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-1A61E9
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Two notches in the attachment edge and two rivets, one retaining a circular rove, then tapering towards a break across a circular hole. Surviving length 15mm. Width 14mm. Probably 13th - 15th century. Finder's reference AB184.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CBB28B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Flat square head, the bevelled edges damaged, two integral flat-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse both bent in the same direction to hold a thickness of circa 2mm. Measuring 14 x 13mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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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-2C0391
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Central circular boss with multi-foil flange decorated with radiating grooves and lines in low relief. The stubs of two broken, integral attachment spikes protrude from the reverse. Diameter 25mm. Thickness (excluding spikes) 4mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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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-5A4716
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount in the form of a stylized scallop shell. Slightly concave reverse with a single separate rivet with circular rove. Measuring 16 x 13mm. See an example from an early 15th century context in London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 201, fig.126, no.1083).
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-19DC7F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount. Central pierced circular boss with tapering D-sectioned bars to either side, the ends broken. Surviving length 25mm. Width 9mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, fig. 134, 1154). 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 4th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2015
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