Record ID: NMS-C2137E
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gilded silver incomplete medieval ear-scoop. It has a square-section shaft, decoratively twisted, and is shaped at one end into an oval or drop-shaped bowl. All surfaces were originally gilded, but the gilding has worn off in places. The shaft is bent and broken a little way up; the break is fresh. Dimensions: Surviving length as bent 24.4mm, width of bowl 6.0mm, thickness of bowl 3.0mm, weight 1.27g. Discussion and Date: Compare SWYOR-21323D (2019T69), SWYOR-512F28 (2014T733), YORYM-148B04 (2012T784), LANCUM-3B6935 (2015 T504) and SOM-B38BA2 (2008 T240); all ar…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9A3F0A
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver toilet article. Twisted rectangular-sectioned shaft with a shallow ear-scoop at one end and a flat-sectioned lozengiform terminal forming a toothpick at the other, broken across the tip. The lozengiform terminal is now bent almost parallel with the shaft. Length (unbent) 69mm. Width of scoop 3mm. Maximum width (of lozengiform terminal) 4.5mm. Weight 2.05g. See similar examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 378, fig.251, nos.1758 - 1760) and SOM-B38BA2, DENO-FE6EA0, DENO-BBED67 and DENO-9EE9E7.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F25C53
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver toothpick and ear-scoop. The toothpick is cast in the form of a triangular-sectioned bird's talon (now bent and distorted with point missing) emerging from the fleshy part of the claw which is decorated with tiny stamped annulets. This in turn emerges from acanthus leaves with a collared moulding just beyond the mid-point, from which springs the oval-sectioned shaft of the ear-scoop. There is a circular pierced lug in the centre of the upper edge containing a silver wire loop (10mm). The underside of the shank for the scoop, adjacent to the circular bowl, is stamped with a coun…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-FE6EA0
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small silver earscoop with twisted stem, broken off close to scoop element. There are good parallels from late 14th-century contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 1758-61).
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Massingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-423A17
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver ear scoop and toothpick. The stem of the implement is hexagonal in section, tapering to a blunt point at one terminal, forming the toothpick. The opposite terminal is shaped into a small, shallow bowl forming the ear scoop. The only decoration on the artefact is a pair of perpendicular grooves above the ear scoop, on the outer face and sides of the stem.
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swannington', grid reference and parish protected.