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Record ID: NMS-4F4FC3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy chafing dish, a chamfered tapering straight-ended dish support, integral with a rim sherd. Lewis 1973, Type D1. Extant length of support 20mm. Extant width at juction with rim 17mm. Weight 24.19g. 15th - early 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-4F1E6E
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy scabbard chape with an overlapping soldered seam and slightly concave upper end with two rivet-holes on reveres, tapering to a damaged crimped base. Length 34mm. Width at mouth 21mm. Thickness at mouth 7mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-4F00EA
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy end-cap from a post-medieval scale-tang knife with the end of an iron tang in the slot in the inner face. Radiating ribs and the rounded end. Length 15mm. Width 16.5mm. 8.5mm thick. Cf. Read 2001, no. 657. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-4ECEF7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to medieval crudely made flattened conical lead weight with central perforation - diameter c. 33mm, height 5mm, hole diameter 12mm, weight 25.60g. 11th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-3B036D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast tinned copper-alloy buckle, comprising an incomplete T-shaped frame with short integral rectangular-sectioned plate with transverse rib before a terminal loop in the same plane. The plate is slotted to accommodate a rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin, with knop or grip, which is hinged on a separate spindle inserted into a drilled perforation. The underside of the pin steps in to narrow towards the point. Extant length 37mm. Extant width 18mm. Thickness of plate 4mm (at rib 5mm). Cf. Ellis 2000, Ludgershall Castle, 126, fig.6.2, no.10. Buckles of similar form (a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3A9F1D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late medieval / early post-medieval copper alloy buckle, single sheet cut and formed into hollow plate with sloping sides and traces of engraved foliate decoration on a rocker-arm field, curled-over on inner edge with two pairs of oblique grooves in a chevron arrangement, broken integral deep sides. Length 24mm. Width 38mm. Cf. similar types found in Lund, Sweden illustrated in Fingerlin (1971) 193, nos. 324 (Abb.157) and 325.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3A6C9B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medieval purse frame, the uppermost horizontal bar, one end stump only, the other end with flattened conical terminal (extant length 43mm), trapezoidal central projection with stump of integral rivet at base (extant height 15mm), from a double swivelling bar of LMMC Type B8 (1967, fig.52). Mid 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-3A161B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of knobbed terret, comprising part of the ring with one globular knob and an expanded collar and stub of a bar. Extant width 31mm. Extant height 28mm. Sub-rectangular/oval collar 9 x 12mm. Weighs 13.52g. Diameter of knob 9mm. 1st to 2nd century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-38C1B3
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy openwork hooked tag with rectangular loop and hook missing. Read 2008, early post-medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class E, Type 4, very similar to no. 372. Width 15.5mm. Extant length 19.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-3894B7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy cast discoidal weight, convex sided, two punched dots on upper face. Diameter 22.5mm. Thickness 10mm. Weighing 23.96 g, 0.8450 oz, 369.8 grains. Some damage to surface. The weight may represent the postulated Scandinavian units of 24.4 ±0.8g (Kruse 1992). Mid 9th - mid 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-268097
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Sheet plate, circular with trapezoidal attachment end and narrow pointed knop at terminal. There is a single rivet hole slightly offset at the attachment end. Length 28mm. Width 16mm. 1mm thick. Cf. more elaborate strap-ends with forked spacers in Egan and Pritchard (2002), p.141, fig.92, no.650 - 652. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-26423C
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy harness mount in the form of openwork fleur-de-lis, with two transverse engraved grooves, remains of two integral round-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse. Cf. Read 2016, no. 336. Height 18mm. Width 15.5mm. 2mm thick. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-25379C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness pendant, flat-sectioned and cut-out in the form of a double-headed eagle with slightly squashed suspension loop at apex, central rivet-hole. Face with remains of incised linear decoration. Length/height 25mm. Width 14.5mm. Body 1mm thick. 12th-13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2489AA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval double-looped copper alloy buckle frame, damaged outside edge at narrow end and flanking knops, narrowed central bar with iron-staining, pin missing, larger loop with three notches between two large scrolled extensions. Length 28.5mm. Width 42.5mm. Cf. Whitehead (2003), no.527. c.1620 - c.1680.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-2201A6
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman cast possible pendant in the form of a dolphin modelled in the round, above a tapering, segmented, round-sectioned spike (the point missing). There are traces of incised pointed-oval eyes and a moulded mouth, the end of the body curls up and probably forward but is broken across the bend. If a pendant then then dolphin may have been supported by its curled tail or by a loop attached to the tail. Extant height 24mm. Length 18mm. Thickness 6.5mm. Weight 4.82g. The dolphin is similar to those found on late Roman military buckle frames (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961). The spik…
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1268F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Saxon copper alloy probable small-long brooch in battered condition, the lower end of a D-sectioned bow with twin incised lines on a rectanglar panel, upper part of incomplete footplate with chamfered sides. Stump of catchplate on reverse. The upper break is granular and perhaps recent and the lower one partly worn and probably ancient. Extant length 19mm. Width 8.5mm. Weight 2.98g. Late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-124806
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative bow brooch with hinged pin (Mackreth 2011 CD H). Tubular wings with remains of incised vertical lines, contains corroded remains of iron axis bar, broken copper alloy pin in slot. Very worn and broken oval-sectioned bow, foot and catchplate missing. Wingspan 30mm. Extant length 21mm. AD 50 - 150.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-12296D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flattened fragment of medieval to post-medieval copper alloy thimble. A plain band around the base has a small stamped R below the remains of a probable spiral of sub-rectangular/ovoid indentations. Extant dimensions 21 x 19mm. Possibly a Nuremburg product, c.1520 - c.1650.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-11F91C
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete front part of a post-medieval or late medieval copper alloy sword scabbard chape with a central rib and terminal knob, the upper edge broken across circular perforations and vertically along a perforation in the form of an inverted cruciform or slipped trefoil Close to de Reuck 1991, 27, top right. Extant length 40mm. Extant width 25mm. c.1485 - c.1600.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-11339A
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and bent post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, bent narrow elongated body with hook projecting from transverse rectangular expansion at one end and splayed double-notched attachment end, decorated with a perforated ring-and-dot. Engraved rocker-arm decoration on face. Length (unbent) 42mm. Width 16mm. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Monday 26th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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