Record ID: NMS-5E409D
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Five fragments of a gilded silver sword pommel, an addendum to 2017T954 (NMS-1E4D05). The fragments (nos. 1 to 5) comprise two fragments of openwork arching arms (nos. 1-2) and three fragments from the body of the fitting (nos. 3-5). None of the fragments join each other, but may join the rest of the artefact recorded at NMS-1E4D05 (2017T954); further research is ongoing at Norwich Castle Museum, which has acquired all the fragments. Fragment 1: Part of the narrow side wall of the fitting, originally forming an openwork tier flanking the central body of the fitting. It comprises …
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5E2418
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver post-medieval bodkin. It is bent in three places along its length and is broken at either end, both breaks old. One end retains the stubs from an eye and the object tapers to the other end. It is rectangular in cross-section, and both main faces are decorated with a series of engraved panels. The decorative scheme is the same on both faces; below the eye is a reserved saltire or diagonal cross on a background of vertical and horizontal engraved lines, and then there is a longer panel with a reserved S-shaped line between angular lobed leaves. Below this …
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5DF426
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval silver cuff link element. A circular disc with a down-turned edge, now bent out of shape in places. The obverse exhibits a stamped repoussé design of two hearts surmounted by a crown on a stippled background (Lewis 2013, Type A). The reverse of the disc exhibits an integrally cast attachment loop. A small section of the silver wire connecting loop terminates in an old break at either end. Dimensions: Diameter 11.5mm, thickness (including loop) 4.5mm, weight 0.4g. Length of connecting loop 12.5mm, diameter 1.2mm, weight 0.1g, so total weight 0.5g. …
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5DDFA1
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete post-medieval silver spoon handle of seal top type. From the top down it exhibits a plain disc top, short fluted baluster, constriction, tapering fluted baluster, two plain narrow mouldings and a short length of hexagonal-sectioned stem terminating in an old break. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, including NMS-6D0C5B (2016 T424). Similar inscribed examples with dates tend to cluster in the early 17th century, but undecorated examples such as this one…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5DC15B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete post-medieval gilded silver pin. It has a globular head, now squashed to a flattish shape and therefore originally hollow. There is a pellet at the apex, and the head is divided into two hemispheres by two circumferential rows of filigree (twisted) wire around the widest point. Each hemisphere is decorated with a series of oval loops of filigree (from the photograph, they appear to be drop-shaped with the ends of the wires not perhaps meeting). The cylindrical shaft projects from the bottom, terminating in a jagged break. Discussion: This pinhead is clear…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: OXON-5A20E8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete Early Medieval silver strap-end dating to c. AD 750-950. The strap-end is tongue-shaped with a pointed terminal. The plate tapers inwards from a 14.8 mm to 8.6 mm in width before it terminates to a point. The top of the plate is rectangular and has one central rivet hole with a diameter of 3.2 mm. There are some incised lines around the rivet hole, but these are worn, and it is uncertain if this is part of the decoration of the strap-end or lines caused by wear and damage. The rest of the plate tapers inwards and has a decorated motif on the surface. The zoo…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5A0966
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An elaborate silver head from a Roman hair pin, 21.1mm in length. The form from the base to the tip comprises a conical lower collar, a flattened biconical reel, a large flattened sphere, a large double disc at the midpoint (diameter 9.2mm), a waisted reel, a smaller waisted reel and a conical or pointed acorn-shaped tip. The shaft is broken off at the base of the head. There is damage to the upper section in the form of a pronounced cut which has bent and nearly severed the tip of the pin head. Length 21.1mm, diameter (at widest part) 9.2mm, weight 3.59g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
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