Accession No
1948.1318 B
Description
Cast copper alloy openwork disc brooch. Four cut-out triangles forming an 'X' through the centre; perimeter decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon 7th centry
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1318 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
49mm x 49mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
May originally have had centre boss soldered on.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
A plate brooch, cut "a jour" with a cross as central device. Ring of engraved circlets decorating the outer rim. Iron pin now gone
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 3 with square headed gilt fibula of 7 Century AD date and an urn now lost. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
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.
Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy openwork disc brooch. Four cut-out triangles forming an 'X' through the centre; perimeter decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15931
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