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Record ID: NMS-2AF606
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy nail with a sub-conical head, "almost certainly from furniture upholstery" (Crummy 1983, 115, fig. 116). The lower part of the tapering round-sectioned shank is missing. Head diameter 11.5mm. Extant length 19mm (of which the head accounts for 6.5mm). Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2AE083
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman tin-coated copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the greater parts of the rearhook and both wings, most of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. Littel decorative detail has survived on the wingsmor on the D-sectioned bow. On the latter a median rib is flanked by concavities. Extant wingspan and length 19 and 16.3mm. c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2A7511
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of local medieval unglazed pottery, jar or bowl rim and sagging basal, weight 20g, 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2A64C3
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Roman greyware pottery, weight 3g, mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2A3FCA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy D-shaped buckle frame with narrowed bar, a slight ridge on both sides near the ends of the bar and a collared knop in the centre of the outside edge. Length and width 25.6 and 16.2mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 421. Second half 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-2A31C5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy composite tongue-shaped strap end, a full-width spacer covered with silvery solder and ending in a trefoil knop beyond two lateral cut-outs. Fragments of the two outer sheet plates survive only at the knop where they are attached to the spacer by a rivet (in a paler green surfaced alloy). The knop is a delicate version of Margeson 1992, no.232. Length 37mm. Width 9.2mm. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2A0DE2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Everted rim sherd from a medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel. Diameter not accurately measurable. Weight 10.04g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-29F4B3
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with an iron pea and a non-drilled loop. A small part of the lower half has been lost. Diameter 29mm. Height 35.5mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-29CEA7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval tin-coated copper alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame, a B-shaped loop with an external groove and a narrowed bar, cf. Whitehead 2003, 570-1. Width 17.6mm. c.1575 - c.1700.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-29B2A6
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy ring of variable sub-circular cross-section. External diameter 23.5 - 24.2mm. Internal diameter 20mm. Thickness 3mm. Possibly used in the suspension of drapes (Egan 1998, 62-4). Mid 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-298E84
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead two-part circular cloth seal, diameter 21mm. HS or SH (stamped) // obscure device, probably a privy mark. Late 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-296FAC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval deep plano-convex lead spindle whorl. Diameter 22.5mm, thickness 9.7mm, diameter of hole 9.5-11mm, weight 18.52g. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-28B495
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix, oval with an imperfectly fettled trefoil handle (cf. Read 2016, nos. 620-1). Of four apertures only one is completely clear and two are blocked. The motif consists of seven impressions of eight-pointed stars, each a saltire superimposed on a cross. 14.2 x 13.2mm. Height 27mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-288ACD
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hinge plate from a small casket, with one pivot loop, two iron rivets, part of a trilobed aperture and a small part of another aperture. The rear part is missing. Width 13.3mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-286500
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval button comprising a solid plano-convex head and part of an integral non-drilled loop. Diameter 10.4mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-285327
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Trapezoidal mount probably for the suspension of a vessel from a chain or handle, formed from a copper alloy sheet folded widthways around another piece of sheet and secured by a sheet rivet. There is a round punched perforation near the fold and sooting on one face. Cf. Egan 1998, fig. 146. Height 29.8mm. Width 26mm. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-28129A
Object type: SIEVE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, distorted fragment of a medieval to post-medieval sheet copper alloy sieve, strainer or skimmer with punched, roughly circular perforations. No original edge is present. c.30 x c.20mm. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-27D81B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a post-medieval double-looped buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal with a narrowed bar which is not recessed from the front face. Estimated length 36mm. Width 28mm. Late 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-279832
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Medieval gilded silver annular brooch frame, rectangular in cross-section. The front is crenellated, with eight widely spaced low rectangular projections, between two of which is a round-sectioned pin constriction. The outside face of the brooch has grooved decoration; the projections are engraved with cross-hatching, and the spaces between them with horizontal grooves. Dimensions: External diameter 12.6 - 13.7mm. The cross-section of the frame is 1.3mm wide and 2.8mm thick. Weight 0.99g. Discussion: No precise parallel has been found, but this brooch is very mu…
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-272BD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame, the rounded outside edge and part of one side, with a moulded pin notch between two straight ribs. A large example, estimated width 54mm. Mid 14th - 15th century,
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-270A9D
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy ring of variable cross-section, sub-rectangular, D-shaped and irregular. External diameter 24.3 - 25.2mm. Internal diameter 19 - 20mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Possibly used in the suspension of drapes (Egan 1998, 62-4). Mid 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-26F0B2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a solid plano-convex head and an integral non-drilled loop. Diameter 10.4mm. Length 12.3mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-26CCA3
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with an iron pea and a non-drilled loop. The lower half is decorated with radial engraved grooves and there is a rather angular letter O next to the cleft. Diameter 26.5mm. Height 35.5mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-26A7A8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval discoidal lead weight, diameter 28mm, thickness 2 - 3mm, weight 14.23g / 0.4575oz troy / 0.5020oz avoirdupois. The surfaces are worn and it is most likely that the object is underweight for ½ ounce troy. 13th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-263EE5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval lead alloy button with a missing integral loop (recent break) . The head is solid and plano-convex with a central nipple. Diameter 10.7mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2619A4
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Late Saxon Thetford-type ware, weight 5g, mid 9th - 11th century
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-26027A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Everted and thickened rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel with a pronounced flash line. Diameter not asccurately measurable. Weight 29.29g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-25E48F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sheet copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain but not recent date, trilobed with three repoussé bosses and a transverse break. Extant length 26.5mm. Width 27mm. Width at break 12mm. Thickness at bosses 2 - 2.7mm. Cf. NMS-3ED6F8.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: IOW-25D489
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint scraper (c. 2700 BC-1601 BC). This opaque scraper, produced on a tertiary flake, is sub-rectangular in plan, sub-triangular in cross-section and has a striking platform. The dorsal face has been retouched all around except at the proximal end where it has been battered. The retouch is low-angled, short and parallel along the edges, semi-abrupt, short and parallel at the distal end. There is a notch on one edge that appears to be deliberate rather than accidental. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion but no conchoidal rippling…
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 29th May 2017
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Record ID: NMS-25867D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rear part of a long and narrow medieval sheet copper alloy buckle plate broken before the fold and across the pin slot. There are two rivet holes, one near the slot with remains of a rivet, the other within a lobe at the inside edge. Extant length 35.3mm. Width 8.4mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-252E65
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post-medieval copper alloy purse frame, a distorted central ovoid loop engaged with a rectangular boss. Both arms of the rest of the bar are missing. On both faces the top and sides of the boss are followed by a straight engraved line. On the lower edge a pair of concavities flank the swivelling end of the loop. Length, height and thickness of boss 31.5, 17.7 and 8mm. Height of loop 56mm. First half 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-24FA56
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, a damaged fishtail terminal with longitudinal grooves, two iron rivets, a transverse row of three small circular holes and, truncated by the break, a hole in the centre of a double concentric punched ring, Extant length and width 27 and 21mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-24C6B9
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small fragment of a medieval to post-medieval cylindrical iron padlock case with traces of brazing. Diameter c.35mm. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-247C5A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy crescentic strap end, with part of the attachment edge, two rivets, most of the knop and most of the sheet backplate missing. Two rivets retain what is left of the backplate. The knop begins with a transverse row of four drilled holes, one of which is blind. Engraved decoration on the front face is very similar to that on Fingerlin 1971, Abb. 314 and SF-A2E3A2. Extant length 36mm. Width 31.7mm. First half 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2465E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, badly battered and abraded Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged brooch with the pin, part of one wing, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The axis bar is of iron. Much of the surface of the wings has been lost and no decoration is visible. There is a median rib on the D-sectioned bow. Wingspan c.30mm. Extant length 27mm. c.55 - c.80.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-23F0B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, pin and much of the catchplate missing. There is a single groove near the outer ends of the wings and a median rib on the flat-backed bow. Wingspan 37mm. Length 67.2mm. Weight 23.49g. c.43 - c.65,
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-23B8A5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy dress hook of Read 2008 early post-medieval single blunt-hooked Class A, Type 14. The end of the hook is missing and wear has removed all traces of punched and engraved decoration. For a female counterpart see NMS-E747C1. Length and width 36.3 and 23mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-238CFA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy oval shoe buckle frame with the embedded ends of an iron spindle. There is no decoration. Cf. Whitehead 2003, nos. 600 and 601. Length and width 31.7 and 24mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-2379E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame, a convex edge with an external groove or offset, cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 571. Width c.33mm. c.1575 - c.1700.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-236380
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frames, mid 16th - mid 17th century: - tin-coated, fleur-de-lis knop on both edges, trilobed knop at the ends of the bar, cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 400, length and width 42 and 23.9mm. - quatrefoils on edges and remainder of front surface covered with scrolled foliar ornament, cf. ibid. no. 418, rust from iron plate and/or pin on the bar, length and width 42.2 and 25.8mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-233038
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 28mm. 99 / 04 (stamped) // uncertain device above [?] & R 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-22FA2C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three roughly made medieval to post-medieval discoidal lead weights, perhaps 13th - 17th century: - diameter c.23mm, thickness 5mm, weight 17.34g, 11.15 pennyweights, perhaps for 1 shillingweight (= 1/20th of a troy pound). - diameter c.28mm, thickness 6mm, weight 32.75g, 1.05oz troy. - diameter 37mm, thickness 6mm, central rectangular hole, chamfered edge, weight 57.13g, 2.0155oz avoirdupois.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-22AF46
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a leg of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel, a large splinter with all surfaces sooted including the break. Length 76mm. Weight 82g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-226A0C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy domed thimble with all of the exterior apart from the centre of the dome covered by a continuous spiral of round to oval indentations. Cast but without notches in the base. Diameter 20.5mm. Height 21.2mm. 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-223ED9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, pin, greater parts of the wings and the rearhook, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. Extant length 23.5mm. c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-221E03
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy asymmetrical double-looped buckle frame, one loop D-shaped, the other trapezoidal, with a rounded lobe at the ends of the bar and at the junctions of the sides and edge of the former. Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 575. Length and width 32.8 and 18.5mm. c.1575 - c.1700.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-187E68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn and damaged silver coin probably a penny of Charles I. Obverse; crowned bust left. Reverse; garnished shield. Further details illegible. Circa 1632-1646 AD.
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: IOW-16180B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age flint scraper (c. 2700 BC-1601 BC). This opaque scraper, produced on a secondary flake, is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. The dorsal face has about 65% flake removal and about 35% cortex. The dorsal face has been retouched all around except part of the right hand edge. The retouch is semi-abrupt, short, parallel and sub-parallel. The ventral face has been crudely retouched on the right and left edge. It has a low bulb of percussion and numerous conchoidal ripples which are not apparent on the image. Thi…
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
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Record ID: NMS-14A65C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy (probably leaded bronze) late Medieval to early Post Medieval vessel leg fragment probably from a skillet or similar. The leg section is triangular with slightly raised beaded angles. At the halfway point is a raised transverse collar from where it begins to taper evenly over its remaining length, forming a slightly larger triangular section foot. The back of the leg and foot are plain but the other two facets have a medial raised ridge. Traces of sooting remain on the surface. Length 58.6mm, triangular facets 19mm. Circa 1400-1600 AD
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-133225
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval rotary casket key. Circular bow with a very worn end to the loop. The stem is solid and oval in section with a collar between it and the loop of the bow. Rectangular bit with a cleft to the front and back. Circa 1200-1450 AD. Length 38mm, width at bow 13.3mm, weight 3.00g.
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-124342
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly offstruck silver long cross penny probably of Edward II class 11a. London mint. Further details illegible. Circa 1310-1312 AD.
Created on: Monday 26th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-03A78A
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval coin weight for a quarter laurel (5 shillings) of James I (1603 - 1625) Third Coinage (1619-1625). The weight is square shaped in plan with chamfered edges. The obverse has a crown over the value mark 'V S' (5 shillings) set between three fleur-de-lis contained within a beaded circle. In the top left hand corner of the weight is a crowned 'I" countermark. The reverse shows a bearded laureate crowned bust facing left. The reverse beaded circle has over struck the flan. A full weight for a quarter laurel was 35 grains but weights were made for the legal minimum weight…
Created on: Sunday 25th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Riverside Meadow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FFD1A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Initial mark elegantine. London (Tower) mint. Further details illegible. North 1998. Circa 1573-1578 AD.
Created on: Sunday 25th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th December 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-FAD9D2
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age chert burin. It has been formed on a secondary piece of black chert streaked with grey chert, possibly a worked out core from an earlier period as there is a variation in patination. The retained limestone cortex on the proximal end exhibits a high degree of wear, and there is wear gloss on most of the facial ridges. There are fresher removals to the tool's mesals, three long thin ones defining the longer edge, and the shoulder of the shorter shaped with a single removal on the shorter mesal at its distal end. The longer mesal has very fine, short, …
Created on: Sunday 25th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EBE554
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Biconical lead steelyard weight, of probable Roman date. The upper side is in the form of a very shallow rounded cone, with the stubs of an iron suspension loop at the top, and the lower part is a more steep sided cone with a flattened tip. It has a diameter at the widest part of 45.4mm and is 38.2mm in height with an overall grey/white patination. It has several old marks where it has been hit by a plough or harrow. It weighs 380g, which would equate to approximately 14 uncia in Roman units. Similar weights have been recorded on the database as WILT-1EB292 and NLM-EEB636
Created on: Saturday 24th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Catton', grid reference and parish protected.