Accession No
1948.1311
Description
Pair of small copper alloy tweezers. Sheet metal folded to form a loop at one end and with slightly flared arms that bend inwards at the terminal. Some ware to one edge of the tweezer's arms.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1311
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
37mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Small pair of tweezers
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 possibly from grave 171.
Event Date 1851
Author: Annie Tomkins
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. XI (no.171)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pair of small copper alloy tweezers. Sheet metal folded to form a loop at one end and with slightly flared arms that bend inwards at the terminal. Some ware to one edge of the tweezer's arms.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15955
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