Record ID: NMS-99877A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch, complete with silver pin. The frame of the brooch is circular, thick and flat to make a rectangular cross-section. The pin is held in a constriction, and has an open loop. There is a transverse double moulding at the junction of loop and shaft, below which the cross-section of the shaft is D-shaped or trapezoidal.  The frame is engraved on both faces with letters which read clockwise from the pin constriction. Because the pin has a clear front and reverse, it is possible to identify the front and reverse of the frame too; the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B86FFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin and the curled over part of the solid catchplate missing.On both wings there are two vertical engraved grooves and one diagonal. On the D-sectioned bow a median groove and a row of closely spaced transverse engraved lines run the full length between grooves or offsets along both sides. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 4.f. Weight 9.83g. Wingspan 27.3mm. Length 39.2mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B80AE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, abraded and distorted Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch in two pieces, with an old break across the bow. Most of the pin, almost all of the catchplateand the foot are missing. Iron axis bar. Mackreth HOD HILL 1.a. Weight 2.72g. Width of head 13.5mm. c.43 - c.75
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FCA781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman white-metal coated copper alloy Aucissa brooch, Mackreth 2011 AUCISSA 2.x 'oddity': a rolled over head containing remains of an iron axis bar and merging without any transverse moulding into a parallel-sided and flat bow decorated with two engraved saltires, the lower one truncated by a non-recent break, cf. NMS-1C7020, a Hod Hill with saltires inlaid with niello on the bow. Weight 1.31g. Extant length 14.5mm. Width of head 13mm, of bow 7mm. AD c.43 - c.75.
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FC3D50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragments of two Colchester Derivative Harlow brooches with old breaks, lower parts of bows, both with a pin slot in the catchplate, Mackreth 2011 CD Ha, AD c.43 - c.75: - median rib flanked by concavities on bow, weight 1.79g, extant length 28mm, width 4.7mm. - two round perforations in the catchplate are blocked with dark grey material, probably fired clay, foot missing, bow with convex front and slightly concave reverse, weight 1.31g, extant length 19mm, width 3.1mm.
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-130F34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy brooch, probably a rosette type. It has an incomplete cylindrical spring case, now open at the top, with all edges being worn breaks, perhaps apart from the forward edge and a concave pin slot at the centre of the reverse. The bow is reasonably flat in cross-section. It arches in a C-shaped profile and probably tapers in width from top to bottom. The lateral edges are heavily abraded and no more than half of one edge is original. Decoration begins with a narrow transverse groove and ridge immediately below the spring case. Then …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-078751
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch. The frame is small, circular and a low D-shape in cross-section, with a constriction for the pin. It is now bent, broken across the constriction, and the pin is missing. The frame is decorated on the convex front with engraved and stamped decoration; held with the constriction at the top and reading anti-clockwise, the engraving consists of a transverse groove, then four saltires, then a half-saltire ending in a D-shaped recess. The lozenges and triangles thus formed are filled with triangular and sub-triangular punchmarks which se…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-070E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of medieval silver annular brooch, with a slim circular-section frame interrupted by two small irregular bosses both decorated with annulet stamps giving a 'brambled' effect. Both breaks are immediately after the boss and both are granular and unworn. The frame is now bent so that it is difficult to suggest an original diameter. Dimensions: Length of fragment, 25mm. Diameter of frame between bosses, 1.8mm. Thickness of bosses, 3-4mm. Weight 0.9g. Discussion: This type of annular brooch, with a circular wire frame interrupted by normally four bramble…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-39D8BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch with missing foot, catchplate, pin and most of the spring. The wings are flat on the reverse and concave on the front. They taper in width from the head of the bow to the tips. Both are decorated with a transverse groove near the tips and a transverse concavity outside of this, more obvious on the left wing (from the wearer’s point of view) than the right and reminiscent of a reel from a bead-and-real motif. A little inward of the transverse groove on the right wing is a dot-like indentation. The groove on the…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4352AE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch Harlow brooch, the lower end of a bow with a catchplate in which there are two round holes joined by ancient damage or poor construction and a pin groove. The break is recent. Weight 1.30g. Extant length and width 19 and 2.5mm. AD c.43 - c.75.
Created on: Sunday 15th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B2AEDB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, pin, the outer end of one wing, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing (break not recent). The wings are decorated with a single broad moulded groove between two engraved lines (cf. Mackreth 2011, pl. 40 no. 947). The bow is of triangular cross-section with a median rib, now somewhat abraded but apparently cut by transverse notches, and  "curved lines...give the impression of a concave lozenge lying across the head of the bow" (ibid. 63). Weight 3.74g Wings…
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6E9398
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch with pin constriction and projecting clasped hands. The circular frame is mainly triangular in cross-section, but this is interrupted by the pin constriction at 12 o'clock, the clasped hands at 3 o'clock, and two quatrefoil flower bosses at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The pin constriction has a tiny transverse ridge to either side. The clasped hands have the thumbs uppermost, and the fingers above the thumbs are very slightly separated, but not apparently enough to hold something like a bead. The space in between has some hard so…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B062EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Incised saltire on both damaged wings, corroded remains of spring and axis bar on the reverse. The D-sectioned bow has broad median rib with incised rocker-arm line, and deep transverse notch at the rear hook. Lower end of bow and foot missing. Extant wingspan 24mm. Extant length 25mm. Weighs 7.94g. c. AD 43 -65.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B03536
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Moulded decoration at the end of both wings consists of a broad groove, corroded solder with the impression of the missing spring and pin on the reverse. The D-sectioned bow has broad median rib with twin longitudinal grooves and three transverse broad grooves at the rear hook. Lower end of bow and foot missing. Wingspan 19mm. Extant length 24.5mm. Weighs 4.31g. c. AD 43 -65.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AF5AD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Moulded decoration at the end of both wings consists of two pairs of narrow knurled ribs alternating with two broad ribs, corroded solder with the impression of the missing spring and pin on the reverse. The hexagonal-sectioned bow has two knurled median ribs and a transverse broad groove between three narrow grooves at the rear hook. Stump of catchplate only. The condition is fresh with some quite recent scrape marks on bow and one wing. …
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-075348
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch of medieval date, with inscription. The frame is circular with a triangular cross-section, flat and undecorated on the reverse. The inner angle of the front  is decorated with a groove within which is a line of fine, neat beading; under a lens it can be seen that this has been stamped, as each bead is surrounded by a slight upstanding circle. The outer angle has an inscription in seriffed capitals which is not immediately readable, and is discussed below. The frame is interrupted by a constriction for the pin. The gold pin survives…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3C0532
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch; probably a Colchester Derivative Rear Hook type of Mackreth 2011, 5.b. The wings, bow, and the majority of the catchplate survive. The cross-section of the wings is a shallow C-shape and their perimeter is eroded through post-deposition soil impingement. The upper surface of the wings are each decorated with two moulded and diagonally aligned ridges spanning across the width. The forward part of the head has the extant stub of the hook projecting forwards. The bow has a flanged D-shape cro…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E85D63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gilded silver disc brooch of  middle Anglo-Saxon date. About a quarter of the flat plate is now missing, but the surviving part includes the pin fixings, and part of the silver pin also survives. The front is gilded and has low-relief decoration now a little obscured by hard soil deposits, best described with the pin running horizontally and the missing area to bottom left. The design appears to be based on a cross, with four drop-shaped panels (at top left, top right, bottom right and the missing one at bottom left) each with its point towards the edge. T…
Created on: Monday 25th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-47528B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow brooch, possibly belonging to Mackreth’s (2011) sub-type CD Ha 4.a.d. The pin, one coil of the spring, the tip of the axis bar held within it, and the spring chord are missing to worn breaks. The recurving tip of the catchplate is also mostly lost due to abrasion. The wings are short, concave on the reverse to seat the spring coils and convex on the front. Each wing is decorated with two oblique grooves. On the left wing (as viewed from the front) the grooves travel downward and away from the bow. The outer one runs at a…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-47A8CF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and badly abraded Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch, Mackreth 2011, CD RH, with the spring, the pin, part of the rearhook, the outer ends of the wings and the greater part of the catchplate missing. Any decorative detail has been lost from the pockmarked surfaces. All breaks are old. The upper end of the bow is D-shaped in cross-section and the foot is pointed. Weight 5.0g. Length 33.6mm. AD c.43 - c.65. Finder's number AF6/23
Created on: Saturday 11th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
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