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Record ID: NMS-F2C800
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button: plano-convex with central nipple and multiple (23) radiating ribs, perforated integral lug. Diameter 12mm. Length 16.5mm. Later 16th-17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DF80A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper-alloy mount, circular (diameter c.50mm, 0.7mm thick), now bent and broken, less than a third survives. Hollowed on reverse with angled outer flange (depth of object, from face to rear edge of flange, 3.5mm). The face has the remains of engraved decoration comprising three leaves (perhaps originally the base from which a flower sprung) reserved on a field on rocker-arm within a bordering line. This mount was probably originally attached to either portable furniture, such as a casket, or to horse harness. 14th-15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-DF4DE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Hinged T-shaped brooch, broken copper alloy pin and axis bar. Worn and corroded,the end of one wing missing, remains of a spool and knurled rib at the end of the surviving end of the other wing. Traces of a knurled median rib between two narrow ribson the broken D-sectioned bow, foot missing. Extant wingspan 31.5mm. Extant length 22mm. c.AD 55 - 200.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEEF01
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy 'bell shaped' mount. Circular-sectioned, flaring at the upper edge, and to a leseer degree at the base. Concave upper surface and protruding central boss with dimple. Moulded reel around the waist. Inserted iron shank, corroded with remains protruding from the base. Maximum surviving diameter 15.5mm. Height of copper alloy head 14mm. Similar examples in Crummy (1983, 166, fig:204, no.4650).
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEA73B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, bent narrow central bar and surviving outside edge, pin missing. Extant length 21mm. Width 31mm. Mid 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DE847B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead annular spindle whorl, plano-convex, diameter 25mm, thickness 10mm, hole diameter 11.5mm, weight 39.37g. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DCFAFC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, worn and corroded medieval gilt copper alloy buckle, comprising an oval frame with exaggeratedly expanded triangular lip with slight lobes flanking the narrowed and straight outside edge, broad shallow groove for pin rest between twin lines of engraved rocker arm (containing remains of gilding and now standing proud of the corroded surface), broken on one side and across stump of offset narrowed bar. Length 25mm. Width 35mm. Cf. an excavated example in Margeson and Williams in Ayers 1985, fig. 24, no. 7. 13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DC7F9C
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy Iron Age linch pin, damaged hoof-shaped foot terminal with a damaged collared socket for the missing iron pin. The face of the hoof has a sub triangular cell for missing enamel, with a convex lower edge and two concave obliquely-angled upper sides. Height 39.5mm. Width 19mm. Weighs 18.74g. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C9827E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative, Rear Hook brooch (Mackreth, 2011, type CD RH). C-sectioned wings, both with twin spool mouldings flanked by ribs, ends damaged, rear hook, broken D-sectioned bow with knurled median rib and twin engraved arcs on both sides. Spring, pin, foot and catchplate missing. Extant wingspan 23.5mm. Extant length 27mm. AD 43 - 60.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C9651D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sheet end-cap from whittle-tang knife, oval sheet plate (slightly pointed at both ends) with narrow perforated tapering slot (3.5 x 0.8mm) near centre. Length 21.5mm. Width 16mm. 14th-15th century.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C9497E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sheet plate from a medieval buckle or strap clasp, rectangular, broken on reverse beyond the fold (sides not recessed), rounded attachment end with rivet-hole. Width 13mm. Length 14mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C93175
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle frames, both double-oval with narrowed central bar that projects slightly beyond sides, one with copper alloy sheet pin. Both: Iength 21mm, width 17mm. Mid 15th - mid 16th century.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C8F8F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, just over half survives, both loops oval, narrowed central bar, pin missing. The sides and edges are decorated with oblique filed grooves. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no.342; Whitehead 2003, no. 287. Extant length 30mm. Width 39mm. c.1400 - 1450.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C89E90
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval crescentic strap-end, crescentic back-plate missing. It was held in position by four rivets, two of iron next to the attachment edge, and two of copper alloy. Large broken perforated foliate terminal. The engraved, cross-hatched and drilled decoration is very similar to that on an example from Abingdon (Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 314, Kat. Nr. 239), and to an incomplete piece from Quidenham (HER 37284). Extant length 47.5mm. Width 30.5mm. First half 15th century.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C89293
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy strap fitting, a flat circular belt mount with a rivet hole in a central dome in the form of a repousse sexfoil. Diameter 29mm, Thickness 0.6mm. Height at centre 3mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C856E0
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post-medieval copper alloy thimble. A plain band around the base is topped by an engraved line. Above this the sides and and top are covered with a continuous spiral of very closely-spaced sub-rectangular/ovoid indentations. Before the start of the spiral there is a stamped counter-relief quatrefoil maker's mark. Diameter c.17.5mm. Height 20mm. Probably a Nuremburg product, c.1520 - c.1650.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-614015
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age hollow cast copper alloy spearhead, broken at both ends, the point and the socket missing and the surviving edges of the blade damaged. Extant length 35mm, extant width 32mm, extant thickness 19.5mm and weight 20.86g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-607B5E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval composite five-part copper alloy strap-end, rectangular, with bent spacer and bent and broken front and back plates (attachment-ends missing), the elaborate terminal with opposed cut-outs and notches and a constriction before a full-round acorn knop (formed from two additional outer plates, diam. 6.5mm) with oblique cross-hatching on the cap, an trasverse rib and tiny terminal knop. Extant length (= length of spacer, unbent) 55mm. Width 7mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5F969B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy horse harness pendant, shield-shaped with suspension-loop filled with corrosion. Height/length 81.5mm. Width 25.5mm. Worn and corroded, surface treatment of metal (gilding/tinning) missing, remains of blue and red enamel. Blazon: Azure a chief checky [?Or /?Argent] and Gules a bend [?Or /?Argent]. The arms may be a variant on those for HAUSTEDE (DBA, Chesshyre and Woodcock 1992, 26). 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5D1959
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon to Late Saxon sheet copper alloy hooked tag, oval plate with two attachment holes and a hook that has been distorted to become almost straight. Read 2008, early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class A, Type 2. Decoration comprises three incised concentric grooves covering most of the plate around a central perforation, with a line of punched dots between the two inner grooves. Width 14mm. Length 19mm. Weighs 0.53g. 8th - 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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