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-121222
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount with suspension loop. Shallow D-sectioned bar with beaded border along each long edge with projection at one short end which is turned back to form a loop terminating in a square rove originally held by one of the two separate copper alloy rivets through the bar. Similar mount in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 214, fig.134, no.1164). Measuring 22 x 6mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-11F2B5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Circular sheet with central hole and two separate copper alloy rivets. Diameter 21mm. Similar mounts in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 166, fig.107, no.795 - 6). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-413695
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sheet sexfoil mount irregularly trimmed, with two rivet holes, one retaining incomplete circular-sectioned copper alloy rivet. Broken and partially missing. Diameter 19mm. Similar to examples in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 189, fig.119, no.959). 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 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-9FB324
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded silver, flat, rectangular bar-mount, with four rivet holes (one incomplete). Gilding is confined to one face. 13th - 14th century
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-8C3C31
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead object, possibly a mount. Crudely cast oval (24 x 62mm, 5mm thick), once bent, now straightened-out, with cross in relief and incised border, and two tiny holes at one end and slightly larger hole at other end.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Winch', grid reference and parish protected.

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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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Record ID: NMS-26B711
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount from harness or furniture. Slightly hollow backed, shallow D-sectioned bar, constricted with slight pointed projection to either side before expanding to form a rounded, pierced terminal with pointed projection at one end, expanding briefly before a ragged break at the other. Very worn and corroded. Surviving length 59mm. Width of bar 13.5mm. Width of terminal 17mm. 13th - 14th century. For broadly similar terminals see NMS-D9D284 (Finningham, Suffolk) and NMS-EFA631 (HER56994, Elsing, Norfolk).
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-9C7CE1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount, binding strip or edging. Rectangular sheet, broken at one end, one long edge bent downwards with a scored line on the internal angle, engraved on the upper face with a group of three and a group of two angled lines, the upper face engraved with two longitudinal lines with two groups of three angled lines between and an empty rivet hole near one edge, ragged break at the opposite short edge. There are slight traces of probable tinning. Surviving length 21mm Width 14mm. Probably 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunton', grid reference and parish protected.

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.