Context (Analysis)
Brooch drilled on reverse of bow for metal analysis. Date and results of analysis are unknown.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Cruciform brooch with detached side knobs. Panelled head. Foot is horse head type with expanded nostrils and crescentic projection beyond nose. Broken at the bow
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851. Not possible to identify this brooch with a definite grave.
Event Date 1851
Author: Annie Tomkins

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. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Trapezoidal central panel with half-round top knob and possibly rectangular wings. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel decorated with transverse grooved lines. Horse head foot with protruding eyes, flaring nostrils and flaring lip terminal. On reverse catchplate and pin bar lug are present. Broken transversely at high-arched bow; two parts present. Significant damage to wings.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins