Accession No
1948.1328 A-B
Description
Pair of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps. Both plates are decorated with openwork chip-carved or punched ornament consisting of small tesselated triangles and a central band of punchmarks; each has two sewing holes close to the rear edge. The hook-piece (A) is missing most of the hook and one corner. The catch-piece (B) is mostly intact.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon late 6th century 7th century
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1328 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
33mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note associated with object reads: '48.1328 Gr 5. With bronze bowl 48.1327'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
A pair of sheet metal, wrist clasps. Long slot into which hooked and fitted. Two perforations on the outer edges. Decorated with chip carved pattern, divided by a band of zig zag ornament covering the whole face
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 5, 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. XII (No.5)
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pair of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps. Both plates are decorated with openwork chip-carved or punched ornament consisting of small tesselated triangles and a central band of punchmarks; each has two sewing holes close to the rear edge. The hook-piece (A) is missing most of the hook and one corner. The catch-piece (B) is mostly intact.
Event Date 14/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15911
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