Accession No

1948.1334 A


Description

Cast copper alloy small long cruciform brooch. Raised square central panel decorated with punchmarks; bifurcated half-crescent side and top flat knobs with lines of punchmarks through the centre of each one. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with flat lappets decorated with punchmarks. Foot decorated with transverse grooved lines; bifurcated half crescent terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.


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

1948.1334 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

89mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch of trefoil type, with bifid lobes and foot plate. Iron pin still in position. Panelled head plate. Lappets below bow. Late example of type. Incised decoration round foot, head panel and along lobes
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 9. Excavated 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 (5 d, No.9)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long cruciform brooch. Raised square central panel decorated with punchmarks; bifurcated half-crescent side and top flat knobs with lines of punchmarks through the centre of each one. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with flat lappets decorated with punchmarks. Foot decorated with transverse grooved lines; bifurcated half crescent terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15905

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