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

Description (CMS Description)
Large cruciform brooch with floated head knob and detached side knobs. Head knob cast in one with brooch. Sides knob fixed with extension through spring bar. Horse head has exaggerated nostrils and somewhat crescentic extension beyond. Iron Pin in place. Scollop engraving outline edge of head plate. Ring and dot pattern on head panel and below bow; Horse Head
'Brooch consists of three pieces - main brooch plus one head knob and two side knobs. J. Somerville 18/12/2000.'
Event Date 26/3/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Integral, half round top knob and detached half round side knobs, both present; the top knob is surmounted by an animal head. Central panel decorated with two central concentric circles and two longitudinal rows of punchmarks along both outer edges; undecorated flared wings, one with surface removed. Arched bow with a central longitudinal ridge and rectangular section areas at the top and bottom of the bow, decorated with transverse lines. The flat panel is decorated concentric circles and punchmarks. The horse head foot has scroll nostrils and a flared lip terminal, each decorated with central concentric circles. Corroded iron pin present in pin bar lug, catch plate half missing.
Event Date 14/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett