Accession No
1948.1332 B
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal grooves down centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared, small triangular terminal. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Broken at top of triangular terminal, secured with unknown adhesive.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1332 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
65mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch of plain square headed type. Arched moulded bow, grooves below bow. Expande triangular foot. Foot broken off.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated from grave 7 in 1851. Found with an iron knife, 6 beads, a twisted bronze ring and 3 ear picks on a bronze ring; 1948.1332 A.
Event Date 1851
Author: Annie Tomkins
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. (Not Illustrated)
?1st Half 6 Century AD
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal grooves down centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared, small triangular terminal. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Broken at top of triangular terminal, secured with unknown adhesive.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15913
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