Accession No
1948.1522 B.1
Description
Catch-piece from a pair of sheet copper alloy wrist claps. Rectangular with two projecting semi-circular lobes on rear edge, each pierced for a sewing hole. Evidence of applied decorative bar, now detached and missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1522 B.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
31mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.1522 B[.1-2]: 'The slotted socket halves of two pairs of wrist clasps. They have had ornamental gilt plates now lost. Two lobes with perforations to sew on to cuff'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Linton Barrow. Grave 9, excavated in 1853.
Event Date 1853
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115
Event Date 1854
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Catch-piece from a pair of sheet copper alloy wrist claps. Rectangular with two projecting semi-circular lobes on rear edge, each pierced for a sewing hole. Evidence of applied decorative bar, now detached and missing.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15946
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