Accession No
1948.1456 C.1-2
Description
Pair of cast copper alloy wrist clasps. Both catch-piece (.1) and hook-piece (.2) decorated with ribbed central bar between three rectangular bosses; three pierced circular protrusions from bosses act as sewing holes. Hook and protruding catch are intact; two sewing holes on catch-piece have a damaged loop.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1456 C.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
33mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave 168 (1948.1453 - 1948.1456). Excavated 1851
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. (Not illustrated).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (CMS Description)
Pair of wrist clasps. Cast bronze with 3 perforated lugs for attachment. Rubbed bars;
Event Date 9/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pair of cast copper alloy wrist clasps. Both catch-piece (.1) and hook-piece (.2) decorated with ribbed central bar between three rectangular bosses; three pierced circular protrusions from bosses act as sewing holes. Hook and protruding catch are intact; two sewing holes on catch-piece have a damaged loop.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:15859
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