Accession No

1948.1351 A


Description

Copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate with three protruding T-shaped flat knobs, each with punchmarks along the outer edge; right flat knob is irregular in shape. Arched bow with two longitudinal rows of punchmarks along the centre. Rectangular lappets also decorated with a longitudinal row of punchmarks along both edges; flat panel decorated with transverse and grooves. Semicircular terminal with punchmarks along all three edges. Pin bar lug and catchplate intact.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon 6th century ?c 650


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1351 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

35mm x 83mm


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. VII No. 32.
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Analysis)
Leeds' 'cross potent' type small long brooch.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Small long brooch of Leeds' ' cross potent' type. Side lappets, crescentic foot plate. Iron pin missing
Event Date 26/3/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate with three protruding T-shaped flat knobs, each with punchmarks along the outer edge; right flat knob is irregular in shape. Arched bow with two longitudinal rows of punchmarks along the centre. Rectangular lappets also decorated with a longitudinal row of punchmarks along both edges; flat panel decorated with transverse and grooves. Semicircular terminal with punchmarks along all three edges. Pin bar lug and catchplate intact.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Analysis)
1948.1351 A and 1948.1351 B are likely a pair.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:15882

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