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Record ID: NMS-1846B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White-metal coated copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal, flaring from 17.5mm wide by the bar to c. 20mm wide at the outside edges. The bar projects slightly beyond the frame, and has iron staining. The frame is bent up about the bar. It has bevelled edges and is of slender proportions, 2.5mm wide and 2mm thick. It is 25.5mm long and weighs 2.5g. Similar to Whitehead 2003, no. 506, which Whitehead dates to c. 1570-1700.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-17A94F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy buckle in the shape of a five-petalled flower, often thought of as a Tudor rose. Two petals survive complete, with parts of two others. The two complete petals are flat, incurved externally, and are decorated with radiating grooves within a reserved border. The circular-section bar is slightly bent towards the missing part of the frame. The buckle is worn, and bent at the worn breaks. It is relatively large for a buckle of this shape, measuring 37mm wide parallel to the bar; the surviving length perpendicular to this is c. 33mm. It is a maximum of 2.3mm thick a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-163D74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy full-round side knob from a cruciform brooch, with full-length iron pin bar passing through it. The dome is slightly more than hemispherical, with the widest point just above a pair of neat fine grooves around the base of the dome. A concave narrowed waist is below, with a minimum diameter of 5.5mm. Below this is a base 3mm deep, decorated around its circumference with three slightly wider and more carelessly applied grooves, which here appear lathe-turned. A tab projects from the base; this is curved in cross-section and has an incomplete lower edge. Behind the tab are t…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 31st August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-15D853
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy composite buckle, now very bent. The frame has been broken on one side and is now very bent out of shape. A pointed pin rest survives with a slight groove on its internal edge. There is another break at the pin constriction, with a little of one half of the forked spacer surviving, with most of the prong missing (old break). The other two breaks are not particularly worn. Measurements are hard to take due to distortion; it weighs 3.9g. 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 26th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-158102
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilded copper-alloy buckle plate, rectangular with five copper-alloy rivets. One end is neatly rectilinear, then it tapers very slightly to the centre, which is crossed by a fine engraved line. It then flares very slightly to two broken hinge loops; the base of the pin slot between them is clear. The rivets are all knob-headed, 3.5 to 4mm in diameter, bringing the maximum thickness to 5.7mm. The metal has corroded to a reddish brown colour with flecks of gilding. It measures 25.7mm long and 16.7mm wide, and weighs 3.3g. 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 26th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-14FDBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About half of a flat circular frame, decorated on one face, probably an incomplete annular brooch. It is made from thin sheet, 0.6mm thick and 26.5mm in diameter, with a 12.5mm circular hole in the centre. The external edge is fragmentary, but appears to have had a series of small projections spaced about 2mm apart. The frame is decorated with a neat compass-drawn double-strand border around a series of oblique grooves forming a zig-zag (or triangles with the apexes outwards). The lines do not quite meet at the apexes of the triangles. Four of the triangles survive of a probable origi…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 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-14706E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with perforated lug on reverse, above relief decoration of a vertical line with three lines branching downwards on each side. Pointed-oval, 37.1 x 22.7mm; edges bevelled on reverse.. Elaborate fleur-de lis within plain groove. + S'MARIOTE: LE MILNERE (Seal of Mariote the Miller). 13th century. The elaborate fleur-de-lis consists of a central stem running from the top downwards, with two pairs of branches curving from the stem to merge with the surrounding groove, and a final oval lobe at the bottom. The oval lobe is decorated with thr…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 26th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-143054
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of rim from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. Using a rim diameter chart the overall diameter of the rim appears to be c. 25cm. In cross-section the rim is thickened to 5.6mm, and out-turned with a slightly concave exterior; it then tapers to a sharp edge. A short length of the body or side wall of the vessel survives, 4.0mm thick at the break. The interior is concave in cross-section below the thickened rim. The interior is polished smooth, with a grey patina which is worn away on the thickest part of the rim. The exterior is rougher, and sooted. Length 94mm, width of frag…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-04E2E1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a chunky cast copper-alloy annular brooch (worn breaks). A bit less than a quarter of the circular frame survives, with two tall collets that occupy the whole width of the frame. Between the collets, the frame is slightly domed, a maximum of 3.5mm thick and 5.5mm wide; there is a relatively groove around the outside edge of the frame. The collets are rectangular in cross-section, and taper upwards to a top with a hollow oval cell with traces of white adhesive or cement; there were probably about eight of them originally. The collets are 8.0 and 8.5mm tall including the thi…
Created on: Wednesday 21st 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-042E13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy buckle frame, both breaks fairly fresh. It was originally oval, with an offset narrowed bar and a flattened, expanded outside edge which is decorated with a slightly raised triangular moulding within its width. There was probably a second identical moulding at the other side, but the buckle is broken across what is probably the centre. The apex of the triangle points inwards. The bar is missing almost completely, with just a tiny stub on the other side of the offset lobe. The internal space is quite short and the curve at the side is tight; there is an i…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-03AEC3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring thimble. The lower rim is thickened, and the straight sides are covered with a right-hand spiral of triangular indentations. Most of the thimble has four rows of indentations. The upper rim is not marked or thickened. There is a vertical crack visible on the interior, which may indicate the position of a neat soldered seam. The lower rim is around 19mm in diameter and the upper rim is around 15mm in diameter; the thimble is 11.3mm tall and weighs 3.0g. The metal is fairly thin, measuring 0.8mm thick at the lower rim and 0.6-0.7mm thick at the upper rim. The use…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-03681E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small double-loop buckle frame with one loop rectangular and one D-shaped, with outside edge incurved internally. Both have grooves bordering their outside edges. The buckle is bent up about the bar. Length as bent, 20.7mm, width 15mm, thickness at curved end 2.3mm, weight 1.9g. Similar to Whitehead 2003, no. 566, which Whitehead dates to c. 1575-1700 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-0353D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small and crudely made double-loop buckle frame with white-metal coating. One loop is almost rectangular, flaring slightly to the outside edge; the other is D-shaped, with outside edge incurved internally. The cross-section is trapezoidal or D-shaped, with a slightly hollowed reverse. Length 21.9mm, width 17mm, thickness 2mm, weight 1.9mm. Almost identical to Whitehead 2003, no. 570, which Whitehead dates to c. 1575-1700 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-033377
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a double-loop buckle frame made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating. The remaining loop is rectangular, a quarter-circle in cross-section, with a slightly outcurved outside edge and slightly incurved top and bottom edges, to give a trapezoidal effect. The bar is narrowed and now bent outwards, and there is a knop at either end of the bar. One break is fresh and the other slightly worn. Length 17.9mm, width 27.6mm, thickness 2.3mm, weight 2.0g. The missing loop may have been D-shaped or trapezoidal.Compare Whitehead 2003, nos. 506-7 or no. 564. Both are dated …
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-02FF08
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a double-loop buckle frame (worn breaks). The surviving loop is a long D shape internally, with a narrowed bar slightly bent towards the outside edge. The rest of the frame is wider and D-shaped in cross-section, and runs straight across the junction with the bar. The centre of the outside edge has a projection, delineated on the frame by a V-shaped groove to give the effect of a lozenge shape at the pin rest. Length 29.5mm, width 21.5mm, maximum thickness 3mm, weight 4.3g. Whitehead dates buckles of this approximate shape to c. 1550-1650 (2003, nos. 369, 373, etc.)
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-02D733
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy hooked tag, now bent and cracked, and with the hook largely missing. The plate is openwork, with a central solid roundel bordered by a ridge. This is surrounded by oval and circular indentations, some pierced through to the back and all probably intended as holes. The upper part of the plate has five projecting trefoils, the spaces between them forming the circular holes; bars extend from two trefoils and turn a right angle to form a rectangular attachment loop. The lower part of the plate has a pair of longer relief elements curling around the oval holes. Between these i…
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-F0CE0A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas class A, type 1, with outcurved long sides, now bent slightly convex from one end to the other. It has relatively crude decoration, described with the attachment end uppermost. The attachment end is split to take the strap, and is shaped around two circular rivet holes. Below is the vestige of a 'fan-shaped' motif, comprising an inverted V-shaped groove above a curved groove; the curved line extends beyond the V on one side, but not the other. The main panel of decoration is roughly rectangular, with both long edges straight. The uppermost sh…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EF4376
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Brooch made from a coin, gilded on both faces. The coin is a gros tournois of Louis IX of France, issued 1266-70, and the edge is now bent backwards in two places. Obverse: Cross pattee in the centre surrounded by the legend in two rows. Outer row reads: + BNDICTV: SIT: NOME: DHI: nRI: DEI: IhV [:] XPI (the capital Ns are horizontally barred, and the stops are a vertical line of three pellets). Inner row reads + LVDOVICVS. REX. Reverse: At centre the Chatel Tournois, surrounded by the legend + TVRONVS . [CI]VIS, which is in turn surrounded by twelve fleurs-de-li…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
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