Record ID: NMS-9D4408
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Anglo-Saxon silver and copper-alloy boss from unidentified object. Domed, formed from three layers; an upper silver decorated dome over a layer of corroded copper alloy before a further silver layer. Parts of the edge of the upper silver dome may be original, but the lower two layers have no original surviving edge. Decorated with a triquetra in very low relief within a border defined by engraved lines, with gilding surviving between the raised lines. Dimensions: Surviving diameter 14-16mm. Height at least 9mm. Weight 5.2g. Discussion: The function and identity …
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-049B31
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver grosso of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Rome, 1492-1503, adapted by the cutting out of a disc from the centre of the coin. The reason for this is uncertain; annular brooches are known which have been similarly treated but they are generally over two centuries earlier in date and have a hole drilled in the perimeter to accommodate a pin. The fashion for making annular brooches out of coins seems to have died out long before the last decade of the 15th century when this grosso was struck. It is probable that another function was intended for this large silver washer but wha…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-9AE5E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver mount, now distorted and incomplete, the surviving part in two joining pieces. A conical faceted sexfoil, each foil with a median arris terminating in a short pointed projection at the outer edge, with an engraved line separating each foil, and a central hole in the flat apex of the cone. Height 17mm. Diameter of base (reconstructed) circa 34mm. Weight 3.3g. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-178AE0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age socketed terminal mount in the form of a bull's head. Circular-sectioned socket filled with orange-stained soil, perhaps from iron corrosion, with four evenly spaced rivet holes between two very fine engraved lines around the edge. One of the rivet holes is broken through and there is a ragged crack extending 11mm from the edge, possibly caused by internal corrosion forcing the socket apart. The socket tapers smoothly from the opening, curving at the end to form a narrow neck before the stylised bull's head. This is cast in the round, with horizontal horns which bend sha…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-18AEC3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount or inlay. Fragment of flat-sectioned silver strip, parallel sided, broken at one end, the other end an angled concave edge with the corners broken. The upper face decorated with a flower and leaves on a field keyed for niello, much of which survives. There is a narrow, plain border around the edge without niello. On the reverse are discoloured patches probably the result of solder, with no other visible means of attachment. Surviving dimensions 21 x 12 x 1mm. Weight 1.1g. The size of the fragment has made finding parallels difficult and consequently a broad date range of 15…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

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-4F5AAD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver post-medieval openwork mount cast in low relief in the form of a five petalled flower with a large central hole, surrounded by five smaller five petalled rosettes connected by tendrils. The centre of each rosette is crosshatched, and each tendril has a short projection on the outer edge probably representing a thorn or leaf. On the reverse are two circular-sectioned integral attachment lugs. The impression of the cuttlefish used to cast the mount is clearly visible over the whole reverse. Both faces are in very crisp condition. Maximum external diameter 23mm. Thickness (e…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C9BD37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded mount. Disc, with a crowned Lombardic T in low relief on a crosshatched ground with a separate ring soldered around the edge of the upper face forming a border consisting of an internal rib and two thin external ribs either side of a deep groove containing evenly spaced pellets. There are traces of solder over the reverse and outer edge. Part of the disc and border are broken and missing. Circa 1500 - 1550. Diameter 24mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Thickness of disc (without border) 1mm. Weight 4.8g. The solder covering the reverse shows the mount was attached to a…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-13D010
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver mount, possibly an eye-plate from dress fastener. Sub-oval plate in the form of two scrolls accentuated by a hole to either side of a central oval aperture with a short section of scalloped edge above and below. There are two integral rivets on the reverse. Circa 15th -16th century. Measuring 15 x 10mm. Weight 1.2g. Thickness of plate 1.5mm. Aperture 3 x 4mm. For broadly similar examples see SUSS-C924F4, NLM-538148, ESS-0F89E1and HESH-0E0167.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DEB91E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded belt mount in the form of a conical sexfoil with a slightly flared base and a hole in the apex. The edge of the base has been carefully shaped with a small notch in the centre of each foil with a convex edge to either side and a slightly projecting triangular point between each foil to either side of which the edge is slightly concave. The sides are divided into six vertical facets, each decorated with a median panel of gilded crosshatching which tapers towards the apex and forms a point which meets the notch in the centre of each edge at the base. Diameter …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-274C44
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet cloisonné circular domed object, perhaps a scabbard-button, or mount or stud from an unidentified object. It consists of a circular sheet back-plate with an outer border on the upper face formed from a single piece of thick, neatly beaded wire, within which a gold sheet, the lower part vertical before curving inwards, forms the edge of the originally domed upper face. Originally twelve cells were formed within the encircling gold sheet. A central quatrefoil tube is divided internally into four cells by vertical gold partitions (one of wh…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'King's Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-638554
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete early-medieval Carolingian-style silver mount or strap slide, with foliate decoration cast in low relief, partially gilded and inlaid with niello. The mount is sub-rectangular with one complete and two partial original edges surviving and a transverse break which is unworn but not very recent. The complete end of the plate is slightly thickened and surmounted by three leaf-shaped mouldings, the middle of which forms a trefoil. These rise from a sharp transverse recess, beyond which the sides of the plate are convex and the upper face rises to a transverse ar…
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ADCA16
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Rectangular Carolingian-style silver mount, partly gilded and inlaid with niello, and decorated with Carolingian-style plant ornament. The front of the mount, which has high, curved sides, is decorated in relief, the higher-relief sections of the design inlaid with niello and the lower-relief sections gilded. The selective gilding appears to be deliberate, rather than the result of wear on the higher relief elements of the design. The design is centred around an X-shaped cross in high relief, with the arms curving inwards to form two back-to-back C shapes (when the mount …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2701D2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval mount formed of sheet silver. This sexfoil mount, in the form of a flower, is conical with a central hole and slightly distorted and damaged around the edge. Six narrow, triangular crosshatched fields radiate from the centre to the edge dividing the petals, each of which has a median arris. Although distorted, the edges have been stamped into lobes. Similar but less elaborate examples include a cinquefoil mount from Haveringland, Norfolk (PAS NMS-81E804) and sexfoil examples in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 189, fig.119, no.952, 959 and 990). 13th - 15th century. Heigh…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F60A83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver letter 'A', probably a mount. Flat-sectioned, stamped with three quatrefoils each with a tail, and retaining traces of gilding. On the reverse of the crossbar there is a possible patch of solder which is the only visible surviving means of attachment. Height 33mm. Width 37mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 4.9g. Similar in form to letter A's on some 13th - 14th century seals (Kingsford, 1929, 166), with a short top bar, broken (v-shaped) cross bar, bi-concave outer edge to the slightly longer left leg and curved ceriph across base of both legs
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CC10A2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Saxon gilt copper alloy rectangular sword-belt mount. The scalloped sides, the ends and especially the corners are worn, and there are no extant fixing holes. A centrally placed transverse row of four silver rivets with convex heads and copper alloy washers divides two areas of deep "chip carved" Tassilo style zoomorphic ornament. Very similar to a mount from Tacolneston (HER 23698, Gurney 2003, 365, fig. 5D) and comparable with examples from Germany (Eggenstein et al. 2008, 194-8, Kat. Nr. 40.2, 40.6 and 42.1), and certainly of Continental manufacture. Late 8th - early 9t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-664877
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon incomplete cast gilded silver mount, possibly part of a sword pommel. Triangular in cross-section, hollow on the underside, with one closed end surviving, but broken before the other end; the break is neither particularly fresh nor particularly worn. The object is shaped like a prism, with the apex straight across the top of the object; while the lower edge, if originally symmetrical, is bi-concave (one curve survives and the lower edge slopes up to probably begin another). The closed end is straight and, apart from gilding, is flat and undecorated. …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham St. Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-93A2B2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A mount or weight. A very thin (less than 0.5mm thick) cast square, one face with a counter-relief black-letter S and a narrow bordering line at the outer edge. There is no visible means of attachment. Perhaps 16th century. Weighs 4.6 grains, equivalent to 0.29grams or 0.0105 oz.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8400C3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast silver belt mount in the form of a sexfoil, flat with a central round aperture and two integral rivets on the reverse. Sexfoil mounts were commonly made in copper and lead/tin alloys (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 186-92), but rarely in silver. Date: 14th - 15th century. The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 9th November 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7B86F1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper alloy mount, openwork, cast in the form of a fish caught between two confronted birds. The head of the fish is flanked by the beak of both birds, each with legs raised and holding the sides of the fish. There are two vertically aligned pierced lugs on the reverse, one at the upper edge and one at the lower edge (both project c.5mm), and have corroded iron in the perforations. Measuring 28 x 32mm. Late 6th–early 7th century AD. A pendant with very similar decoration was found at Coddenham in Suffolk in 1999 (Martin et al 2000, 500, fig. 154C). The Gunthorpe mount and t…
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.