Accession No

1948.1336


Description

Cast copper alloy radiate-headed brooch; circular head with trefoil projections at sides and top. Three semicircles hang from the border below the top knob with parallel curved grooves beneath. High-arched bow decorated with longitudinal grooved lines. Lozengiform foot with missing terminal; pierced round lappets, broken through the thin edges. Double pin bar lugs present on reverse with remains of corroded iron bar.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon 6th century


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1336


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

30mm x 70mm Weight 16.1kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
The catalogue card records: " Neville says this brooch was silvered but no trace remains" .
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Brooch with semi circular head. Triangular foot with open work edge. Kentish type (ultimately Frankish type). Iron pin missing. Head decorated with three knobbed projections. Simple linear decoration
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 10, 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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. IX (No.10)

Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy radiate-headed brooch; circular head with trefoil projections at sides and top. Three semicircles hang from the border below the top knob with parallel curved grooves beneath. High-arched bow decorated with longitudinal grooved lines. Lozengiform foot with missing terminal; pierced round lappets, broken through the thin edges. Double pin bar lugs present on reverse with remains of corroded iron bar.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15903

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