Record ID: NMS-F13D63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. C-sectioned wings decorated with two pairs of broad vertical grooves. Three broken rearward facing hooks, with the inside of the wings containing corroded remains of solder, spring missing. Flattened D-sectioned bow with three vertical grooves below short rib for the central rear hook. Stump of missing catch-plate on the reverse. Length 41mm Wingspan 22mm. Weighs 5.78g. 1st - early 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CB5E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and very corroded Medieval gilt copper alloy annular framed brooch. The convex face of the D-sectioned frame is segmented by eight transverse grooves forming four broad and four narrow alternating sections, the broad ones with traces of decorative 'brambling' (created by multiple punched circles), and has the remains of a collared gilt copper alloy pin (most of shank missing) in the constriction in the frame. Weight 2.11g. Outer and inner diameters 17 and 9mm. Thickness 2mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-38E72B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably a Colchester derivative, The head, pin, wings and upper bow are missing. The bow is bent at the worn transverse break. It then tapers to the foot. Undecorated. A triangular openwork catchplate projects from the reverse, with a pin groove at the fold. Extant length (unbent) c. 30mm. Weighs 1.99g. c. AD 43 - 120.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-24A5B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete worn and corroded Roman tiny copper alloy Colchester two-piece brooch, broken pierced lug retains fragment of chord, semi-circular wings, lower part of bow and catch-plate missing. Extant length 16mm. Extant width 12.5mm. AD 43-65.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-244B84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative rearhook type. The wings are semi-cylindrical, open at the reverse for the spring, In the centre at the top is the stub of a rear-facing hook, and below this on the reverse the middle of the wings has a deep hollow containing iron corrosion at one end. The front of the wings are decorated with a reel. The sub-rectangular bow is flat-sectioned with a slightly convex reverse, and the face is decorated with widely spaced vertical twin knurled ribs and at the lower end projects transversely with a pair of…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-115F0B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch, worn, pitted, and corroded, comprising a damaged full-round knob with two engraved horizontal lines forming the collar, small head-plate with slightly trapezoidal raised panel and damaged wings. A perforated lug contains corroded remains of an iron pin on the reverse. D-sectioned bow with twin engraved vertical grooves and a rectangular panel with a pair of narrow transverse ribs at both ends. The lower end is broken at the springing of the missing foot. Breaks worn and ancient. Extant length 36mm. Extant wi…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-FA2D6C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded head of an early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy probable cruciform brooch The headplate has a raised rectangular central panel (13 x 11mm). Flanking wings and three damaged integrally cast knobs survive around the headplate, the knobs are collared, half-round, narrow, tapering and undecorated. There is a rectangular panel with twin incised lines at the springing of the broken bow, the break is granular and while not fresh, is also not particularly worn. Lower end of bow and foot missing. On the reverse is a single pin bar lug within corroded re…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-144706
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete worn and corroded small Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rear Hook brooch (Mackreth, 2011, type CD RH). broken C-sectioned wings, both with vertical groove, stump of rear hook, tapering oval-sectioned bow. Solder where spring and pin missing, catchplate missing. Extant wingspan 15.5mm. Length 30mm. Weight 3.87g. AD 43 - 60.
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-FDF9D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy small-long brooch with a damaged head-plate of uncertain form, all of the original edge is missing, and with the remains of two bordering vertical lines of C-shaped stamps (one stamp on the left and three stamps on the right). D-sectioned bow with chamfered panel at both ends, the lower one broken where the foot is missing. On the reverse of the head-plate is a broken single pin lug within some iron-staining. Extant length/height 32mm. Extant width 22mm. Weighs 6.50g. c.480-530.
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E9735C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular flat-sectioned framed brooch with a wire pin set in a constriction half way between an (empty) collet and a projecting stylised animal head with drilled blind holes for eyes which may have originally contained stone settings. The face of the frame is decorated with a line of multiple counter-relief pellets. Cf. a rather more basic version in Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1335. Length 26mm. Width 16mm. Weighs 1.63g. c.1270 - c.1350.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D39354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval annular brooch, broken, approx half survives, one end with sub-lozengiform plate with drilled perforation for the missing pin, the other end broken before the probable pin rest, the surviving triangular-sectioned side has a single projecting collet which is empty. Diameter c. 31mm (excluding projecting plate). Weight 2.55g. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6C557C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, comprising damaged remains of head, pin missing, remains of concave-sided bow decorated with central groove flanked by two narrow ribs. Damaged sides, one of the knobs missing, two transverse mouldings on tapering foot with stump of broken catchplate on reverse. Extant length 45.5mm. Extant width 16mm. Weight 4.59g. c.43 - c.75 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-53B8CA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch, of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 2, complete except for the spring, pin, part of the end of one wing and part of the catchplate, but worn and corroded. The wings have a C-shaped section and a reel moulding between broad flanking ribs. On the reverse of the wings there are the remains of solder with the impression from the missing spring. The rearhook is broken. The oval-sectioned bow has a knurled median rib and flanking mouldings and tapers uniformly to the pointed foot. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-410936
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy Trefoil brooch, Maixner Type G 1.3, engraved lines define the triangular central panel, the three arms are decorated with stylised leaf ornament. One arm with incomplete curled sheet catch-plate on reverse, another with the stumps of a broken transverse pin-lug, the lower arm is bent. Width 39mm. Length (unbent) 39mm. Weight 8.02g. This type of pin lug indicates manufacture in England rather than Scandinavia (Kershaw 2013, 63). Cf. Rogerson (1995) Middle Harling, fig.34, no.2, decoration very similar although Harling example has ring-and-dot. Late 9th-ea…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-5A16CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy late Iron Age or Roman brooch. Only the lower half of the brooch survives. The bow is narrow, D-sectioned, the face with a transverse groove at the foot forming the foot knob. Onthe reverse is a sub triangular catch-plate with a rolled outer edge. The surface of the metal is corroded with a worn break. Length 27mm. Width 3mm. Thickness 2mm. Weight: 1.33g. Possible Colchester derivative. c. AD 25-120. 
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B062EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Incised saltire on both damaged wings, corroded remains of spring and axis bar on the reverse. The D-sectioned bow has broad median rib with incised rocker-arm line, and deep transverse notch at the rear hook. Lower end of bow and foot missing. Extant wingspan 24mm. Extant length 25mm. Weighs 7.94g. c. AD 43 -65.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B03536
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Moulded decoration at the end of both wings consists of a broad groove, corroded solder with the impression of the missing spring and pin on the reverse. The D-sectioned bow has broad median rib with twin longitudinal grooves and three transverse broad grooves at the rear hook. Lower end of bow and foot missing. Wingspan 19mm. Extant length 24.5mm. Weighs 4.31g. c. AD 43 -65.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AF5AD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy sprung Colchester-derivative rear hook (Dolphin) brooch, Mackreth (2011), CD RH 1a. Moulded decoration at the end of both wings consists of two pairs of narrow knurled ribs alternating with two broad ribs, corroded solder with the impression of the missing spring and pin on the reverse. The hexagonal-sectioned bow has two knurled median ribs and a transverse broad groove between three narrow grooves at the rear hook. Stump of catchplate only. The condition is fresh with some quite recent scrape marks on bow and one wing. …
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-1C37C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooch of a flat cross-section slightly angled outward towards the inner edge. The face is decorated with an outer bordering line of stamped counter-relief pellets, and arched double lines of pellets on the inner part. Two opposed rectangular cut-outs form a constriction for the missing pin. External diameter 24mm. Internal diameter 14mm. Thickness 1mm. Weighs 2.01g. See a fragmentary example from Foulsham, Norfolk (NMS-A26572). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0940AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Saxon ansate brooch of Thorle's (2001) Group XI B 2. Weetch Type XI.B, straight-sided with lateral projections. It comprises a flat-sectioned rectangular terminal with a knop at each corner and on either side of the junction with the bow, which has a rounded V-shaped profile, with an old break at the junction with the other terminal, which is missing. The face is decorated with a series of punched ring-and-dots bordered on both long edges by an engraved line. Projecting from the reverse of the surviving terminal is a bent&nb…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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