Accession No
1895.23.2
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate with rectangular top and side flat knobs and heart shaped cut outs. High arched bow with longitudinal ridge down the centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with two transverse ridges; flared terminal with semicircle punchmarks. Catchplate present on reverse along with some iron corrosion product; pin bar lug obscured by iron corrosion from pin. Some loss from the flat knobs.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Jesus Lane
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Foster, Mary [monetary donor]; Morley [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1895.23.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
65mm
Events
Context (Auction / Sale)
Accession Register for 1895.23-24: 'Found by workmen in drain excavation, disposed of to a Swaffham man from whom Morley bought them having also to tip the man.' Bought for £0:12:6
Event Date 1895
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Collected October 1895.
Event Date 10/1895
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small, cross-shaped
Event Date 3/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate with rectangular top and side flat knobs and heart shaped cut outs. High arched bow with longitudinal ridge down the centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with two transverse ridges; flared terminal with semicircle punchmarks. Catchplate present on reverse along with some iron corrosion product; pin bar lug obscured by iron corrosion from pin. Some loss from the flat knobs.
Event Date 11/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:8904
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