of the trapezoidal frame's sides are extant. The inside edge of the plate comprises a large flat fleur-de-lis knop which is pierced by the sole rivet. The loop of the copper alloy pin remains in its hole. Engraved decoration consists of curving and straight lines on the knop, and on the plate of a double line saltire with a dash in each angle, all within a frame. Cf. examples from Kent (PUBLIC-F5C028), Suffolk (SF-62B9C1), Wymondham, Rocklands and Congham, Norfolk (NMS-40F8D2 , NMS-FE0E14 and NMS-E54CA7).…
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-9259CF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a probably medieval copper alloy flat mount, broken at one end and bent backwards at the other. One edge is straight and lies close to four attachment holes, one truncated by the break and another near the narrow intact end. The other edge is toothed, with three extant triangular projections, each pierced near its apex by a decorative and convex headed rivet. Hammers marks are visible on the reverse. No parallel noted. Extant length c.53mm. Width 12.8mm. Thickness 1.5mm. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-91FE24
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount with both the apex and the base missing. An animal head in relief with large ears and a trapezoidal snout lies above a pair of round holes beneath which a break truncates a centrally placed aperture. Williams 1997, Class A, Type 4.Extant length and width 24 and 24.3mm. Thickness 4.8mm. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-91CC2D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of a Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap end with a small knop at the lower end, a flat reverse, faint indications of transverse grooves along the sides, eleven asymmetrically arranged round apertures and three others truncated by the old break. The sinuous gap between the apertures, probably forming part of an animal motif, is flanked by two short and broad moulded grooves and is emphasised by punched annulets, a few of which occur elsewhere. Thomas 2004, Class E, Type uncertain. Extant length 37mm. Width 23.8mm. Thickness 2.5mm. 10th - 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Sunday 30th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9188F5
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly distorted and incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy tweezers with one inturned blade missing. Both arms are decorated with seven punched ring-and-dots (one, one, two and, above the blade, three), and both splay more markedly in their lower part. Cf. Riddler, I. in Tester et al. 2014, fig. 8.10, especially no. 5634. Length c.49mm. Width 4 - 11.3mm. Mid 8th - mid 9th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-9160AE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy pin with the lower part of the shank missing. The head is globular and there is a no collar. Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, Type 100. Head diameter 7mm. Early 8th - mid 9th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-9143D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch, all of which is missing below the upper end of the D-sectioned bow where there is a rectangular panel. One lateral foil remains almost intact, its edge being followed by a row of part-annular stamped impressions. The same impressions can be made out on the central foil. There is an incomplete single pin lug on the reverse. All breaks appear ancient. Weight 5.85g. Extant length 26mm. Estimated width c.44mm. c.475 - c.525.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8F6991
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and slightly distorted post-medieval copper alloy male or toggle part of a strap clasp that would have been used with a chaterlaine rather than a sword belt. There are the remains of a single iron rivet. The form and decoration is very close to Read 2008 no. 757. Length 27mm. Width 11mm. c.1550 - c.1700.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8F4610
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a lobe at the ends of the bar. The whole is gently curved in profile. Traces of rust in the centre of the bar suggest an iron pin. Length and width 39.2 and 26.1mm. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8F2952
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy thimble with a single encircling groove around an otherwise plain basal band and with the sides and almost flat top covered by a spiral of ovoid indentations. Height and diameter 18mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8F0A2D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy lozengiform mount, probably from a belt or harness, with part of an integral square-sectioned attachment spike on the reverse. The front is decorated with eighteen moulded pellets (one other is missing). A speck of white-metal coating survives on the front face. Very close to Read 2016, no. 253. Estimated length 24.5mm. Width 14.5mm. Thickness (excluding spike) 2mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1078. c.1350 - c.1450.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8EE6F5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy pin with the lower part of the shank missing. The head is biconical with a wide medial band and there is a slight collar. Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, Type 330. Head diameter and length 7.5 and 6.5mm. Early 8th - mid 9th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8EA305
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and rather abraded Early Saxon copper alloy Small-long brooch, with much of the headplate, the lower end of the bow and the footplate missing. All breaks are ancient. Probably Leeds 1945 Trefoil-headed, although only one foil is extant. The gently hollow-backed bow begins with a curving transverse rib rather than a rectangular panel. The stumps of a double pin lug and traces of an iron pin mechanism remain on the reverse. Weight 5.00g. Extant length 30.7mm. c.475 - c.525.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8D8857
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval seal matrix, copper alloy, hexagonally faceted handle with a triple-collared broken pierced terminal (extant height 16mm). Small parts of the edge are missing. Circular, 19.5mm. A squirrel between the bifurcated branches of a tree, the trunk of which is flanked by two facing male and female heads. * AM......AME= LEL CA.........AVET (probably AMIE AMET CAR LEL AMI AVET: You have a loyal friend). See Harvey and McGuinness 1996, 113. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th April 2021
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