Accession No
1948.1481 B.1-2
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. Flared arms decorated with groups of three transverse incised lines, then longitudinal lines of punchmarks along each edge; arms bend inwards at 90 degrees. Ear scoop has a twisted shaft which flattens near the end to join an oval-profile bowl.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1481 B.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
67mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Taken from cremation urn. Deposited after cremation. Excavated 1851.
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. XI (left).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (CMS Description)
With ear pick. Similar to A, but smaller.
Event Date 9/3/1987
Author: maa
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. Flared arms decorated with groups of three transverse incised lines, then longitudinal lines of punchmarks along each edge; arms bend inwards at 90 degrees. Ear scoop has a twisted shaft which flattens near the end to join an oval-profile bowl.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:15834
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