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Record ID: NMS-1A3E9C
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Trefoil terminal, with remains of an iron rivet, of post-medieval copper alloy pendent sword belt fitting, cf. Read 2008 no. 793. Weight 1.42g. Extant length 10mm. Width 21.6mm.c.1550 - c.1700.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-194161
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval copper alloy buttons with solid plano-convex heads and integral non-drilled shanks, 16th century: - weight 3.27g, diameter 10.5mm, length 14.7mm. - weight 3.22g, diameter  11.4mm, length12.6 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-191F0B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Over half of a post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a narrow bar and with very poorly defined moulded decoration that seemingly resembles that on Whitehead 2003 no 418. Weight 4.92g. Estimated length 40mm. Width 23.5mm. Mid 16th - mid 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-18F7D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted and broken but complete post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops rectangular, with traces of white-metal coating on the front face. Similar to Whitehead 2003, no. 464. Weight 5.92g. Estimated length 36mm. Width 22mm. c.1570 - c.1700.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-18A4FC
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy harness pendant of concavo-convex cross-section with the upper part including the suspension loop ans pata of the sides missing (old breaks). On the heavily gilt front face seven radiating engraved lines depict the ribs of a scallop shell. In the centre a round perforation would have held a decorative riveted stud. Weight 2.38g. Extant height and width 20mm. Mid 12th - early 13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1814BD
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, with old breaks, of a medieval sheet copper alloy thimble with the top missing. Six vertical rows, each of nine or more small round indentations, survive above an engraved line near the base. Weight 0.39g. Diameter not accurately measurable. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-17F6CE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a domed sexfoil mount trimmed to shape of the lobes (Egan and Pritchard 1991 fig. 118 B), with a separate rivet and circular rove. Weight 0.61g. Diameter 12.3 - 14mm. Height/thickness 5mm. 14th century. 
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0965A1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a hooked bar-mount with one rivet and a rather crude sub-circular pendent loop, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991 nos. 1189-91. Weight 0.68g. Some decayed leather remains within the hook. Overall height 16.3mm. Bar-mount 3.4 x 9mm. Loop diameter 9.2mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-09362E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete sheet copper alloy plate from a medieval tongue-shaped strap-end bent almost double. There are two rivet holes, with that near the lost outside edge truncated by the break. Weight 1.59g. Extant length 30mm. Width at attachment edge 13.5mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0912E2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small medieval strap-end formed from one rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet folded widthways and secured by one rivet which sits amongst three lightly engraved transverse lines near the attachment edge. Weight 0.62g.  Length 14.3mm. Width 8.3mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-08F9A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half, broken at the fold, of a medieval to post-medieval folded sheet copper alloy trapezoidal buckle plate with a pin slot and frame recesses and a median row of three rivet holes, one of which has been broken through to the pin slot. Parts of both faces are covered in rust. Weight 2.02g. Length 24mm. Width 19mm, narrowing to 11.5mm at the inside edge. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-08D9C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval folded sheet copper alloy rectangular buckle plate with a pin slot and frame recesses, broken at the fold and across engraved decoration which probably depicted a beast in the same style as Whitehead 2003 nos. 76 and 98. Weight 0.66g. Extant length 14.4mm. Width 17mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-08B211
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy spur buckle, an oval frame with a straight outside edge and part of an integral plate which tapers past a pin hole between two lateral notches to an old break across a rveet hole. Specks of gilding are confined to the front face. Weight 1.94g. Extant length c.22mm. Width at outside edge 12.5mm. Width at break 6.6mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-088777
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with an offset, narrowed bar and a straight outside edge with three ribs and four grooves between two obliquely set prominent knops, cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991 no. 299. Weight 2.48g. Length c.22mm. Width 15.6mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-07AB87
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very battered terminal in the form of a snake's head from a Roman copper alloy penannular bracelet or possibly a finger ring, with an old break and recent scuffing. Weight 1.12g. Extant length 12.3mm. Width 10mm. Thickness 1.8mm. 2nd - 3rd century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-06A558
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval shoe buckle: a sub-rectangular copper alloy frame with seven longitudinal and oblique grooves on the front of both edges and seven transverse grooves on the front of both spindle housings. An embedded spindle is of iron and there are traces of an iron pin and/or plate. Weight 3.12g. Length 23.7mm. Width 17.8mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-065858
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval button consisting of a solid plano-convex head with a central nipple and an embedded wire loop, cf. Read 2010 no. 397. Weight 3.10g. Diameter 14.6mm. Thickness excluding loop 3.2mm. 17th century:
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-060864
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval copper alloy buttons with solid heads and integral loops,16th century: - bi-convex head, non-drilled loop, weight 3.64g, diameter 11mm, length 14mm. - plano-convex head, loop surviving only as a scar, weight 2.23g, diameter 10.3mm.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-05E19E
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of post-medieval copper alloy crotal bells, weight  8.87g,  mid 16th - 18th century: - grey alloy, central encirlcing rib, part of one sound hole, engraved gadroon decoration, all breaks recent. - engraved letter W (part of maker's initials) next to a short length of the cleft, all breaks old.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-051A98
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small body sherds of medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel(s). Weight 10.41g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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