Description (Physical description)
Cruciform: flattened knobs cast. Panelled head plate. Plain horse head foot with slightly expanded nostrils

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Excavated in 1851.

Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe

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. Square central panel decorated with punchmarks and rectangular wings; half round side and top knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel composed of two rectangular sections, one decorated with punchmarks close to the edges, one with two converging lines of punchmarks. Horse head terminal with grooved brows, protruding eyes and comma shaped nostrils. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 22/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Analysis)
Brooch has been drilled on reverse of bow for metal analysis. The date and results of the analysis are unknown.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe