Record ID: NMS-22CE27
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver object, possibly a mount, complete but in two refitting pieces. The object is cruciform in shape, comprising a central rectangular panel from which project four animal-heads, forming the arms of the cross. One animal-head has broken off at the neck and is now separate; two are bent inwards at 90 degrees to the central panel, and the fourth is almost straight with a slight inward curve. The reverse of the object is plain and slightly hollowed, and the central plate is slightly convex. The upper surface of the object is decorated in low relief. The …
Created on: Thursday 30th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-07864A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin or headdress pin. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to the blunt point, broken across the rectangular slot at the upper end, the terminal missing. Decorated alike on both faces with two transverse lines below the slot from the lower of which multiple longitudinal engraved lines descend, lengthening towards the centre. There are no marks on the surviving part of the bodkin, which is cracked and slightly distorted along the whole length. Surviving length 86mm. Maximum surviving width 4mm. Maximum surviving thickness 2mm. Weight 2.9g. Many similar examples have …
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-48B706
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from an incomplete medieval silver book clasp of Howsam type A.9.2. Box-like lozenge-shaped composite element formed from an front-plate, back-plate and separate sides, with four radiating engraved notches on the upper face, one in the centre of each edge, and four concave grooves, one across each corner. At one corner is a break and solder where the terminal would have been attached to the (missing) plates or socket for the strap, at the other there is a stylised animal-head terminal with pointed ears emphasised by notches on the sides and engraved dashes on the upper face (…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-FD87B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sprung dolphin brooch. Undecorated C-sectioned wings, triangular-sectioned bow with concve sides and flat upper face, with a median ridge at the upper end. Almost complete triangular catch-plate with triangular aperture. Blunt-ended foot. Double pierced lug retains the spring with four coils on one side and five on the other. Pin missing. 1st century AD. Length 36mm. Width 23mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3692B7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite rumbler bell. Sheet metal upper and lower half soldered to form a prominent median rib, with separate inserted and soldered rectangular strip forming a loop. Round ended slot in base. Iron pea. Diameter 19mm. Height 22mm. Late 13th - early 15th century (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 338 - 9, fig.221, no.1644, 1645 and 1666).
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3540D7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy rowel from spur with 24 radiating arms, each of which is rectangular-sectioned with bevelled edges, expanding slightly to pointed terminals. The arms are conjoined for about half thier length with a central, sub-oval hole, possibly of irregular shape as a result of wear. Traces of tinning survive on both faces. Maximum diameter 73.5mm. Thickness 4mm. Similar, multi-pointed, large rowels became popular from the later 14th century (Clark, 1995, The Medieval Horse and It's Equipment, 29 and 148, fig.106, no.361 and 362), and other similar examples are reco…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AE1108
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla. Lower half only survives, neck and loops missing. Spencer's (1990) type 1 scallop shell on one face, an uncertain design on the other consisting of two pellets surrounded by a circular border with intersecting lines crossing the border to the edge of the ampulla. A scratched X accross the face appears deliberate. Surviving length 32mm. Surviving width 37mm. 1300 - 1530.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ADD998
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy spoon. Round or slightly oval bowl, now bent and torn at the edges, with no visible marks. The stem is rectangular-sectioned as it tapers from the bowl, becoming narrower and more oval-sectioned towards the simplified and elongated acorn knop. Width of bowl at least 49mm. Length of bowl (reconstructed) circa 60mm. Length of stem 122mm. 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5DE0D7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with broken loop projecting from the upper edge, outer edge chamfered on reverse. Circular, diameter 24mm. Septfoil. + SIGIL' SEGALLI (Seal of ?Segar or ?Sewall, perhaps a variant or muddled version of either, see Reaney, P.H., and Wilson, R.M. 1991 A Dictionary of English Surnames (London), pp. 389 and 401).
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-083330
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two silver groats of Henry VII, both struck at London between 1507 and 1509. Both have little wear and were found within 15 feet of one another. These coins are uncommon as stray finds and the presence of two so close together surely indicates that they comprise part of a hoard lost or deposited in the area and subsequently dispersed by agricultural activity. The lack of wear suggests that loss or deposition took place not many years after the coins were struck, probably circa 1510-25. Catalogue Henry VII, groat, Tower, pheon initial mark (North 1747), 1507-9, weight 2.95g Henry…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C741E1
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
One half of a post-medieval silver cuff-link. Circular, with angled flange, crown above two hearts in low relief reserved on a stippled field, now very worn. Separate loop soldered to reverse. Diameter 14mm. Weight 0.8g. A well known type, see similar examples recorded on the PAS database including SUSS-E88264, SWYOR-52C053, NMS-3C11C7 and NMS-BE7442. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-B903F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver annular brooch. Broken circular sectioned frame with two (probably of originally four) knops around the frame, each decorated with multiple stamped annulets but now worn smooth over much of the surface. Tiny traces of gilding survive on the knops. There is a long patch of solder on the frame between the two surviving knops indicating an unknown missing element. Pin missing. Perhaps half the frame survives, but distorted, so original diameter uncertain. Weight 2.1g. Diameter of frame 2mm. Diameter of knops 5mm. A well known type. For similar, comple…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D90CF7
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval or post-medieval silver whistle. Distorted, damaged and incomplete half of the originally spherical sheet body or buoy with octofoil design in low relief. For similar examples see TAR 2002 (101, no.125), and SWYOR-F07E07 (a near complete example with very similar decoration). Another similar whistle made of lead / tin alloy in the collections of the Museum of London (96.24/2) is illustrated in Egan (2005, 124, fig.118a). Medieval or post-medieval, 15th - 16th century. Weight 1.6g.Original diameter greater than 22mm.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C872E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring with a shallow D-sectioned band which is undecorated externally, and inscribed internally In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark within a square, possibly JD. The D is clear, but the first letter of the maker's mark is less certain. The band is now distorted, and slightly damaged at points along the edges. The inscription can be found in the British Museum collections, AF.1301, dated 17th-18th Century. The maker's mark does not appear in any of the standard resources. 17th - 18th century. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.89g. Original diameter …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-87AFC5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a shoe buckle. A silver stud chape, bent, the loops broken. c.1660-1720. Measuring (unbent) 19 x 10mm.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6EEEE1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medieval purse bar of LMMC type B1. A collar at the base of the central suspension loop has two horizontal ribs below a pair of oblique grooves. The central boss is squat shield-shaped, with two oblique grooves on one face and two oblique and two vertical grooves, as well as four round indentations. The mouldings on the bar and the terminal knobs are as LMMC fig.52. Length 53mm, height 58mm. Early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mettingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DBCE66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medieval incomplete copper alloy tinned buckle frame, double-oval with trefoil moulding on outside edge(s), narrowed central bar projects at both ends as trefoil moulding, pin missing, 46 x 28mm. Cf. Whitehead (2003), no.398. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DBB561
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval incomplete cast copper alloy thumb-rest from vessel handle, corroded and broken with twin acorn knops, fragment 15 x 14mm.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DB8944
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of copper alloy strap-end, lower end of front and back plates, angled to cruciform terminal, two copper alloy rivets, 15 x (at least) 28mm.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9A081
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval fragment (22 x 23mm) of copper alloy, probably a spout from vessel, stepped moulding at broken rim (diameter 25mm), no other original edge surviving, smooth exterior, rough interior.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2004
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.