Context (Field collection)
Grave 116, excavated in 1851.

Event Date 1851
Author: maa

Context (Other)
The looped parts of A and of B are illustrated together in 'Saxon Obsequies', Plate 12 No 116 showing bronze hook in position (though broken off from other half of clasp)
Event Date 1852
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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. 12 (no. 116)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (CMS Description)
A pair of wrist clasps. looped parts. With scollop and circlet decoration. Bronze Hook broken off from other half of clasp
Event Date 2/4/1987
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
The 1948.1322 A and B wrist clasps are so similar that it is likely they are a pair.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Pair of cast copper alloy wrist clasps. The catch-piece (.1) is decorated with a transverse lines along a raised front bar and a longitudinal row of punchmarks running along the back of the front bar. The rear edge is scalloped and decorated with punchmarks along the outside edge. Two circular sewing holes along the rear edge and a rectangular catch with rounded edges. The hook-piece (.2) is also decorated with a raised bar and transverse lines, scalloped rear edge and two sewing holes. the rectangular hook is present but detached.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett