Record ID: NMS-FDD7E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Gold mourning ring dated 23 September 1805. The ring has a wide hoop, of even width throughout but now crumpled in one place. It is decorated on the exterior with a beaded ridge to top and bottom, two plain ridges within this, and a central band of relief lettering reading ELIZ: SHERMAN. DIED. 23. SEP: 1805. AGED. 81 The stops vary, sometimes colons but mostly central pellets. There is a space-filling motif, probably a rosette or flower, between the start and end of the inscription. Although the lettering is very neat, the workmanship is untidy, with lots of engraving scrat…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-301849
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of even width and D-shaped cross-section throughout, although with some wear. The curved exterior is undecorated, and worn to a matt finish. The flat interior is more glossy, and has the inscription in neat lower-case italic letters: Let vertue be thy guide.  At the end of the inscription is a stamped maker's mark reading SL within an oval cartouche; it has been stamped so that it is the right way up when the inscription is upside down. The thicker parts of both letters are double-stranded, and there are two small points on the re…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A203FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of even width and D-shaped cross-section throughout, although with some wear. The curved exterior is undecorated, and worn to a matt finish. The flat interior is more glossy, and has the inscription in neat seriffed capitals BE. FAYTHFVL. TO. THY. FREND. The two final letters are ligated.  Dimensions: Exterior diameter, 20.5mm. Width of hoop, 5.1mm (worn in some places to 5.0mm). Thickness of hoop, 1.5mm (worn in some places down to 1.2mm). Weight, 5.5g.  Discussion: This is a fairly small but relatively wide…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4875A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold mourning ring. A simple D-section hoop of consistent width throughout, with engraved decoration in one place on the convex outer face forming a stylised skull bezel seen in a three-quarter view looking to the viewer's left. The edges of the skull are each formed from a bold V-section curved cut which bites deeply into the metal. The face is made up of two roughly round dots for eyes, and an inverted V-shaped nose between; this is all set off centre, towards the left-hand cut, giving the impression of the three-quarter view. Below are the teeth…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7B3A48
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with a groove around top and bottom. Between the grooves, the surface of the ring has an evenly hammered surface, as if it has not been polished after construction. The flat interior has an inscription in lower-case italic script, reading If this then me. The engraving of the inscription is black in colour, probably inlaid with enamel, although the actual substance of the inlay is hard to see except on the e of me, where it appears to survive as a bubbly matt substance. Dimensio…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Costessey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C6FB56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold halfcrown of James I, Tower, escallop initial mark, North 2093, slight wear, 1.19g, 1606-7
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-64E70B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy finger ring, now bent into a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, curved on the exterior with no decoration. It is engraved on the inside, in flowing italic script, Love is the bond of peace. After this is a stamped maker's mark, a rectangular cartouche with widely seriffed capitals reading I K, with a dot between the letters and a small cross after the K, both stops set at a central height. The distortion of the hoop is relatively neat and regular, and appears to have been done …
Created on: Saturday 19th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AC6495
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with enamelled decoration on the outside and posy inscription on the inside. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, rounded on the outside and flat or very slightly convex on the inside; it has a consistent width. On the inside is an inscription in italic lettering reading Yours', with a tail after the s which looks like an apostrophe. On the outside is engraved decoration filled with opaque white, translucent green and translucent yellow enamel. The exterior decoration consists of alternating green motifs and white or yellow flow…
Created on: Friday 21st January 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2867A9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold finger-ring with enamelled decoration on the exterior and an inscription on the interior. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and consistent in width. with a slim, flat border around either edge, which has broken away in places. The convex exterior is decorated with a design in panels, each filled with a reserved gold design against a background of black enamel; much of the enamel is now missing. The panels are separated by five slightly taller S-shaped motifs, set transversely so that they interrupt the flat border around each edge. Each&…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-771AA7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with narrow rectangular-section hoop, undecorated on the exterior. The ring is now bent. At one point on the hoop there appears to be a scar or crack, with a small extra strip of gold soldered on to the interior, perhaps a repair. To one side of this and perhaps slightly obscured by it is a crudely scratched inscription in hard-to-read letters that run the full width of the hoop. It may start with a cross (emerging from under the solder) and then read K M C S (the C looking like a reversed D). There is then a short gap, then two more letters, C I and perh…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A03A04
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small hemispherical or plano-convex gold button, now incomplete. The circular front is domed and has a few shallow dents, showing that the button is hollow. The back was flat, but is now slightly concave; a soldered seam is visible in a few places around the edge. Two stubs of a loop survive in the centre of the back, with a crack around them suggesting that the broken loop has been pushed a little way into the hollow interior. Dimensions: Diameter 11.8mm, thickness of button without loop c. 5.0mm, height with remains of loop 5.4mm. Weight 1.60g. Discussion: This is…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D4A66D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring, complete, slightly distorted and sprung apart at a soldered butt joint. The plain hoop is of circular cross-section with no discernible flattening of the inner surface. Probably 18th century but not closely datable and without diagnostic features to suggest that it may be more than 300 years old. A very flimsy piece. Diameter 18 - 18.8mm. Diameter of cross-section 1mm. Weight 0.56g. Finder's no. POD 9/6
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2656E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold halfcrown of Henry VIII, uncertain initial mark with HR and crowned rose, curled over into a tubular shape and hence most details illegible, 1526-47 
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-71554C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold signet finger-ring of early post-medieval date. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with the interior flat or very slightly convex and the exterior more strongly convex. It flares from a minimum of 2.85mm wide and 1.4mm thick at the back of the hoop, to vertical shoulders. The bezel is oval and flat, making the ring D-shaped in side view, and is set longitudinally, The arms are quartered and the blazon is: Quarterly, (1) A fess engrailed between three fleurs-de-lis, (2) on a fess between two chevrons a crescent, (3) a chevron between thre…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-8D314E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription, now bent but still complete. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section throughout with no bezel. The exterior is convex and the interior is flat, with the inscription I LIKE MY CHOYS in seriffed capitals. The first I is very lightly engraved compared to the rest of the inscription. There are small crosses between the words LIKE and MY (a diagonal cross) and MY and CHOYS (a more upright cross). There is a space-filling branching curved line after the end of the inscription, but still a gap between this and the start. The bends have …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3A996D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold hook element from a dress fastener, of composite construction, consisting of a hook (now incomplete) and an applied plate made from several elements. The applied plate is built up on a backplate made from a piece of circular sheet gold about 7mm in diameter. This has a vertical gold sheet collar soldered around the edge, which may originally have held a setting of glass, gemstone, etc. Around the collar is a separate outer frame of circular-section gold wire about 1.5mm in diameter, which has fine transverse grooves all the way round its surface. A butt joint i…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-15F76C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold mourning ring of late 17th- or early 18th-century date. The hoop is of even width throughout, and is D-shaped in cross-section. It is decorated on the outer curved face in one place only, forming a bezel, where a simplified skull motif has been added by engraving. The skull is turned in a three-quarter pose, with each side made from a V-section groove which runs across the outside of the hoop in a curve. The face is made up of two hemispherical depressions for rounded eyes, a triangular nose between, and a short oblique groove above the nose. Below the…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3FF8BF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is now bent slightly out of shape but was originally circular; there are a couple of nicks on the edge. It is a low D-shape in cross-section, with a slightly curved outer face and a flat inner face. There is no decoration on the outside. The inscription takes up just over half of the inner face, and reads in seriffed Roman capitals, FEARE x GOD x Dimensions: The hoop measures c. 20 x 22mm and was probably 21mm in original diameter (around 18mm internal diameter). It is 4.5mm wide and 1.3mm thick, and weighs 4.6g. …
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-415C35
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold pendant, of roughly circular shape, made from small pieces of gold sheet soldered together. The centre is formed of a square foil collet set set upon a base of spiral-coiled gold wire and set with a stone, probably a rock crystal. Around this were originally four similar rectangular collets set with what are probably garnets, forming a cross shape. One collet is missing entirely, another is missing its setting, but two adjacent collets survive complete. In the angles of these collets are elaborate fleurs-de-lis manufactured from strips of sheet gold set on edge,…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-212D6B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold post-medieval finger ring with internal posy (also poesy or posie) inscription. The ring is badly distorted, bent across a single axis, making it difficult to determine the exact diameter and the full detail of the posy. The cross-section is D-shaped in the best-preserved areas but more C-shaped elsewhere, suggesting crushing. The posy is difficult to decipher, the beginning being obscured by an abrupt crease in the hoop. The first few letters appear to have been lightly engraved, with the end of the inscription carrying more weight. The letter form of the…
Created on: Tuesday 24th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8BC638
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring. It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and mis-shapen. One has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces, now worn smooth in small areas; the other two are undecorated. The gold is deep yellow, suggesting it is relatively pure. Dimensions: Each hoop has a cross-section of c. 1.5mm square, and was originally c. 20mm in diameter. The entire puzzle-ring weighs 4.3g. Discussion and Date: Similar puzzle-rings ha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Newton Flotman', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4FE505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with carnelian intaglio. Sub-oval bezel with a narrow twin raised border stepped down on the inside to retain a terracotta red carnelian intaglio. The intaglio has a finely engraved left facing classical portrait of a bald, laureate and bearded head.The hoop is broken opposite the bezel and both arms have become straightened to either side of it. The arms of the hoop are triangular in section and curve smoothly from the bezel to form a thin narrow band with a central arris uppermost. The intaglio is retained on the reverse by the extended bezel folding in to cup it fr…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4AFCF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Complete, slightly buckled and oblated gold finger ring. The single strand hoop is regularly twisted around its entire circumference. There is no makers mark or casting seam but there is a rather crude transverse butted solder joint with small amounts of surface splatter present on the diametrically opposed inner face. The ring is heavily, but smoothly worn on the outside. Dimensions Length 20.0mm width 16.3mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 1.2g. Discussion At first glance the ring is very similar to Early Medieval twisted wire types, although these are more typic…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-77149D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy ring. Plain 3.8mm wide D-shaped cross-section band. Internal inscription in Roman capitalised text reads; + LOVE * AND * FEARE * GOD *. The posy has a cross potent initial mark and the individual letters are separated by six-pointed stars. No maker's mark. Dimensions: Diameter 22.0 mm, Weight 3.9g. Discussion: As the ring is plain and has no maker's mark the dating evidence is largely restricted to the posy and its form. The inscription is in capitalised Roman script and there is good evidence for this style on posy rings in the early pos…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E04116
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete medieval to post-medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, mimicking the shape of the stone. The upper half forms a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house an oval gem, constructed in a so called 'pie-dish' style - popular in the thirteenth century. The mouth is now bent out of shape in places. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge, the edges crimped (a feature characteristic of rings from the later 14th century) and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The setting is a dark pink-red cabochon gem, possi…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0005A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold guinea of Queen Anne, Tower, some wear, 1710
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5757B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger ring. The band is now slightly distorted and exhibits a transverse crack. The exterior is decorated with applied gold filigree and granulation consisting of a series of lozenges formed by filigree wire; within each lozenge is a cross formed of 7 or 8 pellets arranged in a transverse line with a pellet above and below at the centre point. One lozenge appears slightly truncated and has only 6 pellets. Some of the pellets are missing or appear to be positioned slightly off-centre. At the meeting point between each lozenge are two pellets, each with …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FD2EEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold halfcrown of James I, Tower, lis initial mark, 2nd coinage, North 2093, weight 1.24g, very little wear, 1604-5
Created on: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5B55DC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The exterior of the hoop consists of a central D-sectioned strip bordered above and below by a narrow groove, each in turn bordered by a D-sectioned ridge. The hoop is now distorted out of shape, with a number of nicks and dents around both edges. There is no maker’s mark. The inscription on the inside reads, in seriffed Roman capitals, NOT x THIS x BVT x ME. Dimensions: Extant diameter 23mm, width of band 8mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 5.0g. Discussion: Oman (1974, 40-41), notes tha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8AE27D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring with “posy” inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads: “I fauer as I find” followed by a maker’s mark in the form of a curved fish or dolphin. The band is D-shaped in cross-section. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.1mm (internal diameter: 15.1mm), width: 4mm, weight: 2g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and a recorded on the PAS database including: GLO-FFA284 (2017 T508) & ESS-757F92 (2017 T59). Two posy rings in the British Museum collections ex…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3DA37B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold half guinea of William III dating to AD 1695. See: Spink, 1999, p.313, no. 3466. Now flattened, the coin exhibits two opposing grooves indicating that it was bent into an S-shape, possibly for use as a love token.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-92AAD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold post medieval mourning finger ring. The D-sectioned hoop, originally circular is now bent out of shape. On the exterior is an engraved human skull. On the interior, in Italic script is the legend: "H F ob 10 Mar 1712 aet 70" followed by a stamped maker's mark: the initials CR in blackletter script within a rectangle. Date c. AD 1712 Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18.8mm), width of band: 4mm, thickness: 1.8mm, weight: 3.3g. A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database including: HAMP-AE9377 (2016 T408), NMGW-03238B (201…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BE86A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, convex on the outside and flat on the inside, with a posy inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in a rounded, cursive, informal script and reads: This, & ye giver, thine forever. The ampersand (&) looks like a capital B, and the e of ye is written above the y. There is no maker’s mark visible. Dimensions: Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18mm), width of band: 5mm, thickness of band: 2mm. Weight: 4.5g. Discussion: Two posy rings in the British Museum collections have similar i…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AE57CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold Post-Medieval finger ring with posy inscription. The ring is 14.9mm in diameter, 3.6mm wide and weighs 1.2g. It consists of a flat D-shaped cross-section hoop with a curved decorated outer surface and a flat inscribed inner face. The continuous external decoration is engraved, probably by hand, and comprises incuse circumferentially aligned lozenges with eight armed linear stars within; the saltire arms of which extend to the border of the lozenge. There are further incuse lines projecting internally from the border of each lozenge. There is a very narrow stepp…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C2D929
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Inscribed gold finger ring or mourning ring, with decayed niello inlaid panels and central amethyst setting (diameter of stone 6mm). D-shaped section. The exterior face of the hoop of the ring is faceted being divided into five separate panels. Four of the panels are scroll-like, each with decoration reserved on a field of black enamel, comprising: a winged hourglass; a pick and shovel; a skull and crossbones; a coronet with four six-pointed stars. The smaller elaborately shaped panel at mid-point bears an obscure design, perhaps a flower or seed pod. The faceted inner face of th…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FE7196
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold guinea of George I, a little wear, weight 8.32g, 1715
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Record ID: NMS-C3A6EF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval finger ring. It has a flat oval bezel engraved with the design of a bird of prey, probably a hawk, facing right (left on impression) beak open and tongue protruding. The wings are outstretched, possibly in flight. On each leg is a hawking bell. The design is surrounded by a beaded border. On either side the bezel narrows into the hoop which is now distorted out of shape. There are no markings on either the interior or exterior of the band. Dimensions: The bezel measures 17.6mm in length and 14mm in width. Extant diameter: 23.3mm. Internal diameter…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Smallburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-457D96
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2016 T914 Description: Gold finger ring with engraved "posy" inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads "A smale remembrance". The outer face exhibits an engraved design consisting of a repeated foliate motif of a three-petaled flower or bud with sprays on either side. This is interspersed with three bees. With the inscription the correct way up, two of the bees are upside down, one is the right way up. There are traces of a black substance, possibly enamel in some of the engraved lines. Date: c. AD 1600 - 1700 Dimensions: Diameter: 16.…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F870EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold post-medieval mourning ring. The hoop is simple and parallel-sided, but is now bent out of shape. It is a thin, low D-shape in cross-section, with flat interior and slightly curved exterior. The exterior  is decorated with a single engraved skull. The flat inner face exhibits the inscription: “In mem of S A ob 20 Apr 80” followed by the stamped maker’s mark S H. The inscription is in Italic script. The inscription reads upside down when the skull is the right way up. Dimensions: Diameter: 21.2mm (internal diameter: 19.2mm), width: 3.4mm, t…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F6A7DF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post medieval posy ring. The outer face of the band is undecorated. The inner face carries the inscription: · HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONENED in Roman capitals. Both of the letter E’s in the word “CONENED” exhibit long serifed tops, indicating that they represent the letters T & E ligated; the inscription therefore properly reads HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONTENTED. Dimensions: Diameter: 18.8mm (internal diameter: 17mm), width: 3.5mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 2.9g. Discussion and Date: The spelling of the word heart as HART in similar short roman…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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