Accession No
1948.1352 B.1
Description
Sheet copper alloy wrist clasp, the catch-piece. Rectangular plate with scalloped rear edge and four circular sewing holes. Protruding rectangular catch with large rectangular slot, damage to one corner of catch. Remains of slivering on surface.
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 B.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
20mm
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 right)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.1352 B[.1-2]: 'A pair of wrist clasps of sheet bronze with upper surface silvered. Hook end plain and had three central perforations'
Event Date 26/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Sheet copper alloy wrist clasp, the catch-piece. Rectangular plate with scalloped rear edge and four circular sewing holes. Protruding rectangular catch with large rectangular slot, damage to one corner of catch. Remains of slivering on surface.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:15881
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