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-91C347
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Rectangular sheet, with a repoussé border and trefoil projection at each corner, with a central dome pierced for the missing rivet. Measuring 16.5 x 17mm. Probably 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-2DFC87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy openwork mount, furniture fitting or decorative grille made from thin sheet. Broken, now triangular with two surviving sides set at slightly wider than 90 degrees, slightly raised plain repoussé border and elaborate openwork in a D-shaped panel in the surviving corner and broken across a curved panel, perhaps circular when complete. Three empty attachment holes at the edge, one in the surviving complete corner and one next to each break. The surface is mostly a bright gold colour and uncorroded as it was found in waterlogged conditions. Surviving dimensions 54…
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2BCFDE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Domed sheet in the form of a stylised human mask with hat, notched edges forming hair and a beard, and rivets through the prominent ears (one rivet missing). Two holes form eyes, with a larger hole for the mouth, and slightly raised nose. Height 20.5mm. Width 22mm. Probably 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 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-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-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-45CA53
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy mount, incomplete and corroded consisting of D-sectioned bar with rounded, slightly domed terminals each countersunk on the reverse and pierced for a separate copper alloy rivets which project beyond the surface on both sides, one complete and one broken. A narrow, C-sectioned projection, one broken almost flush with the edge of the bar and one now curving upwards and tapering slightly to the break, spring from the centre of each long edge of the mount. Width 25mm. Surviving length 21mm. Thickness (excluding rivets) 6mm. Length of rivet 12mm. For very…
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C27352
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Thick, flat sectioned rectangular plate with and empty central hole, with a single rivet hole at each end both of which are blocked with traces of iron corrosion around them. The front is engraved with a probably foliate design between paralelle lines. Traces of silvering or tinning survive on the front and back faces. Length 44 x 12mm. 2mm thick. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C1BBA2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Lozengiform, with decoration in relief consisting of a beaded outer border and an internal openwork cross. At one corner is a pierced projecting knop. On the reverse are two integral rectangular-sectioned attachment spikes, one broken and one bent inwards to hold a thickness of circa 2mm. Tinned. Measuring 35 x 34mm. c.17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 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-1AF0F4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon or medieval copper alloy openwork mount. Two original edges at right-angles, with a pierced projecting lug in the coner, flat on the reverse, the decoration in low very relief on front including a raised oval over the edge of the frame perhaps a head or hand gripping the frame. Three complete apertures, broken acorss thee or four more.Very worn. Measuring at least 37 x 30mm. Maximum thickness 5mm. Circa 1000 - 1200. Perhaps a stirrup-strap mount similar to examples in Williams (1997, 86, fig.54, no.395 or106, fig.65, no.12). Potentailly similar medieval mounts are re…
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-F32D63
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval copper alloy mount or cap. Hexagonal, with short straight sides and faceted domed top. Alternate facets are covered in black lacquer. There is no visible means of attachment. Height 16mm. Maximum diameter of base 30mm. Find F.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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