Accession No
1948.1313 A
Description
Gilt copper alloy applied disc brooch. Decorative plate has a two central concentric circles with low-relief punched decoration between. Around the perimeter is a band of knotwork. Low-relief Style I zoomorphic ornament between the outer band and inner circles. Catchplate present on reverse, pin bar lug missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1313 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Gold
Local Term
Measurements
43mm x 43mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
'Applied' brooch with bronze back, gilt disc and iron pin. Pin is now missing. The centre is circled by a small embossed pattern. Ring of zoomorphic design inside a border of cable pattern
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 158, with wrist clasps, girdle hangers, 24 beads, square headed brooch and knife. A is more complete. 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. II (No.158)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Gilt copper alloy applied disc brooch. Decorative plate has a two central concentric circles with low-relief punched decoration between. Around the perimeter is a band of knotwork. Low-relief Style I zoomorphic ornament between the outer band and inner circles. Catchplate present on reverse, pin bar lug missing.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15951
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