Record ID: NMS-797A7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally in italics Tis your consent is my content followed by a partially worn and completely illegible stamped maker's mark. The S of 'consent' is elongated, and the 'e' following it only partially engraved. Width of band 3mm. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 16.5mm. Weight 1.8g. There are several similar examples in the collections of the British Museum, including Museum Number 1961,1202.82. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79246A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Two discs, the front disc with pair of overlapping crowned hearts on a stippled field and downturned rim, connected to the slightly larger rear disc with two engraved lines around the edge by a circular-sectioned shank. Diameter of upper disc 13mm. Diameter of rear disc 14mm. Thickness 18mm. Weight 1.8g. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. 1662 - circa 1700.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-76E572
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver mount. A conical sexfoil with a central hole, now slightly squashed. Each foil has a longitudinal arris, with an engraved line terminating in a notch at the edge separating each foil. Height 9mm. Base 14 x 16mm. Weight 0.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-76701D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver thimble. Separate soldered crown missing, vertical butt join now separated, two lines of engraved rocker-arm around the lower edge between which is a stamped maker's mark H, and IW in lightly pecked dots. The I is partially obscured by scratches and may possibly be T or L. The rest of the sides are covered in closely spaced low relief stamped annulets. Surviving height 17mm. Diameter at base circa 16mm. Weight 4.8g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-39110C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe of type D (Wymer 1968, 1999.) Hard hammer struck from a suitable flat and slightly irregular nodule of mottled grey and black flint, now unpatinated; both faces have a patch of cortex extant, one appearing as a hollow where the flake removals did not succeed in being deep enough to level the concavity. All the edges and high points of the flake scars are heavily rolled. 143.5 x 80 x 37 mm. Weight: 432g. Found on beach. Recorded and sketched by the late Tony Gregory in 1975.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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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-1718A5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval seal or unidentified object. Possibly a cloth seal. Lead disc with the arms of Norwich (castle above a lion) within a cabled border in low relief, with a recess around the edge separating the upper disc from a lower disc or flange from which two loops or tabs project. At least two further broken shank-like projections emanate from the edge of the upper disc. If a cloth seal then the usual arrangement of rivets and tabs connecting discs has not been used. Diameter 15mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-166996
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Four discs blank // RS within a circle // illegible within a border // blank . Diameter 11mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-164BE8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Fragment of one disc ]T I[ // blank. Diameter at least 17mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-1641A2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Two of four surviving discs. Shield bearing a cross with a pellet to either side within a beaded circular border // IOC surrounded by + D ]?[ A O ]?[. Diameter 12mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-161C4F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seals. Two discs: blank // blank or illegible. Diameter 13mm. Two discs, one surviving as rivet only: 12 // * and indecipherable marks. Diameter 17mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-15A854
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Conical (sub-circular / pentagonal base), with five prominent, angled ribs from the base to the off-centre apex. Base 29 x 32mm. Height 24mm. Weighing 112.0g / 1728grains, which is slightly less than an avoirdupois ¼ pound (1750grains). 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-158BE7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Rectangular, flat reverse, slightly convex upper face with a crude cross in low relief. Weight 293g / 4521 grains. This is slightly under weight for 2/3rds of an avoirdupois pound. Measuring 54.5 x 47 x 14mm. 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-12479C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame, one loop missing, trefoil moulding at either end of narrowed bar, fleur-de-lis moulding in centre of surviving outside edge. Pin missing. White metal coated, iron staining from (missing) pin. See Whitehead (2003, 64 - 5, no.393, 403 and 404) for examples with similar mouldings. Measuring (reconstructed) 44 x 25mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0134FD
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy furniture fitting, perhaps a casket or box mount. Hollow backed, circular stud with the lion's face in high relief, with grooves defining the mouth and snout, and details of the eyes. The outer flange is engraved with radiating lines representing the mane around rounded ears. The reverse of the mount is filled with white metal and a central corroded iron shank. Diameter 25mm. Height 13mm. For similar examples see NMS-DB80B4, and an example from Skeleton Green, Hertfordshire (Partridge, 1981, 314, fig.119a). Circa 43 - 150 AD.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-00618C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy brooch. Triangular-sectioned annular frame with a pointed projection on one side and an empty collet on the other, with a constriction possibly retaining a corroded fragment of pin between. The whole surface is covered in an orange-brown deposit but is non-magnetic. Measuring 30 x 19mm. Internal diameter 13mm. For a similar example from a c.1270 - c.1350 context see Egan and Pritchard (2002, 254, fig.164, no.1335). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-FD9EBA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring in very good condition. The hoop is circular, the same width throughout, and D-shaped in cross-section with decoration on the convex exterior. The decoration is incised and punched, and inlaid with black enamel. It consists of four panels of two repeated designs. Design 1 is a rectangle with one forked or swallow-tailed end and one pointed end, forming a pennant shape. The point contains oblique ridges alternating with rows of beading; the rest of the shape is filled with incised plant-like motifs made from short gr…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2AE576
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawking vervel of ring type. D-sectioned band, flat externally and curved internally, with an engraved external inscription in roman capitals +HADLYGE • IN • SVF', probably referring to Hadleigh, Suffolk. A pair of faintly engraved guide lines are visible between the inscribed letters, and a faint X behind the initial cross. External diameter 9mm. Internal diameter 6mm. Width of band 2.5mm. Weight 0.6g. Discussion: For similar examples see: KENT-C245C7 (2007 T378), YORYM-2FB222 (2007 T183), BH-01EC33 (2007 T24) and BERK-6BD475 (2011 T461). Vervels were used in falconr…
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-29BDBB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener eye-plate. Cast in low relief in the form of a stylised cherub's face with trefoil sprigs of probable foliage above and below, the larger upper sprigs framing the base of the circular eye, the lower smaller sprigs framing a an attachment loop to either side of the cherub. Flat, plain reverse. Gilding survives on the front face only. Length 14mm. Width 10mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weight 0.8g. 16th century. For a very similar example see SOM-616C6A.
Created on: Friday 11th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1A64D8
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver toilet article earscoop / toothpick combination. Oval ear coop with a twisted stem with four concave sides each decorated with a median line of engraving, before a collar with five ribs formed by lines of transverse filing on each face which line up imperfectly, above which the stem is circular-sectioned and tapers to a point to form the toothpick. There are traces of gilding on the collar and twisted stem. The circular-sectioned end is now bent. Length 107mm. Diameter at collar 3mm. Weight 4.4g. For a similar example without a collar see LVPL-935524. Circa 14th …
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.