Record ID: NMS-B0FF45
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Unusual partly gilded silver and niello-inlaid mount of early-medieval date, perhaps broken and repaired. It is rectangular, thick and hollowed on the reverse, and decorated in Carolingian-style relief with openwork elements. The decoration is based around a bold raised flat-topped diagonal cross or saltire dividing the square into quarters, with  a worn boss in the centre and at the end of each arm. At the end of each arm of the saltire is a low-relief leaf motif, with a sunken, lobed centre and an outcurved leaf to either side which is inlaid with a niell…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C98E64
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of copper-alloy binding strip or mount, probably from furniture, a box or casket, or similar. It is D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat reverse and curved top. It is broken at both ends and has vaguely zoomorphic decoration. Surviving length 75mm, width of wider part 13mm, maximum thickness 5.3mm, weight 16.3g.  At one end it is broken across a circular rivet hole c. 3mm in diameter; here the break seems fairly fresh. The hole has punched dots around it and there is a trace of an oblique groove. There is then an undecorated area c. 25mm long, with a similar rivet hole ne…
Created on: Friday 16th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-708A83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy openwork mount of medieval date. About half of a (presumably originally circular) roundel survives, with a frame c. 3-4mm wide surrounding a central motif whose surviving part consists of three arms, the central one oval and the two flanking ones narrower and curving outwards. Beyond the frame, in line with the oval arm, is a large projection in the shape of a fleur-de-lis, with a groove across the rectangular base. The mount is flat, mostly 2mm thick, but has an integral circular-section rivet on the reverse of the lis which brings the overall thickness to 5.5m…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0710FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Roman copper-alloy mount with integral rivet. The front is conical, now a little bent. The sides are slightly concave in side view, and rise from a circular edge 25mm in diameter to a rounded point. The reverse is hollow, and the integral rivet projects from the centre. Its circular-section shaft is 3.3mm in minimum diameter and ends in a large integrally cast disc 10mm in diameter. The object is 15.0mm in total height with the front and the rivet each making up about half of this. It has a pale green surface and weighs 6.0g.  The integral rivet with large flat rove is…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F39CB4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper-alloy medieval mount in the shape of a crowned facing head. The crown is very schematic, being a triangle with oblique grooves suggesting a central trefoil. Below this, the face is convex, rising to a central point between the eyes, and equally schematic; it consists of a pair of triangular grooves, bases facing each other, forming eyes (half-obscured by corrosion) and two diverging oblique grooves indicating the nose. Below the chin is a tiny stub of neck. The reverse is hollowed, and has a spiked rivet in the centre. Rivets on mounts such as these …
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-BB92BD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Openwork cross-shaped mount made from gilded copper alloy. One arm of the cross survives intact, if bent; the other arms are all broken off short (worn breaks). The surviving arm is flat, c. 14mm wide, and has a square end with a circular rivet hole 3.7mm in diameter. The rest of the arm has decorative perforations formed from double-strand interlace; this seems abstract, with no obvious naturalistic detail, just a median groove indicating which strand crosses over or under. The other three arms appear to have had similar decoration.  The centre of the cr…
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B9F566
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Roman mount. It is basically drop-shaped, with the rounded end torn and incomplete, although relatively little seems to be missing. There is an almost spherical knob at the pointed end; this knob has a small flattened area on the reverse. The rest of the mount is convex and hollow-backed, with an integral rivet ending in a neat transverse rectangular rove. It measures 23.0mm in surviving length, 13.0mm in maximum width and 10.6mm in thickness including the rivet; it weighs 2.5g. There is a good parallel at BH-D710F4, which also has the T-shaped rivet. As both also h…
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-636BF3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy 9th-century Carolingian-style mount, now worn and perhaps incomplete, with a possibly secondary iron rivet. It is nearly flat, slightly convex on the front and slightly concave on the reverse, and sub-rectangular in shape, measuring 30.1mm long, 28.9mm wide in the centre and 26.5mm wide at each end. It is approximately 4.5mm thick and weighs 13.9g. It is decorated on the front with cast relief ornament. The design comprises a radiating pattern which fills most of the available space, and a distinct convex strip along one long edge which is separated from the radiatin…
Created on: Wednesday 25th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1E7785
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper-alloy relief-decorated mount of late16th- or 17th-century date. It is flat, with a trefoil or fleur-de-lis at each end and drop-shaped in between. In the centre is a raised lozenge or pointed-oval, with a scroll to either side curling to fill the rounded sides of the drop shape. Above (at the wider end of the drop shape) is a transverse band with three dimples, resembling the base of a crown. Above this is a large fleur-de-lis. At the other end, two more scrolls turn outwards to fill the side lobes of a trefoil; the lobe in between has a central dimple or hollow. The fla…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 31st August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1493F5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular bar-mount measuring 17.5 x 5.6mm. It is pentagonal in cross-section,with a flat reverse and bevelled edges on all four edges of the front. There are two copper-alloy rivets, well-concealed on the front and in countersunk holes on the reverse; the rivets each have neatly expanded ends and one is now bent. The mount is 2.8mm thick and the rivets bring the total thickness up to 5.5mm. It weighs 1.7g. Similar to Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1138, which comes from a context of c. 1270-1350.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-045583
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy rectangular bar-mount measuring 13.9 x 7.8mm, made from sheet 1.75mm thick. The mount is undecorated, but the front is very slightly convex and highly polished. It has two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at either end. One is incomplete and the other is bent over, bringing the thickness up to 2.7mm. It weighs 0.4g. Most of the simple bar-mounts from London are from late 13th- and early 14th-century contexts, such as Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1132-1142.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-08D167
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete openwork lead-alloy mount with iron rivet. The mount is flat, and the surviving part consists of part of a circular frame with a pointed projection or terminal. The frame is a low D shape in cross-section, and surrounds a trefoil plant with stem rising from the area by the terminal. The trefoil has a larger central leaf and smaller side leaves; all are roughly rounded, and the central one is now bent.  The iron rivet projects from the flat reverse of the terminal to a total thickness of 7.3mm. The object is rather mis-cast, with seams and flashes uncleaned, a…
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D4FA0A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy mount of Roman date, probably originally circular but with much of the edge now missing (worn breaks). It is flat, with a raised ring about halfway between the edge and the centre. Within this the front of the object is slightly concave, or dished, and the surface is very smooth and polished here. There is a small raised circle in the centre, with a sunken central dot. The reverse has two sturdy circular-section stumps, representing the remains of integral rivets. Maximum surviving diameter 25.5mm. Thickness including rivets 6mm. Weight 7.1g. The closest parall…
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-CE060D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a gilded silver object, originally circular, with a groove within a hollow-backed ridge around the original curving edge, probably to add strength. The fragment is roughly triangular, with the apex missing. The front is gilded, and decorated with a panel edged with grooves and filled with incised cross-hatching. The panel flares slightly from the broken-off centre to the edge, and the cross-hatching disappears at the groove around the curving edge. This edge is relatively rough. The other two main edges look broken (worn breaks). …
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3A5AC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object, probably a mount and probably of 11th-century date. It is square or lozengiform, all edges slightly outcurved, and with a projecting pierced lug at each corner. The lugs have straight sides and a pointed top and the perforation is circular and 1.8mm in diameter. The body of the mount is thick and slightly convex; it is pierced by a small circular central hole (diameter 1.9mm) which is surrounded by four larger circular holes, one in the centre of each side of the square or lozenge. Three are 2.9mm in diameter and the fourth is 3.1mm in diameter. Each of the …
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4F2EC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date. it is flat and shield-shaped, with sides curving to a broken point. The top is straight from the corners inwards, but then curves up to form a large central projection which begins to flare but which is then broken. It is corroded and so the decoration is hard to decipher, but there appear to be relief curvilinear elements and patches of gilding. On the reverse are two attachment spikes, one bent outwards and the other broken off short. Surviving length 27mm, width 15mm, weight 2.62g. Similar to BH-E6FDB6. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-B7BF2A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver medieval bar-mount. It consists of a D-section bar which flares towards a central circular lobe with large circular perforation. The narrower ends of the bar each have a small circular lobe pierced to take a rivet; both rivets are missing. Each half of the bar is divided from the central and terminal lobes by transverse ridges. The reverse of the bar is flat, but each lobe has a hollowed reverse. Dimensions: It is 22mm long, and 6mm wide and 1mm thick at the central lobe. It weighs 0.53g. Discussion: Bar-mounts of this type are very common in the medieval…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8F8707
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat copper-alloy post-medieval mount, square with rounded corners and a little projection in the centre of each edge. White-metal coating on the front, stubs of two attachment spikes on the reverse. 16mm square, 1.7mm thick without spikes, 4.5mm with spikes. It weighs 2.0g. Similar to LANCUM-C15926 and DOR-6FD65E.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-12AB41
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy medieval mount in the form of a crowned head. The crown is very schematic, consisting of a large central lobe with a pair of flanking projections on each side. The face is equally stylised, with oval eyes with a groove across each, a three-dimensional pointed nose, and a horizontal groove for the mouth. There is a clear rivet hole in the centre of the forehead, across the junction between face and crown, blocked with hard corrosion; it is difficult to see on the concave reverse. 16mm long, 12mm wide, 4mm thick, 1.53g. Similar to NMS-971F06.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-963FC6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual medieval copper-alloy trefoil mount still in place on a fragment of copper-alloy backplate. The mount is basically lozengiform, with three lozenge-shaped leaves and a slender flaring stalk, all divided by V-shaped grooves, radiating from a centre which is pierced to hold a separate copper-alloy rivet. This rivet fixes the mount to a thin backplate whose edges may be all broken, but which now echoes the shape of the mount in that it has a square cut-out (or break) at each of the mount's corners (the outer point of each leaf). This gives it a rough cross shape, and outside …
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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