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Record ID: NMS-EAADB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed lower end of the bow with a solid catchplate of Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch. At the ancient break the cross-section is pointed oval but with three faintly defined facets on the front face. Weight 2.92g. Extant length 30.2mm. Width and thickness at break 4.8 and 3.1mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finder's no. CF4/F7
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EA5BF1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy brooch consisting of an annular frame in abraded condition and a cast pin with a collar. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section with the flat underside angled gently upwards towards the centre.  Eight radial engraved lines divide the convex front into four short and four long segments, with the latter bearing very faint traces of closely spaced multiple pecking, and one subdivided by the pin constriction. Gilding survives along the lines where it stands proud of the surrounding surfaces. Very similar to NMS-CB5E37. Weight 2.42g. External d…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E980F7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or possibly post-medieval lead standing weight of sub-rectangular cross-section which tapers up to a pierced terminal with a rounded top. The central part of all four faces is recessed. Height 18.8mm. Base 16.4 x 11.2mm. Weight 23.95g / 0.845oz avoirdupois / 0.770oz troy. Perhaps 1.03% overweight for ¾ ounce troy. 13th - 16th century. Finder's no. CF4/F2
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E8FD8E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame with both loops oval, a slight lobe at the ends of the bar and a shallow pin groove on both edges. Weight 1.75g. Length 22mm. Width 16.6mm. 15th - early 16th century. Finder's no. HCF4/F5
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E71CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with almost all of the spring, the pin, one wing, all of the catchplate and the foot of the bow missing. The breaks are old and the bow is pockmarked. Part of the chord remains fixed within the forward-facing hook. Weight 3.88g. Estimated wing-span 12mm. Extant length 40.7mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finders no. HCF4/1
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E6B4E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a Roman greyware pottery bowl or possibly jar, weight 31g, mid 1st - 4th century. Finder's number NBF3
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-BC05E3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, hexagonally faceted handle with a slight swelling or collar below an incomplete pierced terminal. A stag's head affronté with a cross between the antlers and set within an elaborate quatrefoil. There is no legend. The stag's head with cross is a symbol of both St Eustace and St Hubert. Weight 4.63g. Diameter 15mm. Extant height 15.5mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Saturday 20th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-274D1A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of local medieval unglazed pottery, grey-brown with reduced core, weight 9g, late 12th - 14th century. Found in the same hole as a 14th- to 16th-century posnet (NMS-C1D619).
Created on: Saturday 13th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-331D55
Object type: BRICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of post-medieval brick, hard, fine almost sand-free fabric, weight 240g, 16th century: - one incomplete head, pinkish with reduced core, thickness c.61mm. - part of one corner, head and one face almost vitrified, pinkish becoming reduced near vitrification, no measurable dimensions.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-32E1E7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of local medieval unglazed pottery, dark reduced with oxidised exterior, weight 7g, 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-32CE74
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell with part of an encircling rib and traces of engraved decoration. No breaks are recent. Weight 2.77g. Diameter not accurately measurable. Mid 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3226CB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp. A composite trapezoidal frame consists of an inside edge and sides formed from one piece of sheet and a separate but fixed roller, and the attached sheet folding end is engraved with two saltires alternating with three longitudinal lines and five short lines or dashes along the fold. A bent piece of sheet may well be the incomplete part of the accompaning plate, though this remains uncertain because there is no join. It tapers from a break to the inside edge near which is one rivet. The front face is engrave…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-31A8B3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a bar-mount consisting of terminal and central lobes, the former with rivets set in holes countersunk on the reverse and the latter concave on the rear and with six longitudinal engraved grooves and many transverse engraved lines on the convex front. Weight 1.23g. 9.3 x 16mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3189A7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a hooked bar-mount with a quatrefoil pendent loop, similar to Egan and Pritchard 1991 no. 1189 but with two rivets rather than one. Weight 2.18g. Overall height 30.9mm. Width of loop 14mm. Bar-mount 4.4mm x 14.5mm (excluding hook). 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1B2AE6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing of Charles II, worn, 1673.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1B23BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing of Charles II, worn, 1672.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1AFC46
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval sheet copper alloy circular dish- or plate-like object with internal lathe-turning grooves. Perhaps part of a drip pan of a candlestick. Weight 1.87g. Diameter c.80mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1AE28C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thickened rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval copper alloy vessel, distorted but cast. The diameter cannot be estmated. Weight 4.44g. Thickness 1.5 - 2mm. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1A817E
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy flat harness mount in the form of an elaborate quatrefoil, with two integral D-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse, one bent outwards and the other surviving only as a stump. Very similar to Read 2016 nos. 278-9. Weight 1.56g. 18 x 17.7mm. Thickness excluding spikes 1.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1A64C5
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy spoon, baluster seal top only, with two bulbous elements both engraved with four longitudinal grooves. Weight 8.11g. Extant length 26mm. Diameter at top 13mm. Diameter at stump of stem 4mm. Mid 16th - mid 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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