Accession No
1948.1325 A.1-2
Description
Pair of cast copper alloy wrist claps, each formed of three square bosses with transverse grooved bars between. Both pieces have one large multi-lobed central projection from the rear edge and two smaller projections either side. The central boss of the hook-piece (.1) extends to form the hook. The catch-piece (.2) has a square catch.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1325 A.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
32mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave 4, with 'some beads'. 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. XII (No.4)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A pair of wrist clasps. With projecting knobs along edge opposite to clasp
Event Date 1/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pair of cast copper alloy wrist claps, each formed of three square bosses with transverse grooved bars between. Both pieces have one large multi-lobed central projection from the rear edge and two smaller projections either side. The central boss of the hook-piece (.1) extends to form the hook. The catch-piece (.2) has a square catch.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15920
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