Description (Physical description)
Ear picks attached. Joined by bronze loop and rivet. Ear pick has twisted stem. With transverse grooving.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found 1851. Taken from cremation urn. Deposited after cremation.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa

Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. Pl. II (top centre).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy toilet set comprised of tweezers (.1) and an ear scoop (.2), attached to a suspension device; the loop of both pieces are threaded onto a copper alloy bar, enclosed in an arc. Loop end of tweezers decorated with a short longitudinal groove, transverse incised lines and small notches on either side. Flared arms decorated halfway down with a shallow square boss, and bend inwards at just less than 90 degrees. Ear scoop has a twisted shaft which flattens at the end, where it is decorated with incised transverse and crossed lines. Oval-profile bowl at the terminal.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff