Accession No
1948.1462 A
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, square headed type. Rectangular headplate with square central panel and rectangular wings. High-ached bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel and top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines, flaring to a triangular terminal. On reverse, catchplate and pin bar lug present. Pitted surface throughout, rectangular wings and terminal have damage.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1462 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
64mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small red sticker adhered to reverse of headplate.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch. Square headed (panelled) type. Expanded foot. No side lappets.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated from graves 173-174 in 1851 with 1948.1463-7.
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. Pl. I (No.173)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, square headed type. Rectangular headplate with square central panel and rectangular wings. High-ached bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel and top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines, flaring to a triangular terminal. On reverse, catchplate and pin bar lug present. Pitted surface throughout, rectangular wings and terminal have damage.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15849
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