Description (Labels & Markings)
Red circular sticker on reverse of headplate.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch. Perforated head plate. Side lappets. Foot slightly damaged. Cross pattee derivative. Engraving round head, foot and lappets
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 from graves 173-174.
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. V (No.173)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate decorated with two circular perforations at top corners and punchmarks along outer edge; notched lower section. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with rounded lappets and top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flaring, triangular terminal to foot decorated with punchmarks along outer edge. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Slight damage to foot.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins