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Record ID: NMS-5CF2D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc, the edge damaged, with a central sub-rectangular scar with traces of solder on the reverse from a missing fitting, presumeably to allow the disc to be worn as a brooch. The front is engraved with an inscription around the edge within an inner and outer border of two pairs of concentric circles +ALIVA hI MVN CVR A around the lamb of god with one front leg bent, looking back over its shoulder at a flag.
The design strongly resembles a seal matrix, although the inscription is not reversed. Two seal matrices recorded on this database bear a very similar inscription:&nbs…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9E218E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring or annular brooch. Four strands of twisted or plaited wire forming a band, slightly flattened on the inner face of the curve, with a flat-sectioned quatrefoil boss soldered to the outer face forming the bezel. Each foil of the boss is engraved to resemble a leaf with angled lines to either side of a median line. Traces of gilding survive on the wire and boss. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. Width of band 4mm. Width of boss 7mm. Weight 0.9g.
For a twisted wire brooch see Egan and Pritchard (2002, 254, fig.164, no.1340). 13t…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2C8D19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver open-framed brooch. Sub-circular frame, flat on the reverse, cast in low relief on the front in the form of two addorsed birds, with their tails intertwined in a knot terminating in a rounded 'brambled' knop on the outer edge of the frame, their curved bodies forming the sides of the brooch, their heads turned back so their beaks meet above the piercing for the pin attachment. On the outer edge of the frame a small rounded knop with radiating grooves may be intended as a shell or pearl held between the bird's beaks and mirroring the knop at their tails. Deta…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-BC99D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver annular brooch. The frame is flat on the reverse and convex on the upper face, in the form of a two snakes, the smaller snake wrapped around one half of the larger, the separate heads and a fragment of wire forming the tip of a tail soldered onto the frame so there is a head at either end of the pin when the brooch is closed. The sheet pin has a double rib before the loop. The half of the frame formed by the body of the larger snake is decorated with a zigzag triple rib with crosshatching in the resulting triangular fields to either side. The other half of the frame has…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-EE4110
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver annular brooch. Frame at an angle with beaded border on inside and outside edge. Five bosses, each consisting of four pellets, are fused to the edge. Frame pierced for cast pin with flange on either side next to frame, across which is a transverse engraved line. 13th - 14th century. External diameter including bosses 15mm, excluding bosses 11.5mm. Weight 0.75g.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-8DD6B1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch. Less than a quarter of the circular-sectioned frame with deep angled grooves on both faces giving the appearance of cord. Broken across the constriction for the (missing) pin. Width of frame 5mm. Original external diameter circa 50mm.13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 12th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8DF043
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy reversable annular brooch. Less than a quarter of the D-sectioned frame with pairs of lightly engraved transvers lines forming ribs with a pair of opposed angled dashes between on half the surviving upper face, and pairs of transverse lines formed from a series of short dashes on the opposite half on the flat underside. Broken across the constriction for the (missing) pin. Width of frame 5mm. Original external diameter circa 32mm.13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 12th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4BE6A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch; flattened triangular section, constriction for missing pin, four rectangular cut-outs on inside edge, probably for missing bars, perhaps forming a saltire? Diameter 43-4mm. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8BB61E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver brooch with circular, open frame, almost circular-sectioned with slight flattening on the inside, inlaid with niello in a combination of encircling and criss-crossed lines, now very worn in places. The pin is cast in the form of a sword, with a tapering lozengiform-section, upwardly curved quillons with scrolled ends, and tabs folded around the frame to form the attachment loop. All four facets of the pin are engraved with a line of rocker-arm zigzags, with a dot in each of the resulting inner triangles on the front face. The front face of the edge of the quillons is r…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-FA2190
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gilded silver annular brooch. The openwork frame is flat sectioned, consisting of an internal ring with sixteen conjoined scallop-shell or fan-shaped projections (eleven of which survive) around the outer edge with a small circular hole between each one. One of these holes is expanded and the internal ring narrowed to hold the (missing) pin. The internal ring is decorated with an incised single line border around the inner and outer edge with angled grooves between, within which traces of niello survive. Although still in one piece, the frame is broken across its full width…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Elm', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-0D4020
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver annular brooch. The circular frame is in the form of two snakes which overlap at their necks, the heads pointing away from the frame. Each elongated head has a pointed muzzle, small projecting ears, and a line forming the closed mouth. One pellet eye survives on each head. One half of the frame is flat sectioned with a pair of median engraved lines along the back, and pairs on tiny pecked notches to either side, possibly representing scales. It narrows towards the rear, then becomes circular sectioned and wrapped in silver wire, leaving a gap for the pin, for the other half. Th…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-F17F21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval distorted fragment of a silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with two round knops each decorated with closely spaced stamped annulets. Broken at both ends, pin missing. Surviving length 32mm. Diameter of knops 4mm. Thickness of frame 1.75mm. Weight 1.18g. Cf. Treasure Annual Report 20115/6, 347, no.333 and 334 for similar examples. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wendling', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-D84CF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch. Rectangular sectioned frame cast to appear twisted, each face slightly concave with a central row of closely spaced pellets. Restriction for the pin, which has two transverse ridges next to the frame. Cf. a similar, but larger examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 253, fig.163, no.1334), Staffordshire (PAS database number WMID-46E157, 2007 T326) and Langley with Hardley, Norfolk (PAS database number NMS-49D2C5, HER 45418, 2006 T296). See also Treasure Annual Report 2000, fig. 134, M&ME267)
Date: 13th - 14th century.
Dime…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2CB928
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver medieval annular brooch. Less than a quarter of the flat-sectioned frame survives, decorated on the upper face with raised circles with central pellets with a pair of pellets between each circle and a raised internal and external single line border. Gilding survives on both faces. Pin missing.
The decoration is similar to lead / tin alloy examples from 13th - 14th century contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 253, fig.163, nos.1323, 1328 and 1332) and to a more elaborate c. 15th century example decorated with filigree from Barton Bendish, Norfolk (NMS-F…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Hingham', grid reference and parish protected.
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-ADAAF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver annular brooch. Circular sectioned frame, now slightly distorted, with four equally spaced and separately made knops each of which encloses the frame and is decorated with closely spaced and overlapping stamped annulets. A similar knop surrounds the shank of the pin next to the loop. See Dress Accessories (2002) fig. 163 no. 1330 and 1333. 13th - early 14th century. Diameter 26mm. Weight 3.5g.
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Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-CCB647
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded annular brooch. Rectangular-sectioned frame twisted to form a spiral with two rows of stamped dashes along each face. Narrowed slightly to a circular-section for the (missing) pin. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 15mm. Weight 0.9g.
Similar to brooches from 13th and 14th century contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard, 2008, 249, fig.160, no.1310 and 253, fig.163, no.1331).
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-4699C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch. Triangular-sectioned frame (point inwards), constricted for the cast, collared pin. Diameter 17mm. Thickness 3mm. Width of frame 3mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6F2494
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch. Oval-sectioned frame with four evenly spaced gilded flat rectangular octofoils soldered to the upper face. The incomplete cast pin is broken just after a collar covered in closely spaced stamped annulets. Diameter (excluding octofoils) 23 - 25mm. Diameter across frame 1.5mm Weight 1.78g.
Annular brooches with separate flat bosses soldered to the upper face of the frame are a well known type with multiple recorded examples, including NMS-D8B8F2, BUC-25AA82, LIN-7B8826 and LIN-E8F3D0.
Late 13th - early 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-76CE58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver gilt annular brooch: broken stumps of flatted D-sectioned hoop flank two circular bases for missing collets. Between the collets the flat-sectioned hoop is lozengiform, the upper face decorated with engraved lines forming four concentric lozenges. External diameter c. 35mm. Weighs 0.93 g. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Forncett', grid reference and parish protected.
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