Object

Accession No

1948.1362 B

Description

Copper alloy fitting composed of a stepped bar with a disc-headed rivet at each end. The rivets are faced with silver or tinned discs. One now detached but present.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham

Period

Anglo Saxon 6th century AD 7th century AD

Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector and donor]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1948.1362 B

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; ?Silver; ?Tin

Local Term

Measurements

37mm

Events

Context (Analysis)
Object use By Vogt.Prof.: Similar studs are found with sheaths of knives and scramasax in Switzerland 6th-7th centuries and are used as in the diagram:- Strapped to the belt through the loops
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A pair of silver plated studs mounted on transverse bars. Cuff links? Has one stud broken off
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Grave 35, 1851.
6 Century AD; 7 Century AD
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Pencliffe

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. Plate 15, no.35. See diagram of possible object use on reverse of card.

Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Pencliffe

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy fitting composed of a stepped bar with a disc-headed rivet at each end. The rivets are faced with silver or tinned discs. One now detached but present.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe

FM:15871