Record ID: NMS-9C2DD7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness suspension mount and pendant. The mount is incomplete with the upper part missing, broken across the stump of a narrowed vertical bar with a base which expands, and is slotted and folded onto reverse to form twin-suspension loops, these contain a copper alloy pin or spindle from which is suspended the pendant. The face of the mount is bordered with incised lines. The pendant is lozengiform with chamfered sides and a knop at each angle. There are incised bordering lines on the sides and face, pairs of oblique li…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-28CA97
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted medieval gilt copper alloy stud or mount, probably from harness. The flat face is decorated with a plain border, within which, reserved on the remains of a field of decayed greenish enamel, is a central quatrefoil set within four elaborate foils. Specks of guilding survive on the face. The reverse has a central integral sub-circular-sectioned rivet with pointed terminal. Diameter c. 36mm. Length/thickness, including rivet, 11mm (rivet only 9.7mm). Weighs 6.67g. c.1250 - 1400.
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-11C258
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy continental plate brooch. Cast crescentic plate, the curved sides of which terminate in worn breaks. Edge slightly damaged, no attachment loop. The front of the brooch is decorated with alternating narrow rectangular cells and lozengiform cells containing traces of red enamel. The back of the brooch has a pair of semi-circular lugs with copper alloy spindle (which would have held the now missing pin), the stump of the catchplate, and some iron staining. Extant length 20mm. Width 25mm Weight: 4.09g. c.AD 100 - 200
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
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Record ID: IOW-5092E9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper button with centre boss and 6 smaller surrounding bosses on a hatched background. Late 18th - early 19th century.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-64455E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman plate brooch, dating to AD 80-250. The plate is oval in plan and has a raised line on the edge. The centre of the front face has a circular recess (17.06 mm of diameter) with a central recessed dot; the edge of the recessed circle are raised and surrounded by two outer circular bands. The bands are divided by a raised circular line and decorated with a line of punched ring motifs. The back face has a broken pierced lug at one edge and a trapezoidal catch plate on the opposite one; the two fastening elements are set on a slightly raised ridge. The back …
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Campsey Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D9B59
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval to Post Medieval signet finger ring, probably dating to AD 1400-1600. It consists of a circular hoop with a rectangular cross-section and a rectangular bezel. The front of the bezel has a cast signet depicting an unclear animal left with three letters V above it; the design is surrounded by a cabled border. The front face of the shoulders have an engraved T. The letters V above the design might be only decorative while the Ts on the shoulders might refer to the owner of the ring. The surfaces are abraded but traces of gilding are still visible on the bezel and …
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-976C55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch, dating to AD 100-200. It is disc shaped and has six pierced lobes extending from the edge. The lobes were semi-oval in plan and are decorated with a stamped circle around the perforation. Two of the lobes survive while the others are damaged but identifiable. Two further projections extend at opposite points; the most complete one has the remains of the catch plate at its back and the other, which must have been a loop, has the fragment of the hinged system. The front face of the brooch has a raised boss in the centre and a deep groo…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rushbrooke with Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F0921A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) probably strap end, dating to AD 470-550. It is a sub-rectangular bar, consisting of an upper sub-rectangular panel, which is recessed either at the front and back, bearing two copper-alloy circular rivets; the rivets are on the longitudinal median line of the panel. On the front face there is a transverse ridge below the panel, which is followed by a moulded section depicting a mask; it is characterised by a forehead and two pelleted-eyes. The mask is gilded. The third section of the strap end starts below the mask and has an elongated tri…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Butley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-21F09E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval harness pendant, dating to AD 1250-1400. It consists of a central raised circular plate, which has eight lobes projecting from the edges. The central lobe of the upper edge extends upwards with a remainder of the loop; the opposite lobe at the lower edge is pierced and houses a domed-head copper-alloy rivet. The front face of the central plate is decorated with a cast heraldic design depicting a facing eagle, while the front of the lobes bear a quatrefoil-shaped recess, which is inlaid with off-white and red enamel; the front face of the pendant has…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E6A5AA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval horse harness pendant, dating to AD 1150-1250. It is circular in plan and has a protruding suspension circular loop on the upper edge; the loop is set at right angle to the plane of the circular plate. The front face has a circle of beaded line enclosing a raised triangular shield, which bears a red enamel inlaid cross pattee. Between the beaded line and the edge of the plate there is an inscription with reversed letters, reading AVE MARIA [...]. The front face has moderate traces of the gilt covering. Similar harness pendants have been recorded by the PAS, alm…
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westerfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E5B3BB
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded and incomplete medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, shield-shaped (edges damaged), very worn suspension-loop. The badly corroded face has traces of an elaborate and uncertain curved figure, reminiscent of a bishop's crook or staff, probably originally reserved on an enamelled field, traces of red, blue and white enamel survive. and traces of gilding survive. Extant height 45.5mm. Extant width 20mm. Late 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E56013
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval white metal coated copper alloy openwork strap-end, broken at both ends, the upper end across a flat-sectioned constriction below a probable missing socket, the lower end broken across one of a triangular arrangement of three integral concave-faced disks and the stumps of the narrowed flanking sides. Each disk is decorated with an engraved trefoil or lis. Extant length 26.5mm. Width 35mm. 3mm thick. Form as in Fingerlin 1971, Plate 451, Kat. Nr. 259. Late 14th/early 15th century.
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: SF-94F227
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle, dating to AD 1270-1450. It consists of the rectangular front plate of the buckle; it has two circular holes on the corners of the attachment end and remnants of the folds on the outside edge. The front face of the plate is decorated with an incised motif depicting a dragon facing right, enclosed in an engraved rectangle; the upper field of the rectangle bears a lattice motif. The surfaces are very worn but, traces of gilding are still visible on the front face of the folds. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 113, fig. 73, no. 530). See LANCUM-04…
Created on: Monday 13th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Playford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E02C26
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded and bent medieval copper alloy harness pendant and suspension mount. The cast suspension mount is rather crude and sub rectangular with a central rivet-hole and twin loops at the base containing an iron pin or spindle an the suspension loop of the pendant. The pendant comprises an elaborate trefoil, the face with traces of gilding and red enamel, bearing the arms: Gules a fess between six crosses-crosslets (3, 3) Or (for Beauchamp). Mount width 11mm, height 14mm. Pendant width 30mm, height (unbent) 42mm. Combined height (unbent) 63mm. Cf. Ashley, 2002, 22, fig.22, no.216. Lat…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E65F68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy buckle plate: triangular plate broken across the broad end where probably originally folded widthways (recessed loops and back-part missing. The other end is narrowed and broken (2 joining pieces) where pierced by a single copper alloy rivet before a sub-triangular animal-head terminal wrought in low relief with small ears, pecked decoration on forehead and with concave sides on blunt snout. Both sides of the the plate are bordered with twin engraved lines containing a zig-ag line, which end before the narrowed terminal. The centre of the plate is…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-D31552
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and uncommon form of Early Saxon copper alloy equal-armed brooch, D-sectioned bow, slight facet at both ends, a trefoil-headed plate as found on small-long brooches is used here as a footplate, the probable matching head-plate is missing. The rectangular head is outlined with worn stamped twin semi-circles, bordered by the remains of incised lines and outward- facing stamps of twin semi-circles although the smaller of the two arms lacks this line of outward- facing stamps. Catch-plate on reverse. Extant length 38mm. Width 29.5mm. Weighing 7.96g. Cf. a pair of brooches, from…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C39F72
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt horse harness pendant, rectangular, suspension-mount with transverse rib on front edge, cast relief decoration of a lion passant to sinister within an annulet fleury on a pelletted field. Height 27.5mm. Width 15mm. Cf. Ashley 2002, fig.9, nos.27-8. Late 12th-13th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
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Record ID: NMS-C35E5C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon gilt copper alloy florid cruciform brooch, Leeds and Pocock's (1971) Group V. Martin 2015, Group 4, Åberg Group V. Bent and broken foot only, comprising an unusual and rather abstract vertically divided by a median rib which splays to form a spatulate terminal. The rib is flanked by opposed scrolls below the irregular break and others surrounding the pellet-like eyes. The splayed projection has corroded traces of a silver applique sheet. The reverse is flat with no trace of a catchplate. Extant length 33mm. Extant width 23mm. Weight 7.82g. c. AD 500-570.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
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Record ID: SF-1F0A95
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. The plate is missing, though the frame and pin are preserved intact. The frame itself is single-looped, being 'D' shaped in plan with a thickened/heavily canted outer edge, the latter demonstrating cast symmetrical tendrilled motifs and traces of gilding. The strap-bar is offset and knopped at its terminals, the wound-wire pin still loosely wrapped around the bar. Despite some post-depositional damage, the buckle is preserved in fairly good condition with an even greenish patina. It measures (not accou…
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3B0761
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy head originating from an Anglo-Saxon linked pin (one of probably three in a set), dating c. 720-800 AD. Only the head survives, the neck and shank itself missing in an old break. It is circular in plan and broadly plano-convex in section, the upper surface slightly rounded. The reverse face of the head is plain and featureless while its front is decorated with a central cruciform motif, each subsequent angle between the arms of the cross filled with chip-carved Mercian style interlace. The interlace patterns themselves consist a tightly coiled central s…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.