Accession No

1948.1315 A.1-2


Description

A pair of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps; evidence of lost applied decoration. Each piece is rectangular with three sewing holes close to the rear edge. The hook-piece (.1) is broken through one sewing hole, the catch-piece (.2) is missing one corner.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1315 A.1-2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

39mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
A pair of Wrist clasps of sheet bronze. Pair A is plain with three perforations along the edge opposite to the clasp
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 158, 1851.
These two pairs (1948.1315 A-B) are numbered as from grave 158 in Braybrooke Collection, but Illustration R.C. Neville ' Saxon Obsequies' [Braybrooke, R.C. Neville, Saxon obsequies (London: J. Murray, 1852)] Pl. 12 No. 158 does not correspond and only one pair is claimed to have come from this grave
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)
A pair of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps; evidence of lost applied decoration. Each piece is rectangular with three sewing holes close to the rear edge. The hook-piece (.1) is broken through one sewing hole, the catch-piece (.2) is missing one corner.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15934

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