Accession No
1948.1333 A
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate decorated with punchmarks around the outside perimeter and raised square central panel. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Half-oval flat panel with rectangular lappets; foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared triangular foot decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Small crack through foot.
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
1948.1333 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
75mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch of square headed (panelled) type with lappet projections (a feature of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire). Foot and head plates decorated with border of inclined dot design
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 9 with 1948.1334 and 32 beads; 1948.1333 B; 1948.1334. Excavated in 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.9)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate decorated with punchmarks around the outside perimeter and raised square central panel. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Half-oval flat panel with rectangular lappets; foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared triangular foot decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Small crack through foot.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15907
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