Accession No
1948.1352 A.1-2
Description
A pair of wrist clasps of sheet copper alloy. Each has a scolloped rear edge pierced with four sewing holes. The catch-piece (.1) has one corner broken away and catch missing. The hook-piece (.2) is broken across one of the sewing holes, the hook is rectangular and curved inwards.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1352 A.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave 32. Excavated in 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. Pl. XII (top left).
Event Date 1852
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
A pair of wrist clasps of sheet bronze with upper surface silvered. Outer edge scolloped and pierced with four holes. Small tubular edging of bronze. Slot for fastening has broken. Edging of bronze has broken off
Event Date 26/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A pair of wrist clasps of sheet copper alloy. Each has a scolloped rear edge pierced with four sewing holes. The catch-piece (.1) has one corner broken away and catch missing. The hook-piece (.2) is broken across one of the sewing holes, the hook is rectangular and curved inwards.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:15880
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