Record ID: NMS-0A3F8D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post medieval lead alloy button dating to the period c. AD 1350 - 1550. Discoidal with a moulded design consisting of a central pellet with radiating ridges and two concentric circles of pellets. On the reverse is a casting seam with the stub of the attachment loop in the centre.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A53DB0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy button dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1625. Discoidal, domed head with a central pellet and six narrow radiating petals moulded in relief within a border to pellets. Faint traces of engraved transverse hatching between each petal. The integrally cast looped shank projects from the back of the button, terminating in two old breaks. See: Read, B, 2005, p. 56, no. 207. Finder's ref: 16.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7293A4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead alloy object, probably the butt of a toy firearm such as a petronel or pistol, dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1700. Trapezoidal in shape, with an old diagonal break at the narrow end. The wider edge is moulded in a concave curve. It exhibits a ragged casting seam running around the three complete edges. Each face carries moulded decoration in the form of a simple interlace pattern within a reserve line border. See: PUBLIC-43B91C & LANCUM-E24D47. Forsyth and Egan 2005: 97, no. 1.39.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-7CAB74
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead alloy spoon handle of post medieval date. Rectangular in shape with a break at either end, it expands slightly towards one end just beore the break. It exhibits a longitudinal casting seam down each side and a moulded central ridge on one face.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wortham', grid reference and parish protected.