Accession No

1948.1469 B


Description

Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate with three perforated circular holes, decorated at each outer edge with three grooved lines; flat rectangular side and top knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Rectangular flat panel with heavily worn lappets. Tapering to a tri-lobed, possibly zoomorphic terminal. On reverse, sections of pin bar lug and catchplate present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1469 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

68mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small, circular red sticker adhered to reverse.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch. 3 perforations in head plate. Very worn. Side lappets. Curious foot: trilobe. Cross pattee decoration; Very Much Worn.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 from grave 182. Found with an iron ring; 2 pairs of wrist clasps; 42 beads.
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 X (no. 182)
Event Date 1852
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'Not unlike one from Holywell Row.'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate with three perforated circular holes, decorated at each outer edge with three grooved lines; flat rectangular side and top knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Rectangular flat panel with heavily worn lappets. Tapering to a tri-lobed, possibly zoomorphic terminal. On reverse, sections of pin bar lug and catchplate present.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:15846

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