Record ID: OXON-DD4472
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (mid 2nd to 4th century) plate brooch: An incomplete copper alloy brooch which is circular and decorated with a central circular cell. The setting which tends to be glass is missing from this cell. Beyond this cell there are two concentric high-relief borders. Between the cell and first border there are is a low-relief wave motif. Between the two borders there is also a low-relief motif, but these are more abraded. On the reverse there is an catchplate at one edge and on the opposite edge there is a incomplete perforated lug. The spring, axis bar and pin are missing.&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-5A68D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy gilded plate brooch of Roman date, c.AD 200-350. Mackreth 2011, British Plate Type 3.b2. The brooch is oval with broken and worn edges. The oval plate is divided into two decorative zones. The inner and outer zones are decorated with a repeating pattern of a ring and dot motifs divided by a slightly raised lip. In the centre of the plate is an oval cell that is filled with a pointed cone made of black or very dark blue glass. The plate as a whole is gilded although little of it remaining. The reverse of the plate is flat and und…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: NLM-43A14E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness pendant. Cast oval plate of lightly concavo-convex profile, with its display face a convex surface bearing a border of stamped annulets and traces of gilding. There is a central drilled hole in the plate. An oval suspension loop is set at right angles to the display plane. Chipped on lower edge. Suggested date: Medieval, 1175-1225 Height: 42.4mm, Width: 27.8mm, Thickness (plate): 1.4mm, Weight: 6.78gms
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B0FF45
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Unusual partly gilded silver and niello-inlaid mount of early-medieval date, perhaps broken and repaired. It is rectangular, thick and hollowed on the reverse, and decorated in Carolingian-style relief with openwork elements. The decoration is based around a bold raised flat-topped diagonal cross or saltire dividing the square into quarters, with  a worn boss in the centre and at the end of each arm. At the end of each arm of the saltire is a low-relief leaf motif, with a sunken, lobed centre and an outcurved leaf to either side which is inlaid with a niell…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: LIN-1DABA5
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T273. Gold and garnet 7th century Anglo-Saxon assemblage consisting of four pendants and one boss, probably from a brooch. 1. One oval gold pendant set with cabochon-cut gem, probably a garnet. The oval pendant comprises a dark, gently convex oval gem, possibly a garnet, set within a gold frame. The frame is composite, made from a sheet gold backplate with a raised border to which has been attached an upright gold strip, surrounding the gold strip is a gold ridge and a beaded border. The suspension loop is formed out of a reeded strip projection w…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Donington on Bain', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-60F251
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy harness mount for the suspension of a pendant, almost figure-of-eight shaped with a slot cut into the lower end which has been folded backwards and secured by two (missing) rivets to form two pivot loops. Near the top a separate rivet would have attached the object to the harness. The front face is gilded and engraved with a rocker-arm contour lines which end in pairs of internal curlicues at the mid-point of the sides. Weight 1.65g. Height 25mm. Width 13.8mm. Mid 12th – early 13th century.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6087A6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl, crudely bun-shaped with a sloping top. Weight 59.99g. Diameter 26.5 – 29.5mm. Thickness 14.6mm. Hole diameter 9.5 – 11mm. 11th – 16th century.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-60788C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, a disc with the upper, pierced part of the suspension loop missing (old break). The gilt front is decorated with punched dots, around the periphery and in two triplets of oblique rows forming a diamond lattice, and each of the resulting twelve lozengiform and triangular spaces contains a punched cinquefoil impression. In addition there are two transverse engraved lines on the lower part of the suspension loop and four others (two very faint) immediately below. Apart from a small area of damage on the lower edge the object is in far better co…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-602198
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Abraded medieval sheet copper alloy rectangular book clasp with a hook at one end and a single pivot loop at the other. Howsam 2016 Type A.5.1, a very small example. There is a slight projection at all four corners. Engraved decoration is not completely legible: lines along both sides join in the centre at both ends, and there appears to be two closely spaced punched annulets. Despite the wear that the object has suffered it cannot have ever been very strong and was probably quite flimsy when new. Weight 0.56g. Length 22.8mm. Width 8.3mm. 15th – early 16th century.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-600188
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy buckle: asymmetrical double-looped frame, the inside loop D-shaped, the outside one trapezoidal; stout, cast, rectangular-sectioned pin; folded sheet plate with a pin slot, one globular headed rivet and parallel sides, and with the inside edges of the rear and front parts missing, the break across the latter truncating two rivet holes. The bar of the frame is not recessed and there no lobes at its ends, cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 565. Two sorts of surface treatment are very unusual in buckles of this type: gilding has survived patchily on the front of…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5EF2AA
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval white-metal coated copper alloy crotal bell with a non-drilled loop and an iron pea. Engraved decoration comprises gadrooning on both halves and a bell founder’s hammer within a semi-circular frame next to the cleft. Weight 29.11g. Height 36.5mm. Diameter 27mm. 17th – 18th century.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: DUR-CB7985
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy British plate brooch, with applied repousse decoration on its upper surface, dating to the Roman period (c.AD70-300).. The decorative plate is heavily corroded; the design could possibly be a triskele within a beaded rim. On the reverse edge of the brooch are two incomplete parallel lugs for attachment of a spring pin, now lost. Opposite these is an incomplete cast catchplate projecting downwards from the flat back of the brooch. Dimensions: Weight: 5.1g; Diameter: 25.5mm; Thickness of plate: 2.4mm; Maximum thick…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: DUR-BA30F7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spoon of post medieval date (c.AD1500-1700) The bowl is round (diameter: 55.40mm) and shallow ( depth: 16.65mm), with a worn but visible hallmark near the handle junction in the spoon concavity. The integral tapering stem survives to a length of 35.29mm with a width of 8.69mm and thickness of 2.54mm, with a central incised groove on the upper face. The edges of the spoon are nibbled and broken in places, with the surface worn away in many places. Dimensions: Length: 94.89 mm; Width: 55.94 mm; Thickness: 3.25…
Created on: Sunday 26th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-B7FFEC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Front part of a medieval sheet copper alloy buckle plate, gilt and rectangular with two convex-head rivets, an engraved contour line and five short lines on either sides of a pin slot, and frame recesses. Gilding, restricted to the front face, survives only in the engraved lines and around the rivets. Weight 4.34g. Length 26.3mm. Width 21mm. Thickness excluding rivets 1mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Sunday 26th February 2023
Last updated: Sunday 26th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A346B5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular fragment of sheet copper alloy cut down for some unknown purpose from the front plate of a medieval tongue-shaped strap-end, with part of the attachment edge and part of one side extant. The present other side and other edge are quite straight and the result of careful chopping. Two original rivet holes (one partly chopped away) lie near the attachment edge. Between them a smaller hole has been knocked through from the front and elsewhere two larger holes have been driven from the reverse. Engraved and punched decoration between the two surviving contour…
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A0276B
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, flat but distorted post-medieval copper alloy furniture fitting with non-recent breaks, decorated with a large flower and leaves motif in curving engraved lines and punched crescentic impressions, an upper border of oblique dashes within an engraved line and with groups of closely spaced crescentic impressions. The edges are chamfered. There is a countersunk attachment hole in the centre of the trefoil base. One side is completely lost but the other survives in part: it was probably of the same form as the base and is broken across a round perforation. This h…
Created on: Saturday 25th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-781C12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and rather worn medieval gilt copper alloy buckle with the pin, three rivets and a small part of the rear of the folded sheet plate missing. The offset, narrowed bar of the oval frame protrudes slightly at the sides, and the outside edge is rounded (cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 271). There are frame recesses and a pin slot at the fold of the plate and the inside edge is scalloped. There are very faint signs of rocker-arm engraving on the front. Weight 4.35g. Overall length 31mm. Frame length and width 15 and 26.7mm. Plate length and width 17 and 23.7mm. 13…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-750457
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy domed thimble with two notches in, and a plain band around, the base. Above a peripheral engraved line the sides and all of the dome except a small patch at the very top are covered with a continuous spiral of small round indentations. Cf. Egan 1998 nos. 829-31. Weight 4.12g. Height 17mm. Diameter 18mm. 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Record ID: NLM-49976C
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. A small circular probably stamped metal handle with opposed lugs: the wider retains rust and may be for attachment to a fob; the other is longer and probably the stub of a winding key. One side of the handle bears the numeral 4 within a prominent border; the other side bears a radial motif which resolves itself into lettering under low magnification: RIVVD PIPE, with tiny traces of relict gilding. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 22.5mm, Width: 10.4mm, Thickness (at lug): 3.7mm, Weight: 1.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton le Clay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-678D4C
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy harness hook with a single integral round-sectioned rivet on the reverse. There are two engraved grooves on the spade-like end of the hook. Most examples were furnished with a pair of rivets, cf. Read 2008, nos. 807-8. Various identifications are given to similar objects on this database, see note on NMS-9B5737. One from London was published as a strap-end (Egan and Pritchard 1991 no. 728). Weight 4.70g. Length 34.9mm. Width 8.1mm. Mid 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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